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mom to the rescue!

so i am usually quite good at cooking. i have been known to call my mom or a friend to find a substitute ingredient or ask opinions of certain things, but this morning i was in desperate need of help.

see, our neighbor, was cooking a chicken in her crockpot last week. and boy did it smell good. i thought that would be an easy thing for me to cook. sprinkle with rotisserie seasoning and yummy!!!

so i bought myself a chicken!!!!! last night i pulled it out and it was ready for me this morning. it was still a little frozen so i put it in the crock on high and an hour later went to pull out the innards. however, this chicken didn't seem to have a hole in it anywhere. i checked the package and it said to remove the innards. i did a quick look across the street. i think she's awake..but i would feel so stupid asking her how to find the innards of my chicken. after a short debate and a lesson in humility i call my mom!!! i can feel totally stupid with her!!!

i call my mom and she tells me to pull apart the legs....it must have been my voice, my gagging, or just her sensitive mom knowledge that she volunteered to drive over and help me pull the innards out of my chicken!!!

that's a great mom for you. now...you should know my mom's job on the farm was to kill and ready the chickens. impressive for a girl eh! so she would know exactly what to do. and she did...while i did my little "this is so gross dance" she spread his legs wide opend and dug around inside my chicken only to decide this little guy was missing his innards!! hmm... she then proceeded to cut off the fat around the tail! i didn't know they had tails at this point!!

needless to say...my little chicken was placed back in the crockpot with a few less feathers, a broken wing, and feeling a little violated! but hopefully he will be just as good as those yummy rotisserie chickens i buy when i'm too lazy too cook!!!!

and...i'm not sure i'll ever buy one of these again!!

neighbor...i know you read this!! i'm sorry i didn't ask....i was afraid the look of it would be enough to set off your pregnancy sickness. okay, so really i was just way too embarrassed!!!!

Comments

Julie said…
So, how did it turn out? Never give up after your first try; at least you now know where to find the hole!
You could have come on over--I wouldn't have gotten sick, I don't think! Hope your next attempt goes a bit better!
October 1, 2007 at 12:21 PM
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