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Buttermilk Fried Chicken

Buttermilk Fried Chicken

1 Quart buttermilk

3 tablespoons salt

4 pounds of bone in chicken pieces (drumsticks, thighs, wings etc)

5 cups all-purpose flour

1 &1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

1 teaspoon pepper

½ teaspoon garlic powder

5 cups of vegetable oil

In a LARGE BOWL - Whisk together 3 ¼ cups of the buttermilk and the salt together.

MAKE SURE SALT DISSOLVES

Then Add Chicken & coat chicken thoroughly in Buttermilk mixture AND NEXT cover the bowl AND REFRIGRATE FOR AT LEAST 1(ONE) HOUR

After one hour has passed. In another large bowl whisk together the rest of the flour, thyme, pepper and garlic powder

Next Use your favorite Dutch oven, or Cast Iron Skillet, Frying Skillet etc. It is said that the Dutch Over pot works best but you know what your favorite frying skillet looks and cooks like. Pour in ENOUGH OIL for frying (Yep) I’m trusting that you know what ENOUGH IS). Heat skillet to frying temperature. (At the same time you start your skillet or Dutch oven. ALSO PREHEAT you baking oven to 315 degrees) Next remove the chicken buttermilk and then coat it in the flour mixture and slowing place in a couple of chicken pieces heated frying skillet or Dutch oven

Fry over medium heat and turn chicken pieces every four minutes or as they brown, add more pieces to fryer as space allows. Turn chicken every four minutes as they brown to make sure evenly brown all way around. After browning chicken on all sides approximately for 10 minutes DRAIN chicken pieces as they finish on a paper towel and then Place in your OVEN for 10 MINUTES before serving

Your Beautiful Hidden Room .....Why you sit and Write & Create!

I remember, I remember,

The house where I was born,

The little window where the sun

Came peeping in the morn;

- Thomas Hood

Remember!

Within you there lies a wealth of buried treasures.

Stories, poems, recipes, quotes....You know what happy treasures that you possess.

All of this material has been locked deep inside your unconscious, your mind just waiting for you to take the time and write it down.

So what do you do about it? Take some time each and every day to write it down. If you’ve got only a few minutes……..Great! Just do it!

You are far more than you think you are!

The countdown is over! The Event Location You Have Been Waiting For is here! Come Out & Join Me!

Adventure Awaits Author's Visit Location Will Be Announced on 11-1-2013!

Spicy Creole Potato Salad

Creole Potato Salad 3 lbs red skinned pot (you don't have to peel them) 6 large eggs, hard boiled, peeled and chopped 1 bunch scallions chopped 4 stalks celery, chopped The juice of 2 lemons 1/2 cup dill pickles...finely chopped 1 cup good mayonnaise 2 tablespoon yellow mustard 1 tablespoon horseradish 1 tablespoon Course salt 2 teaspoons black pepper 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper Cook potatoes whole starting in COLD water and cover. Check the Potatoes. (run under cold water to stop the cooking process) When cool enough to handle, cut into medium sized pieces. Add rest of ingredients and mix well. Refrigerate. Serve COLD.

Delicious Delirious Southern Pecan Pie

Delicious Delirious Southern Pecan Pie 4 eggs 1 1/4 c. southern cane syrup (or dark Karo) 1 1/2 c. broken or whole pecans 1 c. sugar 4 tbsp. butter 1 tsp. vanilla Boil sugar and syrup together 2 or 3 minutes. Beat eggs, not too stiff. Pour hot syrup in slowly, stirring. Add butter and vanilla. Put pecans in pie shell, pour syrup over top. Bake in moderate oven about 45 minutes or until set. Let cool before serving.

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Save The Date Author's Visit November 30, 2013 San Francisco Bay Area Location!

Ingredients You Need to Be Happy!

Gather together your four basic ingredients to be happy. Did you know that there are four true ingredients to being happy? What are they? Well to start you need to feel safe, next you need to have a sense of perspective, next a sense of satisfaction, and finally find yourself a quiet, calm serene place where you can just be. Gather you ingredients for Happiness everyday!

Need A Strong Motivator?

Did you know that visual stimulation has been proven to be a strong motivator? Today I made a vision board. It’s just pictures of things I like, or want, or that just inspire me. In the center I pieced together in big letters the word “WRITE.” Why did I set it up? I needed something to get me inspired – motivated. I did it because I need a nudge every now and then to remind me not to procrastinate to get started back writing. Maybe your goal is buying that new house, new car, or a new boat. Or just paying off a bill. Make a vision board- a visual stimulation to get you moving in the direction you want to me.

Need to start over? Where should you start?

Need to start over? Where should you start? Start from right where you are. To get some where….From anywhere you need to start. The process of redirecting yourself is simply put just to start over. No matter how painful, slow, confusing or frustrating it may feel just start over. From where? From right from where you are. No one but you really knows that anyway, so refresh yourself think of the fact that every day when you awake, begins a new day. So change direction and begin anew!

Why I know books will never go totally away!

Why I know books will never totally go away? Why? Because each day each of us need some kind of inspiration and for me I find it here and there and something I’ve read in a book. What about you?