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myLot reputation of 84/100. sparkofinsanity (3868)   ranked 4 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity 2 years ago

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?


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1. myLot reputation of 98/100. louisefrank (223)   ranked 138 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity   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.


myLot reputation of 84/100. sparkofinsanity (3868)   ranked 4 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  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


myLot reputation of 58/100. tessah (3120)   ranked 93 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  2 years ago

thats SUCh a fun song sparX, i love it!!


myLot reputation of 73/100. AnnieOakley1 (2645)   ranked 33 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  2 years ago

Definitely my genre. I hears it alla time and loves it, too. YEP, I does!

"Tequila makes her clothes fall off". Now I got it stuck in my head. Thanks guys. rasp


myLot reputation of 84/100. sparkofinsanity (3868)   ranked 4 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  2 years ago

'Lost an ear ring in her drink
Dropped a contact down the sink...'
Yep. Sounds like you Annie! ROFL


myLot reputation of 73/100. AnnieOakley1 (2645)   ranked 33 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  2 years ago

rofl

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2. myLot reputation of 96/100. dawnald (24270)   ranked 61 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity   2 years ago

Um... Never? but my husband does that all the time! Only stuff that I want him to remember though.


myLot reputation of 84/100. sparkofinsanity (3868)   ranked 4 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  2 years ago

It's called selective memory and men are masters of it! lol


myLot reputation of 96/100. dawnald (24270)   ranked 61 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  2 years ago

Especially with it conflicts with their little vision of themselves as heroes or whatever...


myLot reputation of 84/100. sparkofinsanity (3868)   ranked 4 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  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!


myLot reputation of 96/100. dawnald (24270)   ranked 61 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  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.


myLot reputation of 84/100. sparkofinsanity (3868)   ranked 4 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  2 years ago

Sh*t! Wrote a whole insightful response for you and it disappeared!
Email me anytime sweets. I'm here for you.......


myLot reputation of 96/100. dawnald (24270)   ranked 61 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  2 years ago

he's already slipped back into his own reality lol

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3. myLot reputation of 99/100. mentalward (6157)   ranked 26 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity   2 years ago

Stews, soups, gravies and sauces. Never fails. I'll hit on something spectacular but never be able to reproduce it because I cook exactly like you! It's a pinch of that, a smidgen of that and I NEVER write anything down.

I made gravy once that everyone raved about. Sadly, I've never been able to make it like that again. I've made other gravies that everyone liked but not like that one time.

Now, get back in that kitchen and write it all down and continue like this until you come across KFC's secret herbs and spices recipe again so you can share the secret with the world! Well, okay, share with us here in myLot. WE won't spread the secret. whistle

Sometimes, nothing will do except that original KFC fried chicken and it would be so cool to make it at home.


myLot reputation of 73/100. AnnieOakley1 (2645)   ranked 33 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  2 years ago

ninja

hugs


myLot reputation of 84/100. sparkofinsanity (3868)   ranked 4 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  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


myLot reputation of 99/100. mentalward (6157)   ranked 26 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  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. dohcry

It's been KFC ever since then. thumbup 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.


myLot reputation of 84/100. sparkofinsanity (3868)   ranked 4 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  2 years ago

Just promise me you'll wear a heavy cotton apron or something this time! LOL

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4. myLot reputation of 98/100. OceanTiara (6977)   2 years ago

Awww, Sparky, you forgot already?
I was hoping to get the recipe for that! Dang it, please try to remember!
I love Kentucky Fried.
Did you know that I actually met Colonel Sanders, the original, before he died?
Well I did..I wanted to tell everyone that.

I discovered the secret of getting high without doing cocaine.
It was called being in love.wub(or being an idiot being fooled by cupid)wink
Now I have forgotten how I got there and really don't want to remember either.rofl


myLot reputation of 58/100. tessah (3120)   ranked 93 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  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;


myLot reputation of 98/100. OceanTiara (6977)  2 years ago

Good Mornin to the Tessah Girleen!
Oh yeah, never tried it though..hehehe xolol
rofl Ya little imp!happy


myLot reputation of 73/100. AnnieOakley1 (2645)   ranked 33 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  2 years ago

I looked it up. WOW! Lamb will love this site.....b00bies even! rofl (o)(o)

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myLot reputation of 98/100. OceanTiara (6977)  2 years ago

happythumbup


myLot reputation of 84/100. sparkofinsanity (3868)   ranked 4 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  2 years ago

