Thousand Foot Krutch performing

thoughts and ramblings

  • I am a food lover. I don’t just like food, I love it. So, imagine my surprise when I heard about using a brine to enhance the flavor and moistness of chicken! There seems to be a lot of opinions on how to best create the brine and for how long to leave the chicken in. Here’s what I used: 10 lbs of chicken quarters 1 gallon cold of water 1 1/2 cups Kosher salt (don’t use iodized salt) 1 1.2 cups white sugar zest of 1 lemon juice of 1 lemon 1 tablespoon black peppercorns 1 tablespoon allspice 3… Read on

  •   Honey Wheat Oatmeal Bread   Ingredients ¾ C milk scalded ¾ C warm water 2 T Butter 1/3 C Honey 2 t salt 2 1/4 c white flour 1 1/4 wheat flour 3/4 C Oatmeal 1 1/2 t yeast Directions multigrain cycle (5 hour) Search, share, and cook your recipes on Mac OS X with SousChef! Read on

  • The best drink in the world is a Stoney Tangawizi. It is like ginger ale and 7-up all mashed together in spicy-sweet goodness. This is a Coke product that you can only get it in Africa, as far as I know. I ordered it every opportunity I had, which was pretty much every day; sometimes several times a day. Mmmmm. There is a part of me which thinks it should be available in the comfort of my own home and part of me that thinks it should be kept as a special treat with special memories. I can’t decide. Cheers… Read on