My wife's granddaughter (4 years old and not a gourmet at all) is
going to be here in about 5 minutes for the night as her mother is in
another city with a raging fever.

Betty bought a 4 elbee chicken and we already had leeks, cranberries
which we had not used from Thanksgiving (the real one) and which I
cooked with 1 cup fructose and a chunk of finely chopped ginger. I
will add 2 tbsp. of lemon juice.

The chicken, we realized could not be done in the oven as the oven
for some reason decided to stop working. Not having time to question
this profoundly, I pulled out the crockpot, tossed in some small
carrots, halved small potatoes and a head of leek cut lengthwise. I
stuffed some of the leek into the chicken and spread the rest about
the bottom with sliced sage from the remainder of the garden. I am
cooking it on high with 1 cup of red wine, so it should be ready
around 6.

At the same time I am cooking about eight largish beets to have handy
for the next few days because I really miss having my urine run red
;-) Actually, they're great hot with a dab of butter and a pinch of
salt, or cold with mayo. Yum yum.

Tonight's mood music will be Cesaria Evora or Jorane. Kid's here,
got to go.

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"Compassion is the chief law of human existence."

Dostoevski, The Idiot