Archive for June, 2008

In-Law Chicken

This recipe is based on the original “Enagement Chicken” from Glamour magazine.  After finding nothing particularly remarkable about it, I modified it slightly into a simple but elegant recipe that will make even the most timid cook look like a pro!  The lemony flavored pan juices make an out-of-this-world gravy.

1 whole Chicken, approximately 4 pounds
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Skunk in My Feeder?

Ok, not in the feeder — but there’s one out there right now, feasting on what the birds dropped on  the ground.  A couple of weeks ago, I had a raccoon in the Dogwood stealing from the bird feeders.  Last night, something got into the trash on the deck and now there is a skunk [...]

Off They Go…

John and his friend Phil left, this morning, on a week-long tour of the South via motorcycle.  So it’s just me, three cats, and an empty house this week.  There are a million things I could be … should be … doing, but I have no clue where to start.  *sigh*  I think this is [...]