Let’s get back to sharing recipes. Here’s Spatchcock Chicken (inspired by my KY cousin/master chef Bill B. with Col. Sanders famous 11 herbs and spices, which we enjoyed last night with green beans, carrots and miniature gold taters in the slow cooker.
With kitchen shears or regular scissors cut out the backbone of a 3-5lb young chicken — place the chicken on a cutting board breast-side-down. Working from the cavity opening up to the neck, cut down each side of the back bone (bone makes a good seasoner for your slow cooker green beans). Smash that dude breast side up, so it’s flat and ready for action (see photo). Rub on a bit of olive oil (or, I prefer bacon grease) and season as you wish (see my suggestion below).
Pre-heat your iron skillet in the oven to 500 degrees. Drop temp to 450 and toss your butterflied chicken on there breast side down for 30 min. Turn over (carefully, use your widest spatula, preferably metal, to avoid losing skin that might be stuck to skillet, this is the trickiest part of the recipe) then drizzle a tiny bit of pre-mixed olive oil, rosemary and minced garlic on the breast side up, cook another 15 min.
Remove from oven and let sit at least 15 min.
My fav seasoning (credit: Col. Sanders and his wife, Claudia)
NOTE: this makes about 3 times as much seasoning as you need, save the rest for another meal.
2/3 tablespoon salt
1/2 tablespoon thyme
1/2 tablespoon basil
1/3 tablespoon oregano
1 tablespoon celery salt
1 tablespoon black pepper
1 tablespoon dried mustard
4 tablespoons paprika
2 tablespoons garlic salt
1 tablespoon ground ginger
3 tablespoons white pepper
1 tablespoon Accent or similar MSG seasoning
If you want to fry your chicken add two cups of flour to seasoning above. Pressure cooker works best.
And as I’ve bragged about in the past I was privileged to meet the Colonel (that’s me and his pal, my grandfather, in the background).
boss, here’s a tasty recipe for “cooked goose” from nytimes:
American allies, including the British and the Dutch, had provided information describing meetings in European cities between Russian officials — and others close to Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin — and associates of President-elect Trump, according to three former American officials who requested anonymity in discussing classified intelligence.
Separately, American intelligence agencies had intercepted communications of Russian officials, some of them within the Kremlin, discussing contacts with Trump associates.
The disclosures about the contacts came as new questions were raised about Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s ties to the Russians. According to a former senior American official, he met with the Russian ambassador, Sergey I. Kislyak, twice in the past year. The details of the meetings were not clear, but the contact appeared to contradict testimony Mr. Sessions provided Congress during his confirmation hearing in January when he said he “did not have communications with the Russians.”
Mr. Sessions said in a statement late Wednesday that he “never met with any Russian officials to discuss issues of the campaign.”
I will be very surprised if Sessions steps down. Trump doesn’t care about things like this. Why would he? Sessions withdrew the guidance given by the Obama Justice Department on transgender kids in public school bathrooms and drop the Justice Department lawsuit against Texas over its voter ID law that the court had already found to be unconstitutional. That’s what Trump cares about. He has to keep his base happy and the rest of us can just go screw ourselves. Besides, Sessions’s DOJ spokes person said there was absolutely nothing misleading about his responses to the Senate in his confirmation hearing. Isn’t that enough?
“Mr. Sessions said in a statement late Wednesday that he “never met with any Russian officials to discuss issues of the campaign related to Russia hacking the upcoming elections in PA, FL or MI on any Tuesday in June or July of 2016 that he could recall right offhand.”
gosh ole No regard has Alzheimers must be why pussy grabber picked him
Craig
love the saddle shoes
When I have made that dish I used a covered brick to flatten it.
pogo, t all depends on what “is” is.
huffpo
What Jeff Sessions Said About Perjury During The Clinton Impeachment
“The American people believe no one is above the law.”
In 1999, then Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) described perjury claims against President Bill Clinton as “serious allegations.”
“In America, the Supreme Court and the American people believe no one is above the law,” he said. Sessions also voted “guilty” on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice during Clinton’s impeachment trial.
merriam-webster’s 2nd definition of spatchcock might be useful term for what’s happening now in the news:
Jesuuuus…. I’m beginning to feel like we’re all in a Monty Python movie. And now for something completely different…. watch the alligators come out of the “drained” swamp and eat everybody.
