What are you doing today? (besides shopping)
It's been raining all day, which made me feel domestic. I pulled out the bag of vegetable ends/peels from the freezer and made broth, made a brown rice and green pea salad to go with store-brand Impossible burgers for dinner and shredded red cabbage to do a quick stir fry when it's time. After cleaning that up I made a batch of pumpkin muffins.
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
I noticed my Aldi's had "impossible burgers" in the coffin freezers last week. Let us know how yours tastes, KathyG. Did you get yours at Aldi's??@KathyG wrote:
....with store-brand Impossible burgers for dinner....
Aldi's is the BEST!!! I like them way better than the 2 big grocers here....I haven't tried impossible burgers, but I am always ready for something different. 
My burgers came from Dierbergs (one of our big local chain grocery stores). Now that I look at the label more closely, it says they’re made from “Hungry Planet” plant based protein.
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Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt
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My time was tight this morning. I had a thawed chicken breast, whole, in the fridge that I needed to cook. Instead of putting it in the crockpot, I poached it on the stove top. It was tough and chewy.
Lesson learned.
I did make a great ranch chicken salad.
Lesson learned.
I did make a great ranch chicken salad.
"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton
It's really easy to overcook them on the stovetop. When I get one like that I shave it very finely and make chicken salad.
I have done that before but just added more water and boiled it longer until it was softer. If the water gets low beforehand and it gets caramelized, that doesn't work well, though. Making the chicken salad is an excellent recourse.
Aargh! You should be with my SO. That is how his mother always did it so it is what he wants. When I am feeling generous I pull mine and leave his in the pan to 'get properly done'.
Had the chicken been thawed and then re-frozen and you bought it this way without knowing what you were getting? That is the worst! Selling it in that condition should be illegal, too...
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My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)
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I was making chicken salad. I don't like the fibers to be tough in the salad, so continue to cook it. I've never poached chicken for any other reason.
@Flash wrote:
Aargh! You should be with my SO. That is how his mother always did it so it is what he wants. When I am feeling generous I pull mine and leave his in the pan to 'get properly done'.
Cooking in a fairly liquid sauce gives you a close approximation of poaching.
I like a nice soft meat in my chicken salad. Skinless boneless chicken breast otherwise is grilled or seared in my cast iron.
Yup. I am more likely to use meat from a roasted or rotisserie chicken for chicken salad. SO likes the skinless, boneless chicken breast smothered, often in a tomato sauce of some ilk or cream soup. Even seared first it sometimes ends up more poached that 'smothered'.
I don't like all the stuff on fried, sauteed, and rotisserie chicken. I do well with plain chicken and something mild added to it. I think I am the only one on the planet who likes this simple food! Go me. ?
My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a chilly Christmas morning. (Mary Quant)
Give me a lemon pepper rotisserie chicken!!!! Love it. But I haven't bought one in awhile since I am not frequenting stores. I might just get a whole chicken and put it in the crockpot at some point in the near future.
AFA HonnyBrown goes with her SBCB, she has like 14 pounds of it, LOL!!!
AFA HonnyBrown goes with her SBCB, she has like 14 pounds of it, LOL!!!
@JASFLALMT wrote:
Give me a lemon pepper rotisserie chicken!!!! Love it.
Funny, earlier conversation in this thread encouraged me to pull down my antique rotisserie. I usually set it up in the garage atop the washer as it generates so much heat. Lemon pepper is on the agenda and a chicken has been pulled out of the freezer to rotis on Sunday.
Took my 2 year old granddaughter to a riverside park. Pointed out a dolphin, not interested. Pointed out a cottontail, not interested. Dead mullet on the ground, fascinated.
I want it. The rotisserie cooker, not the chicken. I want one! And I want what you have, the vintage one...sigh.
[www.worthpoint.com] This is like mine except I don't have buttons on the front but rather a timer wheel and a temperature dial on the left hand side. Oh, and the manual on mine looks like the one with this except that it has an orange background color rather than yellow. There is one on ebay but there are also used Ronco ones for a whole lot less $$ that probably work quite well. Mine was probably less than $10 new in the open box about 15 years ago because my SO's dad found it in a thrift shop and wouldn't let me reimburse him. My manual is copyright 1955 and my materials envelope even include the mail in warranty card.
I picked up an online order for a friend of mine. She's older, and doesn't leave her house. I took everything into her garage. She'll take it from there. She wants, but can't find "canned ham that opens with a key". She wants several. I'll start looking for them tomorrow.
Check the foods in the drugstore. I haven't seen one in a regular grocery store in a long time. They have canned corned beef, Vienna sausages, etc. but rarely a canned ham and I think the last one I saw there had a flip tab to tear off the lid.
@Mert .. I googled "canned ham with key," and it appears to be readily available, including at--of all places--CVS. Good luck!
Isn't that SPAM? Seriously. I think that's SPAM.
@Mert wrote:
I picked up an online order for a friend of mine. She's older, and doesn't leave her house. I took everything into her garage. She'll take it from there. She wants, but can't find "canned ham that opens with a key". She wants several. I'll start looking for them tomorrow.
Ask Tarantado. He will know if anyone does.
I knew she didn't mean Spam and wouldn't have dared to ask her. She's a kooky intellect. She thinks we're in as much danger of dying from starvation as from Covid. You should see the supplies she has in the root cellar she had built for a princely sum. I kind of wish I could restrict her internet usage.
Flash and Opanel, thanks for the tip. I'll check it out. I'm only doing online order, curbside pickup though.
As a grocery merchandiser, Spam is the primary canned meat I have seen on the shelves. Never paid attention to any key. Can't think of any other brands.
You may want to check with her about the hams with the pop top lid. She may want the key because her can opener has issues opening the lid around the can corners and the pop top would bypass that issue. On the other hand, the old key open ones left a sharp metal rim with the top and once opened you could shove the top with that rim back down on the ham to help keep it fresh. Understanding what her issue is can likely help you find an acceptable solution.
Thanks. It's something she remembers from the past. We'll see if it's still on the market.
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