deep fried turkey

so we had deep fried turkey this year like we do every year. at least we have for the past five anyway...so, taking a look at the photo below....which one would you guess was deep fried?



well....they both were actually. the black one wasn't actually burnt as you might have thought....the marinating sauce that we used, we spread all over the outside of the turkey and for some reason just got all black. the meat was actually very good - go figure!

recipe

"Treat yourself to..." as my recipe card says...Chinese Chicken Salad.

i really despise cooking. i really don't like it. i don't know why. i'm just not one of those women who get enjoyment out of cooking or baking....however, i've found that if i must cook, the recipe must be one of those - throw all the ingredients together...and you're done, sort of recipes. the following is one of those. i make it only about once or twice a year. thanksgiving and sometimes christmas. i got this recipe from my grandma and i absolutely love this salad! it is really good! i have no idea why it's called chinese chicken salad...because i don't think it is chinese....in any case...here it is. if you decide to try it sometime...shoot me a note telling me how you liked it.

Salad ingredients (all mixed together in one large bowl)
1 head nappa cabbage (torn/cut into bite-size pieces; like you'd cut any other lettuce for a salad)
2-3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts. chopped into cubes and cooked. (i usually use 3)
4-5 chopped, green onions (i usually use 4)
4 tablespoons sesame seeds
2 oz. slivered almonds
2 pks uncooked Ramen noodles. crumbled into bits. (chicken flavor)

Dressing ingredients (all mixed together, then pour on top of salad)
1/2 cup oil (i use vegetable oil)
6 tablespoons Rice Vinegar (i use the oriental green label with no sugar or sodium)
4 teasoons sugar
3-4 tablespoons sesame oil (i use 4)
a dash of cayen pepper
2 packets of chicken flavoring (from the Ramen noodles pks)

after you pour the dressing ingredients on top of the salad, let the salad sit overnight (or at least several hours) before eating. this way all the oils soak in and it's much better!

itunes

Just for fun....go to your itunes and search the library to answer the questions below....then give me a link to your blog so i can read yours. below are my answers.

How many songs?
2432 (and i'm not yet finished importing all my cd's)

Sort by song title:
First: Yakuza Oren 1 - The Rza (Kill Bill - Volume One)
Last: Zero - Smashing Pumpkins listen

Sort by time:
First: Speach:Paul - The Beatles Anthonlogy 1 -Disc 1 (0:07)
Last: Blind Frail (Hidden Track) - Jars of Clay (27:15)
Although because I don't want to copy Kenny, I'll also put down the second longest song: Atom Heart Mother Suite - Pink Floyd (23:44)

Sort by album:
First: Megalomaniac - Incubus - A Crow Left of The Murder listen
Last: You're The Only One - Maria Mena listen

Top Five Most Played Songs:
1. Without Condition - Ginny Owens listen (i created a video with this one that i'll have to get posted up here somehow...)
2. I'm With You - Avril Lavigne listen
3. My Lullaby - Maria Mena listen or read my post on it.
4. Gotta Get Thru This - Daniel Bedingfield listen (i like to run to this one)
5. Psychobabble - Frou Frou listen

Find "death", How many songs come up?
1. Death Of A Party - Blur listen

Find "love", How many songs come up?
198

that was fun. thanks Kenny. ;-)

latest

(above - my newest doodle)
so i've been contemplating creating a separate blog for my doodles and other misc. stuff i've designed....i don't know though, i'd want the blog template to be original and i'm not so sure i have the time to do that...actually i know i don't have the time for it...secretly i've been searching the web for free templates to use but i just can't bring myself to do it...i want to design one myself. speaking of which, i've been working on a new layout/design for this blog but just haven't had the time to work all the kinks out...oh well...eventually - when you're all good and tired of this one...i'll get it done and it'll be about time!

crime scene

so, wednesday morning i got up and headed out my front door on my way to work and across the street the entire block was taped off by police. police men were standing around and there were a couple police cars parked around and inside the taped off area. i wondered about it all day and then last night on the 6-oclock news, they announced that a 14-year old girl was found dead in the basement of the apartment. apparently at about 1am Wednesday morning police were responding to a "burglary in progress." when they got there, there were no signs of breaking and entering and they found the girl, dead. all day yesterday they interviewed the three men that live at the apartment where she was found. the girl didn't live there...she actually goes to a high school completely on the other side of town....

a police car was there, watching the apartment all night last night. the police and news people are calling it a "suspicious death."
they're not releasing any more information than that. they did an autopsy on the girl Wednesday afternoon but aren't releasing the cause of death yet. the girl was identified and the family has requested that her name not be released yet....

it's just weird. and sad. very sad. this girl was one year older than my youngest brother and only one year younger than my youngest sister....it's just very sad and a little freaky to imagine something like this happening so close....and she was so young...