Comments on: In Which I Embody Pioneering Virtues

By: truce

truce — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:16:09 +0000

You had me until you picked up the celery. There is no excuse for celery.

Do you have a garden? Could you keep free range chickens out there? Then you’d have eggs as well as chickens. Though maybe not every week, and then there’s the whole “How can we make it die?” scenario…

By: recreatingmyself

recreatingmyself — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:51:29 +0000

The description of your cooking made me soooo hungry! I will definitely try that!

I also read in one of your comments that you mentioned posole, so very good! You should also try gallina pinta and albondigas, soooooo good too.

You are the recipient of all my admiration David.

By: davidrochester

davidrochester — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:55:07 +0000

Marianne — This is definitely lustworthy soup.

Pan — I am honored to be in your tier of chickenfrugality.

LFC — But amazingly, we really do have a free range pork farmer in Oregon. How he survives the process, I really don’t know.

By: marianne

marianne — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:47:41 +0000

Absolutely overcome with admiration. Or lust, or something.

By: pandemonic

pandemonic — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:51:05 +0000

I thought I was the only one who could make a chicken last for days… Your description of your method makes me so hungry. I think I’ll buy a chicken…

By: thelittlefluffycat

thelittlefluffycat — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:12:33 +0000

Free range? hee… You let six-hundred pound porkers free-range around you wind up with javelinas, boy. . .

By: davidrochester

davidrochester — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:45:22 +0000

Oh, but it doesn’t really take any time. Most of it is waiting for things to cook, which happens when I’m hanging around the house anyway. I’d say the total active engagement time is less than an hour.

By: elissakaren

elissakaren — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:38:09 +0000

Am I the only one overcome by lethargy just reading this description? Time is money, I say.

By: Eve

Eve — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:28:56 +0000

David, I laughed out loud when I read your first paragraph. How delightful! I didn’t know that cooking a chicken this way was called “brining” it. But I do know that cooking one this way gives the BEST, most flavorful broth. You’ve made my mouth water tonight.

By some coincidence, I’ve been thinking about our poor college student and young married couple days, and remembering all the things we did to save money and cut corners. Life did, in fact, feel more pioneering then. There’s something rewarding about that.

Off to buy chicken…!

By: Shawn W

Shawn W — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:36:05 +0000

Garlic is a great pest repelent, and you can do without the nasty chemicals. (My lab is allergic and has seizures.) I’m sure if you ate enough of it your dad would stay away. Of course, it wouldn’t help your love life any.

We also use salt water as a weed killer. You won’t find a more organic yard around here.