How about chicken as an aphrodisiac? I mean the turn this thread has taken and all...........! LOL


myLot reputation of 98/100. OceanTiara (6977)  2 years ago

happy Sparks..I wish they would add a chicken drumstick to the emotes rofl


myLot reputation of 84/100. sparkofinsanity (3868)   ranked 4 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  2 years ago

LOL Oh my could I find uses for that kind of emoticon! ROFL

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5. myLot reputation of 98/100. moondancer (4017)   ranked 15 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity   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...


myLot reputation of 84/100. sparkofinsanity (3868)   ranked 4 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  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


myLot reputation of 98/100. moondancer (4017)   ranked 15 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  2 years ago

lol, they are both so polite I think they would say they are both great..lol


myLot reputation of 84/100. sparkofinsanity (3868)   ranked 4 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  2 years ago

Yep! Wusses! LOL

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6. myLot reputation of 58/100. tessah (3120)   ranked 93 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity   2 years ago

ive got sean connery`s line from medicine man running through my head..

"ive found the cure for the bloody plague of the twentieth century and ive lost it!!" add in yer own scottish accent as needed..

congrats for not screwing up yer kitchen experiment! and ive learned something new as well here.. ive tried frying chicken before and cant ever get it to cook right.. the chicken is always still uncooked in the center.. and if i manage to get it cooked, the outside is always burnt. ;slaps forehead; boil the chicken FIRST!!

whether this helps or not.. i dunno.. but the "secret 11 herbs and spices" of kfc chicklen? are just a simple packet of good seasons italian dressing.. dry and unmixed of course have a nice day

yes.. ive done same thing.. manahed to make something extraordinary, and then cannot for the life of me remember wtf id done to do it cause i didnt write it down LOL but to do that.. id hafta write down every single blunder as well.. and thats alot of trees to kill LOL


myLot reputation of 84/100. sparkofinsanity (3868)   ranked 4 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  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


myLot reputation of 58/100. tessah (3120)   ranked 93 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  2 years ago

lol not a bad idea

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7. myLot reputation of 96/100. ANTIQUELADY (16514)   ranked 29 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity   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.


myLot reputation of 84/100. sparkofinsanity (3868)   ranked 4 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  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


myLot reputation of 96/100. ANTIQUELADY (16514)   ranked 29 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  2 years ago

tHAT'S O.K., GOOD COOKS CAN DO THAT & I BET U ARE ONE.


myLot reputation of 84/100. sparkofinsanity (3868)   ranked 4 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  2 years ago

Well I can honestly say I'm better than my mother. LOL But not as good as my grandmother....


myLot reputation of 96/100. ANTIQUELADY (16514)   ranked 29 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  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. myLot reputation of 96/100. Lakota12 (23201)   ranked 11 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity   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!


myLot reputation of 84/100. sparkofinsanity (3868)   ranked 4 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  2 years ago

I'm stealing your recipe Lakota. Sounds just the thing to spice up rather dull Friday night meatloaf! LOL


myLot reputation of 96/100. Lakota12 (23201)   ranked 11 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  2 years ago

lolrofl no problem go ahead! hugssssssssssssssssss


myLot reputation of 84/100. sparkofinsanity (3868)   ranked 4 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  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


myLot reputation of 96/100. Lakota12 (23201)   ranked 11 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  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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9. myLot reputation of 73/100. AnnieOakley1 (2645)   ranked 33 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity   2 years ago

lol

This is just like you to do this. I think you've done this with paint, too. Mixing up colours at the store, and not being able to duplicate them sometimes. Good thing they now mark the 'recipe' on the side, though, eh?

Yeah, but cooking with you is always an adventure, my dear. Never boring anyway, focus on that! thumbup

How did Spunky like her serving? Paw lickin' good?


myLot reputation of 84/100. sparkofinsanity (3868)   ranked 4 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  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


myLot reputation of 73/100. AnnieOakley1 (2645)   ranked 33 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  2 years ago

OH, yeah, right, ok. dunce cap

I just know you don't like leftovers so was wondering what you were doing with them.?


myLot reputation of 84/100. sparkofinsanity (3868)   ranked 4 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  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.


myLot reputation of 96/100. CatsandDogs (6424)  2 years ago

Hey You Two!! ninja ninja evil grin (private meaning) LOL

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10. myLot reputation of 40/100. machizmo (300)   ranked 156 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity   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.


myLot reputation of 84/100. sparkofinsanity (3868)   ranked 4 out of 199 in sparkofinsanity  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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