"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Thu 12 Jun 2008 10:57:32p, Nexis told us...
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>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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>>> Tonight we're havng blackened chicken breast, a mixture of lightly
>>> cooked okra, corn and tomatoes, and brown rice cooked in chicken stock
>>> with onions, garlic, and herbs.
>>>
>>> We'll have dessert if I can find the key lime cake I baked, portioned,
>>> and froze.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Wayne Boatwright
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>>
>> Sounds tasty, Wayne Well, except for the okra, but that's a personal
>> preference...lol!
>
> Okra is one of *those* vegetables that people seem to either love or hate.
> You're excused. :-)

Thank you kindly ;-)

>
>> The brown rice sounds especially good. I discovered a few years ago that
>> I actually really prefer brown to white rice in most instances...sushi
>> being the major exception.
>
> I love brown rice. I'm not fond of "delicate" rices. Of the white rices,
> I like long, medium, and short grain, stick, and sweet rice. As much as
> other people seem to like them, I don't care for basmati or jasmine rice.

Yanno, I am not a fan of jasmine rice either. It's too perfumy tasting to me. I don't
mind basmati occasionally for something like saffron chicken & rice, but I wouldn't
use it for, say, a stir fry accompaniment.

>
>> Dinner...I had Greek chicken, pita, a small salad, and a cup of soup.
>
> That sounds delicious! What do you do to make Greek chicken? I have a
> Greek spice blend that I often sprinkle liberally on flattened chicken
> breasts, then brush on oil and either broil or grill. What kind of soup
> did you have?

I make a lemon-garlic butter with black pepper that goes under the skin, then the
skin itself is rubbed with a meyer lemon olive oil, and sprinkled with a mix of sea
salt, freshly ground black and white pepper, oregano, and last night at least, a bit
of true lemon (powdered lemon juice). This was roasted on the grill for about 45
minutes for a small-ish bird.

The soup was a simple: chicken stock from the freezer, celery, carrot, onion. Into
this I put meatballs with rice in them. The meatballs are traditionally made with
lamb, but I didn't have any so I used ground beef & chicken mixed. Had good flavor
Just simmered for a while, til the meatballs were done and the rice tender.



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>> kimberly

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> Wayne Boatwright
day. --Robin Hemley

kimberly