{"id":1843,"date":"2004-08-05T04:31:00","date_gmt":"2004-08-05T04:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elitemporaryblog.wordpress.com\/2004\/08\/05\/chicken-pastry-cream-cucumber"},"modified":"2004-08-05T04:31:00","modified_gmt":"2004-08-05T04:31:00","slug":"chicken-pastry-cream-cucumber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangette.net\/2004\/08\/chicken-pastry-cream-cucumber\/","title":{"rendered":"“Chicken; pastry; cream; cucumber…”"},"content":{"rendered":"
I stabbed my big toe tonight on the steel blade for the Cuisinart. It\u2019s really not so complicated as it sounds, or else I would explain. The pesto smells luscious, and that\u2019s all that matters.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m now taking contributions to buy a roasting pan, dear readers. My birthday is barely over a month away, and I\u2019ll be ringing in the big two-six. 25 was a solid number: a quarter, a silver anniversary, the square of five. But 26 feels round and smooth, full of possibilities for adding, dividing, multiplying. And I\u2019m already behind in the meat-roasting game; women of previous generations would be well on their way to spinsterdom for such shortcomings. I\u2019ve got work to do. <\/strong>I\u2019ve got my eye on an All-Clad roaster in the Williams-Sonoma <\/a>catalog, but I\u2019ve got to actually get myself to the store and hold the thing in my little hands to know for sure. I think I should have a V-shaped roasting rack to go with. And an instant-read thermometer. And trussing string. And that chicken down the street. Oh, winter! Roasted chicken with Brussels sprouts and chestnuts!<\/p>\n [Thank you, Gertrude Stein, for the title.] I stabbed my big toe tonight on the steel blade for the Cuisinart. It\u2019s really not so complicated as it sounds, or else I would explain. The pesto smells luscious, and that\u2019s all that matters. I\u2019m now taking contributions to buy a roasting pan, dear readers. My birthday is barely over a month away, and I\u2019ll be ringing in the big two-six. 25 was a solid number: a quarter, a silver anniversary, the square of five. But 26 feels round and smooth, full of possibilities for adding, dividing, multiplying. And I\u2019m already behind in the meat-roasting game; women of previous generations would be well on their way to spinsterdom for such shortcomings. I\u2019ve got work to do. I\u2019ve got my…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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