Yeah… Trump and friends is a recipe for disaster…
al franken just told mojo “this is really hinky”
xr, please translate what a Minnesotan means by “hinky”
al franken on mojo this a.m.
link above not working, try this http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/senator-franken-sessions-should-recuse-himself-888440899582
for those who couldn’t connect with above links
Loretta Lynch for Special Prosecutor Suprema
Pat,
Franken is from St Louis Park, a suburb of a town west of here. SLP also claims Tom Friedman and Norm Ornstein – reading from left to right. I believe that in St Louis Parkese the word hinky means russian.
sessions : I did not have sex with that russian.
Craig: Yum! Cut up body parts can be kept in the freezer for eventual making of delicious chicken stock. I debone thighs quite often and cut up wings etc so I keep a bag of wing tips and thigh bones, along with backs from cutting up whole chickens, in the freezer. When it gets full I make stock, yummy!
For Pat:
US launches airstrikes in Yemen
is that like wag the dog only real…..look over here don’t look at noregard
I am at a total loss as to what American interest is served by the Chief of the Senate Armed Services Committee having any interaction with any Russian official.
hey stupid reporter Loretta Lynch stepped aside that’s one big difference
Nancy P is on fire –sometimes it is more fun not to be in charge
Will The Little Weasel be eligible for the country-club correctional facility in the Florida Panhandle? Where is it, Eglin AFB?
…
Just checked. No more ClubFed. Sorry ’bout that~~~
I don’t think the recent visit to Mexico by Trumpco went well – I don’t know myself of course, but people are talking.
Put the li’l bastard in the stockade at Thule, if it hasn’t washed into the ocean.
Ms Cracker,
You mean the global apology tour isn’t working ?
X-R
What is this imaginary leverage Pussy Grabber thinks he has over Mexico?
Katherine, how’re your husband’s eyes doing??
Much better – he is still a crank however. He is going to need new glasses and until that happens – at least a month – he cannot drive the thing he misses the most. Thanks
is that like wag the dog only real…..look over here don’t look at noregard
KGC… I agree with the above HUUUUUUUGEEEEEELY!
If things aren’t going well… just start a war. And of course our dumbed down media will probably fall for it.
Does anyone have a recipe for vegetarian borscht?
soooo will they work a deal where beauregard resigns and takes back his old job (‘course that would mean his newly appointed replacement bama a.g. luther strange will have to set aside his ambitions…. but who knows maybe they’ll swap places). the art of the deal.
Blue, I would be inclined to find the recipe for the tastiest Borscht imaginable, then eliminate the lamb, reduce the garlic and olive oil, but saute the remaining veggies as if were non-vegetarian. Add the vinegar gingerly tasting as you go. You could use a vegetable stock instead of beef stock, but…
I just don’t see it being the same as a real Borscht.
nbc news:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions denied meeting with Russian officials during the course of the presidential election to discuss the Trump campaign, he told NBC News in exclusive remarks early Thursday.
“I have not met with any Russians at any time to discuss any political campaign,” he said, “and those remarks are unbelievable to me and are false. And I don’t have anything else to say about that.”
Sessions was also asked whether he would step aside from investigating alleged ties between Trump’s surrogates and intermediaries for the Russian government — as a growing chorus of Democrats and some Republicans have demanded.
“I have said whenever it’s appropriate, I will recuse myself,” he said. “There’s no doubt about that.”
Top Republicans call on Sessions to recuse self from Russia investigation
renee, looking more and more like monty python pic everyday. saddle up, gonna be a long hard (crazy) ride.
wapo: The new interior secretary just rode into work on a horse
Arriving on horseback Thursday, newly minted Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke pledged he would devote more resources to national parks, boost the morale of department employees and bolster the sovereignty of American Indian tribes.
Zinke — who was confirmed by the Senate on Wednesday by a 68-to-31 vote — rode with a nine-person mounted police escort to the Interior Department’s downtown headquarters on Tonto, an Irish sport horse…..
[….]
An employee with the Bureau of Indian Affairs from Montana’s Northern Cheyenne tribe played a veterans honor song on a hand drum as Zinke approached the department on C Street NW, while 350 employees waited outside to greet him. In his email, Zinke noted that he was “proud to be an adopted member of the Assiniboine-Sioux from Northeast Montana,” and that his commitment to respecting tribal sovereignty and the rights of U.S. territories “is not lip service.”
