Under a Blue Moon

Time for a recipe post. 

Yesterday I made Asian sliders to serve with Chinese chicken salad.  The salad came courtesty of Chef Chu's and the sliders I made up the recipe after doing my normal research and deciding what the heck – I'll just wing it.

I thought they turned out pretty good.  

Asian Sliders

2 lbs. ground chicken
1/2 can water chestnuts, diced
6 scallions, finely diced
3/4 cup fresh bread crumbs
1 tbsp. sesame oil
1 tbsp. Hoisin sauce
1/2 cup Soy Vey Teriyaki sauce (or any thicker teriyaki sauce w/sesame seeds)

Mix everything except for the teriyaki sauce.  Make into 14 small patties. Grill on bbq or in grill pan.  Brush both sides with teriyaki sauce and keep covered in a warm oven until ready to serve.  Serve on slider buns.

Have you noticed the slider buns in the grocery stores yet?  They are kind of hard to find but they are usually with the hamburger or hotdog buns.  If you can't find them you can make your own by getting the frozen Bridgford Parker House rolls.  I spray a cupcake pan with pam and then let the dough thaw and rise in it. Then bake as directed.  They turn out perfectly.

I served them with just a small piece of iceberg lettuce. They didn't need anything else.

Excuse the Loch Ness Monster quality of the photo – Rick took it with his cellphone late Sunday afternoon.

We have an egg!!  Our $1500 egg has finally been laid!  We're chicken grandparents!!

Rick and I cleaned out the coop and run Sunday morning and there was no egg.  Around 6:30 Sunday evening he went out and one of the chickens left an offering for him by run screen door.  

We have an idea it might have been one of the Buff Cochins – she was acting kind of coy yesterday - wanting to hang out in the coop rather than come out with all her sisters for an afternoon treat of crickets and meal-worms.  She could not be persuaded to join in the festivities, choosing instead to watch from the safety of the coop doorway. 

Just for comparison sake – here is the inaugural egg compared to one purchased at the grocery store (large, unfertilized):

 

I snapped a couple of quick pictures while we were at Kath's booth yesterday.  It was hard to get good, clear pictures because of the lighting. 

Kath is in the process of clearing out some older inventory to make room for her typical shabby chic kind of look. 

Having a booth at an antique mall seems like it would be a fun enterprise.  I can the amount of work that goes into it by watching Kath.  She is constantly replenishing her stock, rearranging, moving things in, taking things out (the Panchenko machine, for example, moved out today).

If I had a booth it would be a combination of linens and old photographs and other ephemera.   There isn't a good linen booth at this particular antique mall.  I think it would do well.  You can certainly find linens but you have to dig through drawers and baskets to find them and they seem kind of like an after thought. 

I might have to think about this…

As you can see we decided against the leaded window for the chicken palais.  It was slightly warped and there would be no way to install it without the risk of breaking the glass.  And I wasn't sure about the the lead.  The chickens like to peck at everything.  I may try my hand at some faux leaded glass for the palais instead. 

 

We are thinking for the Palais.  Add a little light into the coop area.  We'll have to see if it will fit.

My friend Kath is down for the weekend.  We have been getting stuff ready for her booth at the Antique Trove.  She is tagging things and I am washing old glasses and ironing old linens.

She gave me a tiara to wear.  Said if I was going to be spending the morning ironing I should be appropriately attired.

Who said they wanted to see a picture of me?  Here you go.  This is me after staying up until 2:00am and maybe drinking more wine than was really prudent. 

I think the tiara helps detract from the bags under my eyes.

Anyway – one of the things she brought down was the leaded glass window and said if we wanted it for the coop we could have it.

We are going to head over to her booth shortly.  I'll take pictures for tomorrow's post.

 
 

Wedding outfit part deux.

That, obviously, is not me.  As evident by the tight jawline. 

I actually like this better than the kimono which, in retrospect, was a bit more bohemian than I usually wear.  This dress is very comfortable, flattering and has enough bling to appease me.

I MacGyvered the earrings too.  Which were a whopping $5.80 at Forever 21.  I took off the top part and attached the earring wire to the larger quadrefoil.  Makes them less heavy and they don't brush my shoulders. 

Okay – glad we got that sorted out.  

I may continue the post a day thing if only to get out of having to come up with catchy, clever blog post titles…..