Chicken de Holeman

I was home alone tonight for dinner because half my family is at a Civil War Reenactment, and the other half is on their way north to see my uncle who has had a massive stroke, and is in the hospital.

We got 25 lb. of chicken at 77¢ a lb yesterday, so I made something up with chicken for dinner. Here is the recipe:

• 2 cups chicken, sliced into strips.
  
• ~1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  
• 1/8 teaspoon Oregano
  
• 4 heaping tablespoons butter
  
• 3 cloves garlic (crushed)
  
• 1/8 cup onion
  
• 1/8 cup Chardonnay
  
• 1/2 leaf basil
  

• 2 corn tortillas
  

1. Heat butter, onion, garlic and basil an a sauce pan on medium-low until the onion is nicely browned. (It took me two tries to do this part. The first attempt was more black than brown.)
   
   
2. Add chicken, Chardonnay and spices.
   
3. Cook until the chicken is well done all the way through.
   
4. Place chicken/onion mixture in a bowl. (Do not remove liquids.) Cover with several place-mats/towels to keep warm.
   
5. Fry the tortillas in the butter mixture in the bottom of the pan.
   
6. Serve with orange juice.
   

Remember, I wrote this post after midnight-thirty, so prepare this sapid dish with caution (Also please excuse the brevity and sloppiness etc. of this post.)

Red Eye Freeze

I spent the night at my Grandma's house last night. I stayed up too late, again. TVs really are insidious devices. This time it was the fault of "Star Trek Enterprise" and JustOneMore-itus.

So there I was this morning, dragging myself out of bed at 06.00 hours {6am} red eyed and yawning my head off. I don't normally have trouble getting up in the morning, but when you add a late night on top of a two strikes weekend, it adds up.

On the few occasions that I've tried coffee I have been highly disappointed. The stuff smells great, but it's just so bitter. I decided that if I was going to be operating a motor vehicle it would be best to do it while awake. (I know I've read somewhere that those who sleep while driving have a higher death rate than those who drive while awake.)

My grandma has instant coffee at her house, but it's been just as bad as the regular beverage. I decided to try an experiment. I mixed ice cream, banana a few shots of cream (which my Grandma got from "Jack-In-The-Box" last time she was there, for my breakfast. She only drinks non-fat milk. Ugg.) and a super strong shot of coffee.

I could barely taste the coffee. Perfect! It made a good breakfast all by it's self too. I'm happy to be able to inform you that I made it to work in one piece this morning. Thank the LORD for caffeine.

Here's what I did, in detail.

• Ingredients

  
  
• 1 cup ice cream (I used spumoni, but pure chocolate would have been better)


• 3 creams from J.I.T.B.


• 3 Tbl. milk (I used non-fat but would prefer whole.)


• 1 Tbl. instant coffee


• 1 ripe banana



• Directions

  
  
• Nuke (er, heat) milk in microwave for 20 seconds. Add instant coffee and mix well. Place in freezer.


• Smash banana to a chunky pulp.


• Place ice cream and banana in cup. Mix well. Use creams to aid the mixing process.


• Add the coffee. Mix more.


• I didn't have time, but if you put it in the freezer for a few minutes (maybe 1-3), I think it would enhance it.