There's a new Colonel in town...........  |
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| So tonight I decided to attempt a dish for dinner that I've not had much success with in the past. With the hubs away I can make all the culinary mistakes I want and no one's the wiser. lol Tonight's menu included Southern Fried Chicken. I had to get the buttermilk (having learned that 0% milk just doesn't cut it! lol) and more cayenne powder, but as for the rest, I was good to go. I boiled the drumsticks in chicken stock, put them in the fridge to cool, set the oil on to lightly boil and set about preparing the herbs and spices in the flour. A little of this, a pinch of that, a bit too much of something else, and before you can say Julia Child I had my flour mixture ready to go. Couldn't really see the flour anymore for all the herbs and spices, but hey, this was my adventure and I never use recipe's when I'm on a culinary adventure. I fried the drumsticks in the hot oil two by two to keep the oil at an even temperature, and placed them to drain when they were done. A dozen drumsticks later, and a spinach salad on the side and I sat down to my dinner. This time the drumsticks looked really good. At least the coating hadn't fallen off or gone all patchy on me. In fact, the whole group looked rather professional. This made me very suspicious. That old saying, 'If it looks too good to be true, it usually is' kept running through my mind. I started out with the salad, eyeing the drumsticks with trepidation, but finally succumbed to the incredible flavor wafting through the air and attacked with gusto one of the drumsticks. Well drum roll please, because that drumstick tasted JUST LIKE CHICKEN! In fact. It tasted like KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN! I'm not kidding. I actually looked around my kitchen for the Colonel's bucket! With a little bit of this, and a pinch of that it seems I've inadvertantly cracked the code of the Colonel's secret recipe! Too, too funny. Here's the sad part. I can't remember what a little of this and a pinch of that was! I mean, I know what some of the spices and herbs were of course, but when I'm cooking without a set recipe and bebopping to Buddy Holly at the same, I don't really pay attention to the little bottles I'm shaking the sh*t out of. lol When was the last time you discovered one of the great secrets of the universe and then promptly forgot? | | Fried Chicken | | | | |
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1. louisefrank (223)
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2 years ago
| | I think the Colonel is jealously guarding his recipe from that big kitchen in the sky and sprinkled a bit of "forgetting dust" over you! Of course, if you stay in that kitchen for the next 10 years you'll never be able to create that KFC-tasting dish again. When I first discovered tequila at the age of 18 I was sure I could fly, but that secret was swiftly snatched away from me - and I had the bruises to prove it! I still sometimes dream I am flying and know how to do it but when I wake up, I've forgotten how. Life's a b-i-t-c-h sometimes. | | | | | | |
sparkofinsanity (3868)
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2 years ago
| | LOL, ain't that the truth! I love that song by Brad Paisley (I think it is) about how tequila makes his girlfriend's clothes fall off! LOL I never developed a taste for it myself as Gibson's 12 year old Whiskey seemed to do the trick for me from flying to losing my clothes! LOL | | | |
tessah (3120)
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2 years ago
| | thats SUCh a fun song sparX, i love it!! | | | |
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sparkofinsanity (3868)
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2 years ago
| | 'Lost an ear ring in her drink Dropped a contact down the sink...' Yep. Sounds like you Annie! ROFL | | | |
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2. dawnald (24270)
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2 years ago
| | Um... Never? but my husband does that all the time! Only stuff that I want him to remember though. | | | | | | |
sparkofinsanity (3868)
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2 years ago
| | It's called selective memory and men are masters of it! lol | | | |
dawnald (24270)
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2 years ago
| | Especially with it conflicts with their little vision of themselves as heroes or whatever... | | | |
sparkofinsanity (3868)
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2 years ago
| | You HAVE met my ex! I swear that man could charm his way out of a terrorist camp! I've never met anyone with so many horseshoes up his butt! And all because the twist he could put on his selective memory usually had you so confused and questionning your own sanity that you gave in just to have it over with! | | | |
dawnald (24270)
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2 years ago
| | In counseling the other day, he said he still couldn't understand that I wanted space. All he could see was that I was in the water with weights on me and that I was drowning and that I needed his help. So I said, "you are the weight". Boy did that open his eyes. Only temporarily, I believe. He will slip back into his little parallel universe and not "get" it all over again. | | | |
sparkofinsanity (3868)
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2 years ago
| | Sh*t! Wrote a whole insightful response for you and it disappeared! Email me anytime sweets. I'm here for you....... | | | |
dawnald (24270)
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2 years ago
| | he's already slipped back into his own reality lol | | | |
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sparkofinsanity (3868)
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2 years ago
| | Hey sweets...see Tessah's comment below. She says it's just a packet of Italian seasonings. lol She could be right. After all, they use EVERYTHING! Annie, ask Alice if we get paid for stalking will ya? ROFL | | | |
mentalward (6157)
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2 years ago
| | I'm gonna get some of that Italian stuff and give it a whirl before it gets too warm outside. The last time I fried chicken (this is no lie) was in the early 70's. The REASON I haven't fried chicken since then is because, when I did it last, it was summertime and I had on hip hugger jeans and a tiny halter top. Okay, I can see your eyebrows rising now. Yeah, as I was taking the chicken out of the oil, one piece slipped and fell back into that hot oil which splattered all over my naked belly.  It's been KFC ever since then. But, now, I'm willing to give it another try, especially if it tastes like KFC and, well, the fact that I don't wear halter tops anymore. | | | |
sparkofinsanity (3868)
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2 years ago
