So here I am. Time for a return to some sort of normalcy.
I picked up a whole chicken yesterday. 1.3 kg. Ten bucks. Playing a sort of game with myself to see how far I can stretch it. Insert suspenseful-sounding music here.
Butchered it, which I was actually super-excited for (I'm not crazy, right?) Got two nice pieces of breast, a pile of white meat (tenders & bits) for stir-fry, a nice pile of dark meat for stewing (it's damn hard to bone a drumstick, as I learned!) and a hell of a pile of carcass for stock goodness!
There was no giblet bag! I was very disappointed. Seriously, not cool, Loblaws.
Simmered the stock from cold, after roasting the carcass for about 40 minutes or so, saving all the fat. Boiled it a little hard by accident so it came out a tiny bit cloudier than it could have, but still nice! Added the veggies nearer the end, then let it sit all night.
Boiled some down to concentrate it tonight for some nice Rosół -- with kluski! Mmmmm... delicious kluski. Was damn good.
I did need a light dinner, having gone to Mandarin (urrrgh) for lunch. Was good though! I avoided wasting calories on crappy faux-Asian grease piles (why bother eating their soggy, grease-soaked noodles? I can make my own...) Their garlic broccoli, meanwhile, is great and I did stuff myself with it.
So, Rosół and salad tonight.
Tomorrow, I really think I might go crazy and make BIGOS! I bought a big jar of sauerkraut and I can't wait to put it to good use.
Aside from that, I still have some tahini that needs using... some extra stock... lost of cheese, broccoli, milk, potatoes... I think it'll be a good couple of weeks for soup!
Ooh, leftover bigos in pierogi? Just a thought...
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