Did you see him at the 2018 awards dinner? I don’t think he knew where he was.
Marble pound cake, just pulled from the oven.
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I have a whole chicken roasting in the oven.
Homemade chicken gravy is one of my guilty pleasures, but it’s a pain to make every time.
I recently discovered that gravy freezes surprisingly well, so last time I roasted a chicken I made a batch of gravy, chilled it in a glass dish, cut it into single-serving cubes, wrapped the cubes in wax paper, and kept them in the freezer.
A couple of zaps in the microwave, and voila!
Now, for the chicken: Normally I separate the skin from the meat with a spoon and insert softened butter with fresh chopped garlic and various herbs, but I was lazy this afternoon and substituted cut-up bacon strips for the compound butter instead.
I have no illusions that the bacon itself will be enjoyable to eat (it’ll be soggy), but I am eager to find out how the chicken tastes.
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I wanna try this! My local supermarket has fresh whole chicken at 99c/pound this week so I better grab one. I’ve seen people use ice cube trays but never just cutting it. Did you use a flour based gravy, a jus, or something else?
This is cream gravy (chicken fat, heavy cream, a little flour [if necessary]), and seasoned with salt and pepper. Milk works in a pinch, you just need more flour.
And technically I use Lawry’s seasoned salt instead of plain salt, but that’s a personal adaptation that may not please the cream gravy purists.
I can’t report resounding success with this.
It wasn’t bad.
The fat from the bacon sort of cooked away and disappeared, leaving the meaty pieces behind. These were soft and tasted - ever so faintly - like ham.
The skin on the chicken did not get crisp like it normally does, and there was no discernible bacon flavor imparted to the meat on the chicken.
I would not do this again.
No, it interferes with all the fat.
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Hotpot / Shabu Shabu?
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Uzbek lamb and veggie soup - Shurpa, with shots of ice-cold vodka 
Grilled lamb chops - Chalahach
Home-made eggs Benedict
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I improvised a coconut cream pie before sunrise this morning (filling from scratch, but I cheated and used a pre-made graham cracker crust).
This afternoon when I went to grab it from the fridge for its glamour shot, it was already half eaten.
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oh my goodness! do you suspect a mouse?
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Is that a spot of smoked salmon, capers, and onion I see in the corner 
It certainly is. Smoked salmon with capers is one of my favs.
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Lamb Shank, Tuna-Egg Salad with Fresh Cranberries-Siete Grain Free Chips, Eggs Over Easy on Sprouted Bread and Sheeps milk Feta Cheese, STONE Hazy IPA
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