So, I'm wondering what to fix for dinner...
and I decide that rotisserie chicken, cheddar mashed potatoes and broccoli and cauliflower with cheese sauce (we like cheese hehe) sounded as good as anything.

So I get the chicken out of the fridge. yes, I do keep whole chickens on hand. I keep chicken in all forms (pieces, boneless breasts, etc) on hand. We like chicken, plus have you seen the price of beef? I paid $22 for a 5lb. rump roast. A RUMP roast. That's almost double what the price used to be...and don't GET me started on the price of steak! It's official: it's cheaper to go to Bonanza...plus I get all the chicken wings I can eat.

Don't you love how I brought that whole meandering full circle? Talented, I am!

Anyway, I take the chicken out of the fridge and head over to the rotisserie. What? Did you think I was going to buy a rotisserie chicken? Have you not been reading this blog? I am the SEKA queen! I get the cicken prepped and ready to go into the rotisserie, slide it in shut the door, set the timer and walk away.

Five minutes later, I hear "click click click click". I invesitgate. The chicken has slipped off the skewers that holds it on the spit. So I take the chicken out (fortunately, its not too terribly hot at this point) and reseat the chicken on the skewers. Stick it back in the machine...you know the drill.

I had to do this FIVE times! I finally hog-tied the chicken with leftover Christmas ribbon (says "Merry Christmas" and is very festive), which was no feat considering it was basted with spices and a light olive oil. Hum..guess it is appropriate that I hog-tied it since it was as slippery as a greased pig! And yeah, I know ya'll're wondering why I didn't use the chicken bands that you can get to keep the chicken in place. Simple: Don't have any...can't find any...and everytime I ask a store clerk about them they look at me like I just grew a second head. Therefore I am reduced to working with what I've got. Haven't heard a peep from the rotisserie in about 5 minutes, so hopefully this time it will stay in place. and we will have juicy, delicious chicken to compliment the vegetables and mashed potatoes.

But don't believe the hype: set it and forget it my ass! It's more like set it, stare and it, and screw with it til its done.

But the chicken is delicious! :-)
- posted by Kim @ 7:21 PM