Thursday, October 6, 2016

This 'n That,

Life is not being kind to me lately. Today I have a raging sore throat. I hope that doesn't presage a cold, I haven't had a cold in many a long year, nor has Matt.

Talking of Matt, I do hope he (Matthew) doesn't visit the east coast. Nasty things and I have seen reports of evacuations which is a good idea if you live on the coast.

Today I dragged myself out of bed early, once again, and went shopping with my hubby. I found ducks on sale for about $14. Couldn't believe it, they are normally horrendously expensive here. I snapped one up and plan to cook it on Saturday for our Thanksgiving celebration.

Tech guy called this morning to change my modem because I have been having problems with my wifi. Guess what, nothing's changed. Damned thing keeps dropping and coming back and dropping again. Doesn't stay long enough to use my laptop for blogging or much of anything else at the moment. Once I have written this, I plan to phone them once again.

I spent part of this morning making tomato soup. Not the kind I posted the other day, to me that is a vegetable soup. Mine has onions, garlic and tomatoes in it and that's it. It's good stuff too.

This recipe looked very easy to do and if it ends up anything like paella, it should be good. It came from the New York Times.



Chicken With Rice, The Easy Way



Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 medium onions, about 8 ounces, peeled and sliced
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 chicken, cut up into serving pieces
  • 1 ½ cups white rice
  • Pinch saffron, optional
  • Freshly minced parsley or cilantro for garnish
  • Lemon or lime wedges

Preparation

  1. Set 3 cups of water to boil. Place olive oil in a large skillet that can be covered, and turn heat to medium-high. Add onions and a sprinkling of salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onions soften and become translucent, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove skin from chicken.
  2. Add rice to onions; stir until each grain glistens; sprinkle with saffron, and stir. Nestle chicken in rice, add a little more salt and pepper and pour in the boiling water. Turn heat to medium-low, and cover.
  3. Cook 20 minutes, until all water is absorbed and chicken is cooked through. (You can keep this warm over a very low flame for another 15 minutes; it will retain its heat for 15 minutes beyond that.) Garnish and serve with lemon or lime.

Have a great day
 

17 comments:

  1. Hi Jo - hope you feel better soon, and that WiFi gets fixed .. frustrating thing to be happening. Take care and all the best - Hilary

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    1. Thanks Hilary. They were working on my wifi til late last night. Seems OK this morning, seems being the operative word.

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  2. nice recipe of chicken with rice.. very delicious


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  3. I hope you are not getting a cold...that would suck. My brother said he has the same problem with a sore throat so hopefully it will only be that. This recipe sounds good and easy.

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    1. Thanks Birgit, I hope not too. Seems a little better this morning. It does sound good doesn't it?

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  4. Sorry about the sore throat. Hope it's better soon. Your idea of tomato soup sounds much like mine.

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    1. Thanks Helen, it seems a little easier this morning. Yes, I don't want carrots and celery in my tomato soup. Just simple stuff.

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  5. I have a friend in Myrtle Beach who is going to ride it out. She's got sandbags but I don't think those will be effective if they get a storm surge. I'm not sure if it's still headed up here or not.

    Sorry you are getting sick. Mine started with a wicked sore throat and I'm still fighting it 10 days later. I caved in and went to the doctor yesterday.

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    1. Riding it out isn't a good idea. I know others who did so and got away with it but.... Last I saw it is going to do a circle round.

      Sorry you aren't better yet JoJo. I have been sucking Fisherman's Friend and that seems to have eased it somewhat. Finger crossed.

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  6. Call and fuss at them! They did nothing.
    We're far enough inland Matthew won't be more than rain. Besides, it's circling the wagon and heading south again soon.

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    1. Read some more tomorrow Alex.

      Glad to hear Matthew won't be a problem for you. I noticed it was predicted to circle.

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  7. I do hope you feel better soon! The day after I arrived at Myrtle Beach, I had a sore throat and the cold/flu lasted over a week. Fever too. Hope that's not what you have, but everywhere I went, all I heard was, yeah, that's going around. I'm back home in PA now. Had to get out of Matthew's path. He's too fierce for me, but will go back soon. I do love a sunrise over the ocean! Take care!

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    1. It's been better today Yolanda. I don't think I "have" anything after all. Phew!!!

      Good idea to leave Myrtle Beach. Best thing you could do, just in case.

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  8. Your energy feels different Jo - even over the blog. Hope you feel better soon and don't get a nasty cold.

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    1. I seem to have got a cough and a runny nose Ivy. Hope it doesn't get any worse. I guess my energy is low at the moment. I'm tired I think.

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    2. Understandable.

      Here's to feeling 100 percent again.

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