Multi-tasking–Cooking, Cleaning, Blogging & More Questions

by | Oct 18, 2007 | Family, Food and Drink, Personal, Photos, Random | 2 comments

Recipe_round_up
1) Today is the monthly "Recipe Round-up" and I’m working on my inaugural post for that (you gotta like a meme that rolls around just once a month).  Hosted by Motherhood Apologia, October’s theme is "Freezer Recipes".  I’m in the middle of cooking Noni’s Chicken Stew, one of the suggestions I had offered (but didn’t choose) for the Fun Monday "Favorite Recipe" edition. 

My chicken is simmering for the stew.  It looks like this right now:
Chicken_simmering

Can anyone tell me why chicken daggum FOAMS when you simmer it?  Better yet, DO I WANT TO KNOW???  This is NOT the time to be imaginative and offer creative reasons…it grosses me out enough to handle raw poultry.

Hop over to Motherhood Apologia to check out some yummy recipes or add your own if you have one you’d like to share.

2)  I’m re-seasoning my black cast iron skillet right now.  I’ll give ya the recipe for that soon…for now, it smells like my house is burning down.

3)  In unrelated news, my youngest can fly!  I so wish I had been ready for the shot at his highest point….

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Interestingly, when I asked him what super power he’d like to have, it was the strangest thing I ever heard NOT flying. 

4)  Do ya have any suggestions for what really and truly can clean a ceramic cook-top? 

5)  If you’ve surfed at all lately, you’ve seen the BlogHer survey like the one at the top right of my page…and you’ve probably ignored it.  If you have a minute, would you take time to click it and answer the questions?  Ok…2.5 minutes.  Thanks if you bother :).

Off to check the chicken, recipe coming soon (pictures a bit later).

2 Comments

  1. Susan in va
    Susan in va on at

    Not only to I hate to COOK chicken, I hate to SMELL chicken cooking! BLECH! If I have a recipe that calls for chicken, I will buy the store-prepared rotisserie chicken. The sludge floating on the water makes me….nauseous.
    Ceramic cook top – I’ve only had luck getting off those tough stains with a straight edge razor blade. After carefully scraping off stains I use a stovetop cleaner to brighten it up.

  2. Robinella
    Robinella on at

    A razor blade. If you get one of those that are not attached to anything and hold it sideways and very gently scrape, everything comes off. Is your the smooth top without the burners. That’s what I have and it’s a love-hate relationship.

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