6.19.2008

Frozen Chicken

Apparently, many people freeze chicken to use for later. I have a hard time with this, mainly because our freezer really isn't big enough for much more than our ice box and veggies but also because once I put something in there, it is often forgotten....

So, I opened my freezer and pulled out the chunk of birthday cake I had frozen after my birthday two weeks ago. I thought maybe we could save some money by just recycling my birthday cake for Lily's birthday today but I have to say, there was NOTHING good about that thawed-out half-eaten cake. The flowers were smooshed, the cake was soggy, the icing tasted a little on the chemical side and there was NO WAY ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET I was going to make Lily eat that to celebrate her birthday! (I might as well serve the frozen chicken...) I was faced with a dilemma of course and my thoughts drifted to Little Town on the Prairie (Little House), where I am certain Ma had made a cake of some sort, (maybe a honey cake?) from scratch after hanging the clothes out to dry and milking the cow...and since our dryer has been broken and the clothes were out drying and we don't have a cow but I certainly do a lot of "milking" I thought, I, too could make a home made cake...but then I realized I had just used the last of the sugar to make our pancake syrup this morning, and that thought quickly vanished as I was certainly not up for taking 4 hot kids to the store for some sugar. After a call to the Dairy Queen, with a fully functioning drive-thru window, we raced out the door to buy a delicious Reeses Peanut Butter Cup Blizzard Cake. And I have to say, it was TOTALLY worth it! Happy Birthday to US!

When we got home, I had to rummage around my freezer to make room for the cake. As I already mentioned, we have a small freezer to begin with but what I can't possibly understand is, why was there an empty plastic water bottle in there, or worse yet, an empty box of ice cream, WITH FREEZER BURN! That's just wrong! It's almost as bad as when I cleaned out my car a couple weeks ago and I found 10 (that's T-E-N) pairs of kids shoes on the floor, 1 pair of slippers, 1 frilly princess shoe, 1 orange jelly sandal, 5 pairs of dirty socks and 1 completely hardened donut, hidden in the compartment next to Lily which I am guessing she was saving as arsenal for later...who knows when we might be attacked by ravenous coyotes or something and she would need a round object that registers a 10 on the Mohs scale...a diamond in the rough to be certain...

At any rate, Lily had a wonderful "party." Our good friends came over with their two children and we had a clown deliver a balloon bouquet (something I had won at a dinner party) and we had ice cream cake before Lily went running through the sprinklers, in her Birthday Suit...it was so fitting...

Tomorrow, I will post about the rest of the day as we had a delightful time, and there will be pictures, lots of pictures, and I am sure you will have trouble sleeping tonight in anticipation but, please get the rest you need to make it through another Graceful Chicken post! We had some grace-filled moments for sure!

Oh and I don't think there will be room for frozen chicken...

1 comment:

  1. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Lily!! And three cheers for drive-thrus!!!

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