December 5th, 2011

I cook! Beef pasties.

I used puff pastry instead of making my own pie dough because, yeah, right.

And they still look tasty after resting under foil overnight. The bottoms are a little soft but they’ll firm up in the fridge between now and lunch.

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May 21st, 2010

Adventures in Brining

I’ve been eating chicken for a long time. Boned, skinned, frozen then bagged. It’s cheap, it’s low calorie, it’s cheap. First breasts, then thighs. I’m not sure when I noticed that someone had figured out how to give chicken thighs the business, but I love that guy/gal. But still, y’know, it’s chicken. Chicken’s just, y’know. [...]