Nora, I hope you don't have what I had.
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
It was good! no crispy skin, but it was really tasty. And so freaking easy... made great juices for gravy too.
I need to get phyllo and Brie and Granny Smiths and stuff the phyllo with thin apple slices, Brie, brown sugar and slivered almonds.
OOH. YES. I need to go to TJs and get brie and make brie and granny smith turnovers. And also smoked turkey for turkey, brie, and apple sandwiches.
Mmm. I will have to try. Whole chickens are SO much cheaper than parts of a chicken. And I like to make the chicken dance as I rub it it salt and peppers and herbs!
I have some flat Prosecco in the fridge...I don't know if I will use that to make some gravy with, as I slopped a ton of lemon over Mr. Chicken and stuffed slices of butter and garlic up under the skin.
I also want to try to make mashed cauliflower to go with it; I adore roasted cauliflower, and think mashed would be very yummy also.
ETA: Vortex, I love Brie so. damn. much. I can (and have) eaten just a slightly melted wedge with apple slices and a baguette on many an occasion.
Yes. I spent a summer in France and ate brie every day. I was actually was tired of brie for a while. So, I switched to Camembert. Seriously. Love it.
Emmett discovered Brie en Croute this year and went batty for it. We have to limit it around the house to a quarterly event.
Vortex, where did you go apple picking?
We were going to go apple picking this weekend, but I wasn't feeling up to it. Maybe next weekend.
I made a pot pie from scratch (I make a casserole dish-sized one), which is time-consuming to prepare but SO GOOD. Thanks to the wonder of Not Chik'n bouillon cubes (which are both vegan AND gluten-free), it's a pretty damn good pot pie. I just make it all veggie, and then make some chicken breast separately and add it in to my serving on my plate, and it's all good.
Aw, I used to go to Lyman Orchards when I lived in CT (high school).