| | Just promise me you'll wear a heavy cotton apron or something this time! LOL | | | |
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tessah (3120)
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2 years ago
| | you dont hafta be in love to get that feeling. a good sale at adam & eve and a fresh pack of batteries will do the trick!! ;runs like hell; | | | |
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sparkofinsanity (3868)
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2 years ago
| | How about chicken as an aphrodisiac? I mean the turn this thread has taken and all...........! LOL | | | |
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sparkofinsanity (3868)
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2 years ago
| | LOL Oh my could I find uses for that kind of emoticon! ROFL | | | |
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5. moondancer (4017)
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2 years ago
| | I'm glad you got your chicken just right. I myself do as you do. I make up my own ...not going with recipes. I have not discovered any secret recipes that I'm aware of at this time, but I have made some delicious meals. Being a southern lady, I'm proud that my dear Canadian friend can now make southern fried chicken, lol... | | | | | | |
sparkofinsanity (3868)
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2 years ago
| | We'll make some together when I come down to visit you. And then let the men decide whose is better! LOL | | | |
moondancer (4017)
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2 years ago
| | lol, they are both so polite I think they would say they are both great..lol | | | |
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sparkofinsanity (3868)
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2 years ago
| | I was speaking to my techie son last night and told him about the chicken. He laughed at me of course, and then told me that didn't I now think it was time to get a cell phone? Like, WHAT? has that got to do with anything? And then he explained that as I was putting the ingrediants in, I could use my other hand to text them to my computer! Well hell bells if that isn't a good idea! LOL Sure would save a lot of trees, and if I could master fast texting as well as my son, it would be a breeze! LOL | | | |
tessah (3120)
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2 years ago
| | lol not a bad idea | | | |
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7. ANTIQUELADY (16514)
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2 years ago
| | Hi COLONEL, Sounds like u went to alot of trouble to fry chicken but glad it turned out so well. To me there's nothing better than fried chicken. U can do it again , just use your imagination. That's what a good cook does all the time. I promptly forget most everything. lol. | | | | | | |
sparkofinsanity (3868)
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2 years ago
| | I've never been able to remember recipes I make up as I go along. I've been making spaghetti sauce from scratch for years for example, and NEVER EVER does it turn out tasting the same. And I swear I use the same spices every time! LOL | | | |
ANTIQUELADY (16514)
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2 years ago
| | tHAT'S O.K., GOOD COOKS CAN DO THAT & I BET U ARE ONE. | | | |
sparkofinsanity (3868)
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2 years ago
| | Well I can honestly say I'm better than my mother. LOL But not as good as my grandmother.... | | | |
ANTIQUELADY (16514)
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2 years ago
| | mOST everyone says i'm a good cook butmy grandmother was the very best cook ever. I still miss her so much & her good cooking.Happy sunday to u. | | | |
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8. Lakota12 (23201)
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2 years ago
| | Here awhile back I was making meat loaf only to find I had no catsup grown but I grab the worchestershire sauce and the spicy mustard and other spicies whipped it up baked it and It went like crazy but did have soime left not much so I had some the next night. Since then I have made it several times. Family liked it for a change lol Dont know if I broke into anybodies receipe but it was good if I do say so myself! | | | | | | |
sparkofinsanity (3868)
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2 years ago
| | I'm stealing your recipe Lakota. Sounds just the thing to spice up rather dull Friday night meatloaf! LOL | | | |
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sparkofinsanity (3868)
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2 years ago
| | Thanks Lakota. I was telling the hubs about it on the phone the other night, and he said he wanted it for dinner the night he comes home for his days off. Well knock my socks off, cause normally he refuses to eat my meatloaf! ROFL | | | |
Lakota12 (23201)
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2 years ago
| | wow thats great just remeber I put the mustard in place of the catsup I put every thing in it that I would put in a regular meatloaf. | | | |
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sparkofinsanity (3868)
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2 years ago
| | Oh I learned my lesson with paint! LOL I write down the color mix in a little book I carry around in my purse. Because paint usually gets dripped all over the markings on the can anyway! LOL And I don't feed Spunky scraps or people food. She's strictly a dog food girl. She gets right sick if she eats anything man/woman made. Remember my discussion about the dufus neighbour lady that fed her pork bones? LOL | | | |
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sparkofinsanity (3868)
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2 years ago
| | Actually, I've learned to cook just enough for two when the hubs is home and if I do have leftover........drum roll please.........I NOW EAT THEM! LOL I just wait until I'm in the mood for that particular thing again. | | | |
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10. machizmo (300)
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2 years ago
| | My grandfather loved kentucky fried chicken. He also would not even call it KFC but Colonel Sanders. He really loved getting the original recipe. I think they are pretty good at keeping tabs on the recipes. If you did find the recipe congradulations on doing it. | | | | | | |
sparkofinsanity (3868)
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2 years ago
| | I found it..............just can't remember it! LOL I can cook chicken every which way but Sunday, but sometimes I just get a craving for KFC you know? And now because of my wonky memory I probably won't ever be able to duplicate that flavour again! | | | |
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