Today’s been a pretty busy workday. I didn’t have time to make a big production of dinner. I just rubbed some olive oil and seasonings onto a chicken breast, sealed it in a foil pouch, and tossed it into the oven for twenty minutes…like I’ve done a thousand times.
But I’ve been watching a lot of Food Network shows recently. So when it was nearly time to pull the chicken out of the oven, I found myself squirting barbecue sauce into a soup spoon and then giving it a swoosh around the plate.
And when the chicken was done, I found myself slicing it into two pieces and arranging them artfully.
Stupid lousy fricking Food Network…
(Photo taken with my iPhone 4, with assistance from my video lighting rig…still in place after recording MacBreak Weekly an hour earlier).
Hilarious!
Oh, sorry. You’ve been Chopped.
Did it taste any better?
Actually don’t you put the sauce on the plate and use the back of the spoon to swoosh?
I dunno… Still looks like it needs a sprig of something.
Rosemary. Yeah. That’s it. Needs a sprig of rosemary…
You did use EVOO, didn’t you?
Andy you owe me a new white dress shirt. I just read your food network post and spit coffee all down the front laughing. Dam you man!
My wife noticed your not eating any vegetables. She gets on to me for this ALL the time.
Real guys don’t swoosh ANYTHING!
@Dave_Huston – Yeah, on top of everything else I didn’t even use the olives or the grape Kool-Aid powder. I deserved to go.
@Rob – Actually (sigh) it did get me to sit down and savor my meal. So, yes.
@Mike – Normally, dinner is defined as a protein and a vegetable. But this was just a quickie.
@Prompter_Bob – Oh, man, if that’s your philosophy I really feel sorry for @Prompter_Wife…
Hahaha… It’s funny how much I relate to this. Putting green things on the top of home made spaghetti and things like that. So very contagious!
Looks like a Happy Face
or maybe a Happy Meal!