Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Canned chicken

We bought chicken on sale ....again......canned 21 quarts in my brand new pressure cooker. I used to own one with my mother-in-law, we split the cost and shared it.....but when she passed....we were living in Hong Kong and someone else claimed it. So......after all these years....I have my own again. Hooray for ME!

That bottled chicken is the BEST! It sure comes in handy when I need something quick....like the little impromptu dinner party we held on Monday night. The party turned from four of us saying good bye as our friends are moving away.......to.......14 of us sitting down to my best dishes and chicken enchiladas, rice, my home made fudge sauce on ice cream.......YUMMMMMMMMY! The best thing about it is that I had FUN...so nice to have that chicken handy in a pinch. My other friends brought salad and other "fixins." Nothing like a group effort. We laughed and laughed over old times, scout outing failures, etc.....laughter truly is the best medicine.

We waddled our way over to Dan's for his "spur of the moment" birthday dinner. We enjoyed a wonderful meal by Keira with her version of chicken enchiladas. LOVED them! The flower garden, growing boys, fun gifts. All of my girls and daughters-in-law are good cooks. Old age is going to be great .....when I get to sit back and let them feed and entertain me......I promise to wear my diaper when I come! Happy 32nd birthday Dan. We love you and are proud of you and your accomplishments. Kale is dramatic and entertains royally....(gosh, where DOES he get that from?) Beck is so cute and fun to watch with his antics and all that he is learning and Eli....well....all I can say is that when I hear that DEEP voice coming out of a four-year old.....all I can do is....... LAUGH! I try to play "Angry Birds" on my iPad but I cannot begin to compete with those boys.....Eli gave me a few pointers up at the cabin though.....I will keep trying to improve my game. Every time they do a flip on the tramp they ask if I can do that......I assure them that NO I CAN'T DO THAT.....they just love to hear me say it.

2 comments:

mbreck said...

I would love your recipes for the enchiladas and the Fudge sauce. Yummy. I am drooling now. I miss you tons.

Mark and Gretchen said...

I will email them to you...or your mom....can't remember if I even have your email address, Brooke!