Pogo, turn on the SEC channel. It’ll be ‘Bama women against Tennessee in game 4 of the SEC tournament. Georgia just beat Auburn in a really spirited match. USC will whup on Georgia in the quarterfinals at noon tomorrow.
This looks like fun
bloomberg: Trump Says Has ‘Total Confidence’ in AG Sessions, AP Reports
wonder if this is the same kind of confidence kellyanne said drumpf had in Flynn before he was fired… nope, that was just “full confidence” for Flynn.
Craig
How do you fry in a pressure cooker how much oil etc and isn’t pressure fried chicken kind of “broasted chicken” one of my personal southern favorites
huffpo:
A decade ago, in a somewhat gentler time, Donald Trump was a reality TV star who supported Hillary Clinton. George W. Bush was president. And Sean Spicer was the Easter Bunny.
The White House press secretary’s former starring turn at the White House Easter Egg Roll is not a carefully guarded secret. Politico interviewed him about it in 2008, the second year he donned the large rabbit suit, and he talked with The Washington Post about the experience in 2013.
This week, photos of bunnies that may be Spicer terrorizing children posing for photo-ops have been recirculating online ― because, face it, we need this right now.
Flatus, Not looking great for the Bama women.
I watched the Sessions confirmation hearing, and Chuck Grassley was incomprehensibly cavalier and lackadaisical in making sure Sessions was properly vetted. Chuck Grassley is an enemy of democracy and Iowans should be ashamed of themselves for electing him.
Tennessee is looking tired at this stage of the game
Basically, every member of this administration is a documented liar.
Boy Howdy ain’t that the truth
there probably is a question about experience lying on the Whitehouse job app
…but Sessions, our nation’s highest law-enforcement official, lied under oath, which is a crime. This from the guy who wants to restore the “rule of law”. He was right about rising crime rates, he raised the stats by “1”! Lock him up.
“You can’t smoke pot, but I can lie under oath about spying for the Russians.”
-fictituous but accurate Jeff Sessions quote
bink & kgc, they could form their very own liars club….should be enough for a quorum.
maybe they can be the d.c. branch of the one in philly who established:
The Liars Club
A Blog by People Who Lie for a Living
“…they could form their very own liars club.”
That’s exactly what they’ve already done.
cbs: Jeff Sessions press conference – live updates
How can you think of food at a time like this?! Aaaauuuuuuggggghhhhh!
..and BiD, we wouldn’t know this story if not for journalists (Adam Entous, Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller) doing their job. Thanks to them, and poop on you.
the hill:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions
Jeff SessionsSessions recuses himself from Russia probeDem target in Nevada is third GOP senator to ask for Sessions recusalWATCH LIVE: Sessions speaks to press as Russia questions swirlMORE announced Thursday he will recuse himself from federal investigations into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
“I have recused myself in the matters that deal with the Trump campaign,” he said at a press conference.
under the circumstances, comey should too. special prosecutor essential.
um, you need to resign, Lying Jeff.
from the new Yorker
Satire from the Borowitz Report
Putin Demands Sessions Resign from Russian Government
MOSCOW (The Borowitz Report)—In a stunning rebuke of the Attorney General, Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded that Jeff Sessions resign from the Russian government “at once.”
Speaking at the Kremlin, Putin said that the controversies swirling around Sessions in Washington “no longer make it possible for Jeff Sessions to function as an integral part of the Kremlin team.”
Putin asserted that Sessions had “become a distraction,” and ordered the Alabama native to clear out his desk at the Kremlin “by Friday morning at the latest.”
While Kremlin sources said that forcing Sessions’s resignation was “a necessary measure,” they would not guarantee that he was the only member of the Trump Cabinet who would be expelled from the Russian government.
“We’ve put a dozen of them on notice,” one Kremlin source said.
Are all Alabamans lying, Anti-American, criminal stooges, or just that one? I hate to generalize, but that’s the one they picked to represent themselves on a national level, so…
Bama 72 Vols 64. An honest victory for the Alabama women
They play Kentucky tomorrow afternoon in the quarter finals
excerpt from wapo’s “Attorney General Jeff Sessions will recuse himself from any probe related to 2016 presidential campaign”
In an acknowledgment that Sessions is unlikely to step down, Schumer and other Democrats focused mostly on ensuring impartial investigations of Russian meddling in U.S. elections.
“Better for the country if he resigns, but let’s get an investigation going,” he said.
