"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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>> "Cheri" > wrote in message
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>>> "Susan" > wrote in message
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>>>> Anybody cooked anything great that we should all hear about and
>>>> try?
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>>>> Susan
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>>> Yes, I made some nice smoked chicken breasts for salad...and yes, I
>>> did touch the raw chicken while preparing it and I didn't die or
>>> vomit or anything. I know that's disgusting, but there you have it.
>>> ;-)
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>>> Cheri
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>> Did you also cut your salad on the same chopping board?
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>> I have only ever had smoked chicken that I bought pre smoked. It was
>> quite vile. But I wouldn't be averse to trying home made stuff. My
>> daughter interstate got a smoker for Christmas and I hope to be able
>> to go there late January. How did you do the breasts? I'd rather like
>> to give this smoker a go while I am there
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> I have a stovetop smoker, added a few cherry wood chips, put the
> breasts in, brushed with olive oil and salt and pepper. Cooked for a
> few minutes since I do not like a heavy smoke flavor. They were nicely
> cooked since they weren't huge breasts. No, I have bagged salad. I
> really like my smoker, I bet your daughter will too.
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> Cheri

She is the one who loves to cook, lol - dunno where she got that from.
Every evening meal is carefully thought out, not a few sausages or chops
thrown together with whatever vegetables are in the fridge. I can't live
like that, financially more than anything. I can do 4 meals for her one
sometimes, cost-wise. She gets shitty at me for searching out the cheap
chops and I admonish her for wasting money on every day meals Our
year together wasn't pretty, lol. I love a gourmet meal at home every so
often though.

Oh, and I like my chicken stirfry in strips, she likes hers in small
bite-sized pieces, she likes to "simmer" stir fry in a sauce for a while
for flavours to penetrate, I add sauce at the end, taking out some first
for people who don't like or shouldn't have sauces. We made a pact to
allow each other to cook our own way when it was out turn but she
couldn't help herself coming into the kitchen to look over my shoulder
and whine I also like to start to with a tidy kitchen and clean up as
I go, she will happily dive into a cluttered kitchen, use every pot, pan
and utensil then walk away from it all at the end of the cooking. But we
love each other, lol.