Thursday, May 15, 2008
A Bit More Comedy
Ethan is our child who keeps us laughing. Last night at dinner I made these super yummy Chicken Puff Pastry Things (yes, that is the technical name) and Ethan took a bite and said, "Ooh, these are yummy. They taste like dead chicken nuggets!" Aaron, however, was unconvinced and did not want to try this new and very weird food. I asked him, "Aaron, does mommy ever make really gross food like lizard toes? It is good food, just try it!" Jerry, always the helpful husband, said, "Not lizard toes, but I think I saw cat on the menu!" Ethan chimed in, "You can't eat cat! (Whew, glad he knows that!) It would taste hairy!" Yeah, that's the reason I was going to give for not eating cat, too...
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Dead chicken nuggets!!! ROTFL!
that's so cute! this recipe looks good. pretty fancy ingredient. fontina cheese? fig preserves? did you substitute or leave out any ingredients?
I did loads of substituting, Marie! I couldn't find fig preserves or fontina cheese. I substitued appricot preserves since I knew appricots go well with chicken. For cheese, I knew fontina is a good melty cheese, so I got a soft mexican cheese that is also a good melter - queso fresco. I clipped the fresh rosemary right from our garden! Mmmmm, so good!
I was thinking to myself that I'd rather eat dead chicken nuggets than live ones! Who wants to hear a chicken cluck at you as you take a bite?? :)
Wow, they do look really good! I just may have to try these out.
How'd you know all that stuff? I don't even know what fontina cheese is. And how'd you know that apricot goes with chicken. Ewww, I'd probably just leave the preserves out.
Oh yum, fresh rosemary!
And I burst out laughing at "dead chicken nuggets!" LOL!
I only knew what fontina cheese is because Giada used it once on Everyday Italian. So I knew it was a mild, super melty cheese. You cannot leave the apricot or some preserve out. It really adds a nice slightly sweet flavor. And you only use about a teaspoon in each one. It melts to coat the chicken and is really mild. Hey, if I am going to try both tomato soup (tonight in fact) and split pea soup for two certain ladies I know, you can be brave enough to try apricot preserves with Chicken!
...ok...I'll try it...
i just saw fig preserves at whole foods, so it does exist. i think it sounds yummy, actually.
Joanna - I'm so proud of you for being willing to branch out!
Marie - I figured you could get the fig preserves and the right cheese at whole foods - I just don't have one close by. I looked at Wal-Mart, which is just where I happened to be and when they didn't have them, I went straight for substitutes because I wasn't willing to drag the kids from store to store finding what I wanted!
Actually Johanna, I think their technical name is "Love Birds," I'm not so sure about that chicken pastry things name. You might be reaching there.
Yeah, yeah. But if I had said we were eating love birds for dinner, do you think some of you out there would have really worried about me and my sanity????
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