Schumer also said that the Justice Department’s inspector general should investigate whether Sessions made any attempts to thwart any ongoing Russia-related investigations. If lawmakers were not satisfied with the choice of independent counsel, Democrats would seek to revive an expired independent counsel law, but would rewrite it to empower a three-judge panel like the D.C. Circuit Court — not the attorney general — to appoint the special prosecutor.
Then again…
Ms Cracker, I doubt the deadbeat thinks he has some lever that can move Mexico. He just needs to bully Mexico daily to keep the crazies in line. As russiagate worsens he may have to bully Mexico every hour.
“Are all Alabamans lying, Anti-American, criminal stooges, or just that one?”
bink, our very own pogo is a bama baby,the epitome of truthiness, and the quintessential patriot
Yeah, notice he left.
so is the “cooked goose” (as so presciently mentioned in comment #1) done yet?
the cock been spatched?
A three so-called judge panel ???
The elite denizens of Washington and Wall Street scorn and mock the good and decent people of this country for wanting their laws enforced and their communities protected. – jefferson beauregard sessions III, elite denizen of Washington and kremlin shill.
if they opt for an independent commission, I would suggest it be headed by intelligence experienced republicans bob gates and colin powell with a 3d commissioner being an acknowledged prosecutor respected by both parties.
for a special prosecutor that perhaps would be acceptable to the repubs (who have to be convinced just to get one) what about Robert Mueller?… 13 yrs as fbi director under both bush and obama might be qualifications enough to start with
My favorite recipe is Julia Child’s recipe for boeuf bourguinon. Here is the youtube of her show. The difficulty is because you use several pots at the same time. Plan on the afternoon in the kitchen. When I make this I also make French Baguette to go along with the meal. A nice wine to match the cooking wine and heaven is on your tastebuds.
Without joy I watch and listen to the current administration crater. Crash and burn. Flush the floater down the porcelain goddess. What was interesting to me was the line about the foreign intelligence sources providing the evidence that session’s had hidden his russian contacts. I think we will see more of these show time hits from foreign sources in the days ahead. It takes the pressure off American IC to do the work, thus confounding the determined leak chaser.
Bink, lol. Yes, I like to think there are plenty of honest folks in Alabama- in fact I know quite a few. None however are politicians.
Roll tide roll.
BB, I’ve been tied up with a client and judge today so I’m catching up.
“What was interesting to me was the line about the foreign intelligence sources providing the evidence that session’s had hidden his russian contacts. ”
What’s that referring to? Got a link?
Happy Birthday Jamie!
It’s Jamie’s birthday ? Thanks, Corey !
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JAMIE !
Pogo – I cannot remember where it was. The two countries noted were Dutch and UK, which most likely means NATO will have a lot of “leaks”. As the floater has constantly dished on NATO they are probably happy to dump on Mr. Peebody.
Bink – Judge Moore is all Alabama.
God. Roy Moore. Possibly the only judge from Alabama who’s even stupider than Sessions. But the jury’s still out.
Corey & XR
Thanks for the felicitations on the 37th anniversary of my 36th birthday.
Now whose Birthday is it really?
JAMIE – It mailed yesterday. Oops. ?
And just for you, Hugh Jackman is on Stephen Colbert tonight.
“Hinky” must be the Minnesota equivalent of the Maryland “squirrelly.”
Aren’t these exciting times? I follow @EricGarland on Twitter, and for the past 24 hours he has been all Tinker, Tailor, Keebler Elf. I expect another shoe (with lifts) to drop soon and we’ll learn Noregard had a Russian moll named Pecan Sandy.
What a lousy crew of traitors.
Happy Birthday Jamie
You are doing great.
Now the BIG Q is, who on the deadbeat presidential campaign wasn’t a russkie stooge ?
Sweetie thinks that Big Orange was/is a spy recruiter working for vladimir.
sessions prolly couldn’t remember his meetings with his russkie handler, ‘cuz at his hearing he was too high on pot to think straight.
Good grief, this sessions is one incredibly stupid sonovabitch. (Sonovabitch is a russian surname) Who took his bar exam for him ?
Sheeesh.
The ripper flacks are claiming that this is a kerfuffle orchestrated by Barak Obama to make the deadbeat look like an idiot.
Well, if so, how does Mr Obama force the groper and his flunkies to keep telling easily disproven lies ?
Oh, the devious and ineluctable power of that Obama !