Month: January 2013

Almost diet pouches

Almost diet pouches

I know, I’m boring everybody with my peans about my beloved halogen oven… but truth is, its awesome equipment. I learned to use it quite  well – ask Cookies about Xmas turkey (post coming soon!) ;-). Since the halogen oven is not too big, plus 

Pork Pork Pork

Pork Pork Pork

A long time ago, before I was even thinking to start blogging Cookies was making me to coat every possible meat or not (see: soy cutlets) in oatmeal bran. Believe me, after some time it’s getting old. Though not to Mr Cookies 0_o. I think 

Cookies Fried Chicken

Cookies Fried Chicken

My 3rd Contribution to Magda Cooks

By: The Infamous “Cookies”
Recipe : Fried Chicken

Cookies once again —-> IS IN.

Time for an easy to prepare, make and eat meal. A staple of picnics, and other Summertime gatherings… Fried Chicken. Lets be honest though, most people HAVE THEIR OWN gimmick(s) how to do this, and really I am not trying to reinvent the wheel here. I just have a particular desire for a specific style and taste. Strangely enough, you would ask yourself, no doubt, isn’t there any KFC or Popeyes or Church’s Chicken in Poland? Well yes and NO. Only KFC is in the market, and quite honestly, the stuff they serve as CHICKEN, is not what I remember as chicken, KFC style. No, I am not eating this frequently, maybe 2 or 3 times a year, MAXIMUM, anyway. But the KFC style that is used in Poland, (perhaps other EU countries) is chicken that is not crispy NOR, is it crunchy, its rather “dull, boring, and wet”. What? Yeah, wet, not as in greasy, but its just feels wet… no clue how else to describe it. Its just not good, and much like the french fries, that are sold in Poland, by most, they are VERY UNSATISFACTORY, and very subpar. And wet. And not crispy or crunchy. See a trend here?

I wish I had an easy coating solution like shake n bake, or some crispy coating, and just toss it into the oven and its done… like I did so in the past. But like many other CONVENIENCE style items available abroad, its NOT available here. So using this negative motivation, I decided to try to somehow recreate the style and taste I like. This recipe variation presented today reflects the 3rd effort. I think its as close as I can get within the limitation of no oven, (update: we have an oven now, so I will try this at another date, and update, if needed, accordingly), and using ONLY dark meat chicken, (really what you thought I’d use CHICKEN BREAST?, I am literally a chicken breast myself from eating it so damn much), kind of gave me inspiration to TRY HARDER™*. So therefore, I present to you, my take on an old classic, Fried Chicken.

Please note: You can use breasts, and/or wings, additionally with or without the skin. I made a few without the skin, and the results weren’t what I’d call what I’d like. More experimenting needed.

Cookies Wet Dream

Cookies Wet Dream

Cookies Wet Dream For as long as I can remember Cookies has been moaning how much he misses certain dishes from US. Some of those foods I managed to make, like Sloppy Joes or Dirty Rice. But one of his Holy Grails is Cinnamon Raisins 

New Years Resolution

New Years Resolution

New Year Resolution I’m sure you noticed that lately I didn’t post too much. Not that I didn’t cook and make pictures. I just didn’t feel good lately and the writing needs some inspiration which I lacked tremendously (yes, one of my favourite words, for