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I'm cooking it! It's only 2 lbs with all the guts. I ripped out the guts and put them in the bottom of the pan with a cup or two of Britta water. The chicken got basted with a small amount of olive oil, worchestershire sauce, and terriyaki sauce, salted and peppered, and then put atop a grill in the pan in the oven on 425ºF. While that's sitting for 15 min, I started a cup of water w/ a chicken boullion cube, and when it boiled I added 1/2 cup of dry basmati rice. Basted the chicken, then rice finished. Rice was mostly cooked, so I added a sprinkling of oregano, rosemary, and parsley, and something like 1/8 or 1/4 cup cold water and am letting it sit to cool more. At the 30-min mark I will take the chicken out, baste it more, stuff it with the rice, flip, assault salt and pepper more. Turn the oven down to 375ºF, and stick it back in for 30-40 minutes until a meat thermometer shoved up its butt into a thick thigh or breast reads .... (goes to check package) ... 180ºF. No tin foil, last time I made a turkey I liked the browned sides but didn't like the unbrowned breast.

*smacks lips* Man, I'm so excited. Schadenfreude! That's the ultimate reason I think it's so cute that I'm glutton-ing over a slaughtered baby chicken barely larger than my pet bird. *rubs hands with glee*

I was thinking on the whole drive home how it's such a bizzare bit of social evolution that some species we domesticate as livestock, and others we domesticate as companions. My college roommate, her family raised chickens, and she gave me the impression that they served both purposes for them, interestingly. Raised in the bathtub, given names, and then slaughtered and eaten when they'd taste good.

Oh, and speaking of Gabe, his photos from amavia came in! They'll be up on flickr soon and I'll post a link then.

Jacket Potatoes are something that T$ and I discovered in London this summer, upon the recommendation of someone he knows. The concept is that the potato serves as a jacket for some kind of animal filling, in single-person portions. As such, there are two parts to any jacket potato.

( Baked Potato )

( Filling )

( Combine )