*mixture, hodgepodge; favorite of crosswordists (is there such a word?) everywhere, the Italian word for oil (and incidentally, post number 1, 120!)
If you are not a member of S*m's Club or C*stco, this part may not interest you. They have the very best pre-cooked rotisserie chickens ever, and the cost is probably lower than you'd pay for an un-cooked whole chicken at the market! I bought one Monday and we had it for dinner, along with baked sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and left-over green beans. Perfectly seasoned and served warm or cold, they are an easy solution to a busy woman's meal plans. I didn't work today, but I wanted something good for dinner without too much trouble on my part and this fit the bill! There was enough for a container of left-over chicken, with which I will make chicken salad. I fed 2 cats a plateful each (they seldom eat people food, but love fowl) and at the moment I am boiling the carcass to make stock, and tomorrow, after removing the fat, I will toss in some vegetables and rice and the soup pot will toil and trouble for another dinner. Where else could you get 2 meals, chicken salad and a pot of soup for under $5???
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Speaking of oil, some years ago, after using solid shortenings (such as Cr*sco) became verboten, I switched to olive oil for almost all cooking needs. It was light, tasty and supposedly good for your innards. Now, I'm not so sure. I've developed an allergy to it - or maybe just some sensitivity - but anything I eat with olive oil sliiiiiides right through me. That's probably TMI. I've now changed to safflower oil and so far I have no problem with that. Do you have a favorite cooking oil that I could try?
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Do all your light bulbs seem to burn out at the same time? In the past three weeks or so, we have had 6 fluorescent tubes and at least 4 incandescent bulbs burn out within days of each other. Today I was attempting to replace the outside light by the small garage door. The fixture is old, and as I loosened the glass cover by twisting the screw which holds it in place, the glass cover came loose and I thought the screw was still in place. After changing to one of the new, long-lasting bulbs, I washed the glass cover. When I went back out side to install it, I discovered the screw was missing and it was nowhere to be found. I went over the concrete pad below it with a fine-tooth comb and it had just simply disappeared. I have a large container of screws and nails, but (of course) nothing I had could be used for that cover. I will have to go to a hardware store and attempt to locate something usable - or have the rusty fixture replaced. It's over 35 years old, so I suppose it wouldn't hurt.....lol....especially since it was nothing to brag about 35 years ago - and certainly isn't now!
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The best part of a roasted chicken is leftovers (in my opinion, my husband's...not so much). I love chicken soup and chicken salad is about my favorite food in the world. Yum!
That was a very fine meal for $5 - which works out at something ridculous in British pounds. (My keyboard has no pounds sign. Dollars, yes. Euros, yes. No pounds! Grrr!)
I use Vegetable oil for cooking, though not for making pastry. Its rape seed oil, actually, and supposed to be very good for lowering your cholesterol! But I use a high quality olice oil for salad dressing, and rubbing on chicken before I roast it.
Speaking of ready meals - we can buy a starter, main and dessert for two, plus a wine, for 9 BP which at one and a half dollars to the poung is.....um $14???
And that is considered good value, though what the Supermarket in question offers is nothing brilliant!
You do more with a Sam's chicken than anyone I've ever known! Frugal Kenju.
I love using olive oil, but I also keep vegetable oil on hand for baking.
I've not had the problem of any of them sliding right through me, so I'm not too picky about which oil I use.
I drink carrot juice nearly every day, and it keeps things sliding through in a manageable, regular way.
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Yep, I love buying pre-cooked chicken from those places. Even Wallyworld has really good ones... I sure as heck can't make anything that tastes as good.
peanut oil for sauteeing and stir-fry. It can take a lot of heat and leaves very little taste.
Amazing how long one cluck will last with just 2 people eatin' on it.
My word verification? ORIALI!
Oh boy don't start me on light bulbs!! I tell you at least 3 light bulbs blow everyday in our house and none of them are ever the same. One 100 watt screw, the other's a 40 watt bayonet, the other one's a 60 watt candle, and then one of the halogen 50 watt whatever it is will go in the kitchen. I'm forever up a ladder. :D
I will have to try the chicken at B*J*s as the ones at my supermarket are only just ok.
Did you have an electrical storm or a power surge that might have charged your lights?
I agree on the number of meals you can prepare with a chicken. In my case being "One Woman" I always buy one and have it cut in half. Like to cook it myself. I may be fussy. So what you do - I can do twice.
Do this with a roast also. A hot meal with veggies and then make soup. Olive oil is the choice of oil and have no problem.
Sorry about losing the "screw".
It may show up!!
I don't eat anything on a bone, and even the smell of those chickens makes me feel ill. (I hold my breath when I walk past). But, I love your industrious nature with that bird! Yes, all our bulbs seem to go out at the same time. I figure it's because we tend to change them from before at the same time and they have a certain lifespan, so POP! They die at the same time! Very bothersome!
I was thinking oleo, which is what we called margarine growing up. I use olive oil now and it does fine by me.
I love those chickens too!
All I feel about oil is to use as little as possible. I know chefs seem to pour it generously over everything but a little goes a long way.
We quite like sunflower oil and use olive oil sparingly.
Certainly sounds like good eatin'! I never tire of chicken though that was standard Sun. fare as I was growing up. My older brother can't stand chicken because we did have so much of it.
I'm an olive oil user. Maybe you need to try a different brand, or type of olive oil?
Do you have a farily large magnet? That is what I use for lost tiny items if they are metal.
I love those chickens but being just me and a dog on a diet, I really don't like the taste they get after one day.
I find 1/2 a cornish game hen perfect.
buy the chickens all the time
GMA had a session on cooking oil a few months ago..maybe you could find it on their site. the screw is a standard size and easy to replace
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