Wednesday, June 2, 2021

No photos but a great Carolina Slaw recipe...

May's cookbook challenge was to cook off the internet. So when we hosted lunch for my nephew, his mother and his grandparents, I made the following:

https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/spicy-oven-fried-chicken-103512

If I made that chicken again, I would only bread the top. Also, I skipped the step where you pour on the butter and it's really necessary. Otherwise, it's a tried and true favorite that I haven't made in a long time.


I used the full meausure of sugar in this and WOW it was sweet! But it got a lot of complements. My DH has asked for it again. Next time I'll let the dressing cool a bit more before pouring it over and reduce the sugar to 3/4 cup.


Well, I burnt the top. But it was still moist and tasty; I'd make this recipe again.

I also used a non-custard ice cream recipe to make vanilla ice cream, adding a tablespoon of Kirsch; then I folded in a cup of whole Amarena cherries. Next time I'll cut the cherries in half or quarters, and add the cherry syrup to the mix. DH has asked for this with chocolate and nuts folded in for this birthday.

I've been diligently quilting away on the pub quilt; also started a shawl using natural dyed yarn DH brought me from Iceland. I'm also 1/2 threaded on the baby blankets.

The thing that's been sucking up my time is the guild! The towel exchange is almost over; all I have to do is complete a slide show and finish distributing the towels, both of which I hope to do this week. I also wrote up a description of how I secretaried and sent it off to the new Secretary, wrote up a justification for giving a donation to Deer Hollow Farm, and oh yeah! I'm hosting a workshop via zoom. I'm slowing down on what I'm volunteering for though... By the end of the month, I'll be down to being LIbrarian, running a study group, and helping plan a summer social.