"KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN"

this is a picture of me with a plate of fried chicken. obviously. i would like to tell you what i think about fried chicken. when i think fried chicken, i think "birthday". this is becuase on my birthday, every February 19th, my mom fixes my birthday supper. it is my favorite meal in the whole entire world. if i knew i was going to die tomorrow i would ask for fried chicken tonight. served with the fried chicken would be: mashed potatoes, green beans (but out of our garden not off a grocery store shelf. green beans from a can are a disgrace and should be banned. the squeakiness of those kinds of imitation green beans is ridiculous. green beans ought to be slow cooked for several hours along with a big piece of country ham.), pink jellow salad, homemade bread (i get the end piece), and birthday cake (chocolate cake in three layers, with cool whip in between, all covered in chocolate icing...all homemade, no short cut mixes allowed!! - as it should be with all birthday cakes!)

now, in the picture above it is no one's birthday which is odd for me, but i wanted to attempt to make fried chicken in the event that ben would like to have it for his birthday (which he did not and that's fine. his whole family came over to eat so we cooked on the grill, which was a way better idea for 14 people....) i didn't want my first attempt at making fried chicken to be a disaster and ruin a special occasion.

so, this dinner was our friday night activity...we ended up eating on the TV trays and watching Deal or No Deal. Dad said welcome to what married people do...stay home on friday and watch game shows...

here's how i made fried chicken:

1. called mom and asked her how. she told me, and asked if it was somebody's birthday...

2. put crisco in a skillet and made it sizzle.

3. dipped pieces of chicken in a egg.

4. dipped pieces of egg coated chicken in flour/salt/pepper mixture (no measuring, just guessing)

5. put pieces of eggy-flour chicken in the hot grease in the skillet.

6. covered the skillet and listened to the grease pop!

7. brown the bottom of the chicken and then flip it over.

8. when both sides were brown, remove chicken and put it on a serving plate.

it was delicious!! and the most fun.

it was especailly good to eat as leftovers, straight from the fridge with a cold pepsi (the way i always eat leftover fried chicken, of course.)

call me when it's your birthday. i know how to fix you KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN!!