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so last night punk and i made the best chicken. it was both of our first times making a whole chicken without someone with the knowledge on hand. rooster is the regular chicken cooker in house. so i thought of garlic under the skin and he raised me some rosemary under the skin and some lemon slices as well. omg! and then i threw together an ad hoc stuffing with garlic croutons, garlic, onion, rosemary, salt, pepper, mushrooms and marsala wine. holy damn. amazing chicken. then on the side some salad with pea pods and poppyseed dressing with soynuts and sunflower seeds and a side of asapargus steamed and then tossed with lemon, butter and goat asiagio cheese. yum right?

so because i missed my rooster with the 14 hours of band yesterday - i wanted to try to recreate the chicken plus make her some rhubarb pie. i had made some rhubarb pie on thurs night when i got home from the jason webley show so i could have it for the fancy and high pressure work picnic and she helped but got no pie because the slice i saved for her landed on my apt stairs facedown when the plastic bag holding the vodka broke open and spilled a literal gallon of vodka in the front lobby of my apt. good times. so i wanted to make her chicken and pie.

the rhubarb pie was looking good - but i realized i was a little short on rhubarb. so i threw in the bing cherries that were left. mmmm still a bit sparse. and so i threw in... strawberries. now i am usually VERY against strawberries in rhubarb pie. i believe that the sweet overpowers the charming tart and i get really fucking cranky about it. however desperate times my friends. and so... it turned out well. something in my recipe is making the guts of the pie juicier than is my liking - but it turned out super well and most importantly rooster loved the pie, the chicken and the stuffing.

so there you have it - a rare cooking post as i spent most of the day listening to the dixie chicks, nick cave and pj harvey while cooking up a storm and then eating while watching the six feet under dvds. its a good prep for going back to work.

tomorrow night is band practice. wooooeee i am excited. vagabondage has some great new songs to work out and nail down. i totally am a geek for it.