You didn’t expect this from me, did you? Oh, I’m sure you expected something like the title graphic, but recipes might be a surprise. See, I’ve pretty much quit cooking, although I’m pretty good at it. But what's the use? I don’t really want to spend a lot of time whipping up a gourmet meal when I’ve got one really picky kid who survives on bread, rice, and potatoes, and another kid who likes everything but only eats barely enough to keep a bird alive. If I cook a full recipe, I’ll end up eating it all myself, and that the last thing I need! Trading recipes is not one of my more favored pastimes, but these are... “special”. And believe it or not, I didn't do any research for this post. All the links and recipes were sent to me, or else I just came across them in my normal daily surfing.

Oh yeah, I had fun with "Lenny" above here. I uploaded the picture, then said to myself "Mmmm... peach cobbler." And I don't even like peach cobbler. Now, this picture should be 80% of original size, or 60%, or should I just click "enlarge"? I may have to look into this further!


Try My Chocolate Salty Bahlz from Fuzzy Dave

Pears poached in tequila. (Thanks, Joe!)

How to make Spam edible.

Its not often you see a recipe in a political blog, but this Chicken with Peanut Sauce sounds delicious as prepared by Bitch PhD.

Chinese scientists have developed a robot that cooks! The intelligent machine - based on 4 years of research which cost more than US $253,000 - is able to fry, bake, boil and steam with perfection so that they taste like authentic Chinese food.

Utterly Outrageous Recipes. Things like Leefhopper Blox, Fried Hornworms, and Spam Shake. These are things people actually eat!

From THE expert, here are Swedish Meatballs!

When you need to eat crow, try one of the recipes at Crow Busters! (via J-Walk Blog)

Jesus’ General has a very manly recipe that even got included in an online cookbook!

In an age where you can enjoy deep-fried Twinkies, pickles, ice cream, and even Coke, deep-fried pizza shouldn’t even raise an eyebrow. The Chip Shop in New York shows how its done. The word is that its pretty good. (via Grow-A-Brain)

The Bachelor

Two confirmed bachelors sat talking. Their conversation drifted from politics to cooking.

"I got a cookbook once," said the first, "but I could never do anything with it."

"Too much fancy cooking in it, eh?" asked the second.

"You said it. Every one of the recipes began the same way - Take a clean dish and...."

Lemon Chicken Recipe

(Thanks, Joe!)
I saw this picture for a lemon breast chicken that looks very tasty, and easy to prepare.

Ingredients:
 whole chicken (weight depends on how many servings are required)
 large lemon cut into halves
 sprig of rosemary
 salt and pepper to taste
 butter or olive oil,  your choice

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Rub butter or oil over the skin of the chicken until it is completely coated.

With a knife, gently separate the skin from the breast meat; slide lemon halves under the skin with the peel side up. This way the juice from the lemon will coat the breast meat.

Season skin of chicken to your preference; and place sprig of rosemary into the chicken.

Cover and place in oven for 30-45 minutes. Remove cover and continue roasting until juices run clear, basting every 15-20 minutes, depending on size of the bird.

If you've followed these steps correctly, your chicken should look like the one in the picture below.   Bon Appetit!

Thought for today: If drumsticks are for playing drums, you would think that breadsticks would be for playing bread, wouldn't you? "Would you like some breadsticks?" "No, thank you, I don't play bread. I play drums. Perhaps I'll have a drum roll." - George Carlin

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