Subj : Chicken
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Wed Dec 27 2023 12:12:56

Hi Dave,

 RH> Last month when we were in western NY we went out to an Italian
 RH> restaurant with Steve's mom and siblings--I saw picatta on the menu and
 RH> got it, yes it also had capers. I used dark meat for the Moroccan
 RH> chicken I made last week (called for white) so I'm down to just
 RH> leg/thigh quarters in the freezer so will probably pick up some white
 RH> meat when we do some shopping later this week.

 DD> I do keep capers (a small bottle) and will make them available to
 DD> guests who, like MLOO, insist on having salt bombs with their piccata.

They do add a nice accent.

 DD>       2    Chicken breast halves or
 DD>            - thighs; 4 to 6 oz each
 DD>            - boned, skinned

 RH> I may cut my chicken into strips and mix it with noodles the way our
 RH> friend does it. That, and a green salad will be a good meal. Yes, I do
 RH> use wine--for cooking only, not drinking.

 DD> Sounds like me. But for different reasons. You have religious scruples
 DD> whereas I just don't have a taste for it. Same for beer or hard
 DD> liquor. They are "social" things. It's been over 5 years since I had a
 DD> drink
 DD> of anything alcoholic.

Longer than that for me, never was into beer (Steve calls it "liquid
cilantro" as they both taste nasty, in our opinions.) but did try some
wines in Germany, plus a few sips of my FIL's home made peach brandy.


 DD> I've told people for many years the the alcohol "cooks out" od wine or
 DD> hooch used in cooking. Turns out that's not entirely true. Some
 DD> residual alcohol may remain evewn after long cooking according to A
 DD> Washington
 DD> Post  article that showed up in my newss feed. Talk about an "eye
 DD> opened"  http://tinyurl.com/86-D-BOOZE

I read that too, years ago, and that was part of the reason I didn't
cook with it. Now I'll cook with it, but in very small amounts. I might
do a splash or 2 of red in beef stew, didn't last time I made stew and
did notice a difference.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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