Tuesday Night~~
I am going to find a way to write everyday, somehow, someway. I can move something, prioritize something., but, there's got to be a way.
Today work was just one, big, blah,blah, blah....The customer service is changing as the owner pinches his pennies. I don't really know the business ins and outs, but, i do know that you should bend over backwards to please in a retail operation. He's missing that key point. It's whoredom, really. The salespeople work powerfully to convince the client how well we will take care of them, and then, as soon as the money is on the dresser...well, somehow the caring gets misplaced like a spent condom.
During my emotional storms,intwined with the storms outside the window, i found the perfect comfort meal.So here goes, all those sore of heart, and carb deprived...this is too good not to taste.Lisa
s Chicken and Dumplings.
Cook a whole chicken in canned chicken broth(if u don't have your own homemade).Simmer it gently, turning several times, with 2 bay leaves, fresh ground pepper, a large onion, coarsely chopped, two big handfuls of baby carrots, and a good pinch each of kosher salt and thyme. When it is softened and cooked(i let it go 2 hours)Take the chicken out of the pot and cool while u make the dumplings. Put 1 and 1/2 cups of flour in a bowl with 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal, a teaspoon of baking soda, a tablespoon of baking powder and a 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Mix it with your fingers. Add 1/4 cup of fresh chopped parsley,and 1/4 cup fresh basil to dry mix. (use your instinct on how much...you want a nice sprinkle of green).
Now...take the chicken off the bone, and return chicken to pot. Bring broth to boil, and add enough half and half and flour, that has been shaken well in a jar, to broth. Use your judgement, you are looking for a thin to medium consistancy gravy.
Finish the dumplings..mix one cup plus about 3 tablespoons half and half to the dry mix, stirring with a fork until just blended. Drop generous tablespoons of dumpling onto the just boiling broth.(after the first couple, reduce the heat). when they are all in the pot, cover, and cook for NINE minutes, with the lid on. DONT LOOK DONT CHECK ..just trust they will be perfect. After the nine minutes, turn off the heat. Set the table, turn on the simpsons, pour your wine, whatever...because now dinner is ready...in one pot, fragrant, filling, sublime. A peasant meal that kings would ransom. Bon appetite.