Subj : Re: Finally, retirement!
To : Dave Drum
From : Dale Shipp
Date : Fri Mar 10 2023 01:23:00
-=> On 03-09-23 06:54, Dave Drum <=-
-=> spoke to Carol Shenkenberger about Finally, retirement! <=-
DD> Enjoy your retirement. I'm sure you won't be like some folks I have
DD> known who retired from their daily grind, went home, put their feet up
DD> and vegetated, waiting for the reaper. I just last week learned that
DD> one of my chilli-cooking friends has passed. According to his widow he
DD> retired, parked his arse in front of the glass teat and binge-watched
DD> whatever pap was coming down the pipe. He managed not quite two years
DD> before making Joanie a widow.
That certainly was not the case with me. I officially retired for the
first time in 1995. I'm not sure when Carol officially retired for her
first time before taking up her second career. In my case, I joined a
consultant firm about six months afterwards. For a while that work was
quite active for me, albeit usually less than 1/2 time. It was also
good that much of it was unclassified. You in fact benefited from that
since I hired you once as a consultant for a hours worth of work. My
wife also benefited since I was able to hire her as a permanent employee
to help with filing, scheduling etc. She ended up qualifying for SSI as
a result. The other good part was that I could freely talk with her
about what I was doing, something that was verboten for the previous
decades. The consultant work started tapering off about five to ten
years later and now that firm exists no longer. But, it was fun for me
and quite profitable. That transition was also when I had the time to
begin to learn how to cook Cajun type food.
MMMMM-----------------------SEASONING MIX----------------------------
1/4 ts Salt
1 ts Garlic powder
1/2 tb Black pepper
1/2 ts Red pepper
1 ts Onion powder
1/2 ts White pepper
1/2 ts Dried thyme leaves
MMMMM--------------------------CHICKEN-------------------------------
1/4 c Flour
2 ea Chicken breasts - BONELESS
1 tb Peanut oil - or more
MMMMM----------------VEGETABLES (SEE NOTE BELOW)---------------------
1 c Chopped onions
1 c Chopped green bell pepper
1 c Chopped celery
1 cn Canned diced tomatoes with
Juice
8 oz Canned tomato sauce
1 tb Finely chopped jalapeno
-pepper (fresh! Remove
Seeds and membrane)
1 1/2 tb Minced garlic
1/2 tb Tabasco sauce
1 tb Dry roux
Serves Six as Buffet Dish. Can be served as stand alone dish or
served over cooked white rice.
NOTE: Onion, Celery, Bell Pepper -Rough Cut half of each amount into
inch square pieces, finer cut half of each into 1/4 inch pieces.
Cube chicken into about 1 1/2 inch portions, set aside.
Total cutting time approximately 1/2 hour.
Mix spices and set aside.
In large fry pan on medium high heat - dry singe rough cut onions a
few minutes until there is some color around edges of onion pieces.
Remove and put into crockpot.
Place remaining raw vegetables into crockpot along with canned
tomatoes tomato sauce, tabasco and dry roux.
In plastic bag, mix 1/2 tablespoon of seasoning mix into flour. Add
remaining seasoning mix onto chicken pieces and stir to coat chicken
evenly with the spices. Shake chicken in flour until well coated.
LIGHTLY brown seasoned chicken pieces in fry pan over medium high heat
- add more oil if necessary. Remove meat and place in crockpot.
Stir everything together.
Cook on High for 2 1/2 hours OR until meat is cooked and veggies are
done but not mushy.
Tested this recipe 4/08 in 4 quart crockpot. Very good. If doubling
recipie DO NOT DOUBLE SPICES - Increase by no more than 1/2.
+++ Courtesy of Dale & Gail Shipp, Columbia Md. +++
MMMMM
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