More Comfort Food Recipes for Bachelors..

You know how you get a certain food on your mind,and you have to spend the entire day at work thinking about it,knowing that it's just waiting at home,and there isn't a damm thing you can do about it for 8 hours until you can rush straight to the kitchen and whip it up?..

It's like that.

Lizzard King and I have both been pretty busy this last week,so a couple nights ago we bought one of those store brand,ready made,step right up and chow down,roasted chickens at Food Maxx.

We've been munchin' on it for the last two days,rather than try to organize any kind of evening meal..That's what guys do.

Looks pretty gruesome doesn't it?

Well, you take that ravaged carcass,put it in a 4 quart pot,cover it with water,and let that sucker rock n' roil for about half an hour...

I like to add some seasoned salt,and paprika while all this is goin' on.We also had some Tarragon in the rack,so why not!

Now the most important thing to do next,is use one of those slotted spoons to scoop out the cadaver,and pull the bits of meat off the bon...HOLY CRAP!..

*edit:..The most important thing to do next is scoop out the cadaver,AND LET IT COOL!..

then using a fork,(not your fingers,you moron),separate all that tender meat from the bones.

You should end up with some juicy chunks of shredded bird,and a nice golden yellow soup stock.

Now,..check the cupboard and fridge to see what you have to throw in the pot.

In this case,I found some rice behind the coffee filters,and the remains of a stalk of celery.

I would have liked to have had a can of sweet peas,but I don't...sue me.

Add the chopped celery,meat,and 1/3 cup of rice to the stock,..keeping in mind that rice defies the laws of physics,expanding to the tenth power of volume when cooked.

I like my soup thick..

Let all this boil for about 20 minutes,or until the rice explodes into those little "stars",then turn down the heat and simmer for another 10 minutes or so.

..We don't have any bread in the house either,but we do have some lovely English Muffins.
Trust me,..this shit is good!

..I found a bottle of Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale that LK had stashed in the crisper...DIBS!

And there you have it!..The whole operation took about and hour and fifteen minutes.


It's Monday,..and life is fat and happy in Sling's Domain.