The Chicken was Well Done

Pam and Gwen - I shall definitely try it with margarine. I thought 'butter substitute' was something technical. 

I did not feel up to inspired cooking tonight. I had listened to the hints from the men and gone to a farm shop for excellent ice cream and picked up a gooseberry pie for dessert so I didn't need to worry about the 'afters' and I had no inspiration for the main, so I put some frozen chicken breasts into the oven with a jar of sweet and sour sauce and bunged some rice in the rice cooker. Then I forgot about it. That works for rice cookers, but not for casseroles. Bear said that the chicken was very nice but the sauce was a little strong. That was probably because it had reduced down far beyond an Aldi competitively-priced jar of sauce would normally go. So not only am I ashamed of the poor meal, but I have this to try and clean.

I suppose you could say that it got a little burned. 

The dish is currently soaking in water and washing up liquid, but I'm preparing to escalate to soaking it in biological laundry powder. I also have some steel wool. I may need it. The little ripples are because the sides are fluted and I've had a heck of a job trying to get them properly clean. I know I could try cola, but I'm not sure how it will do with this mess. I really want to rescue it, though, as it's the perfect size for a fritatta for the family, and I've made some epic apple crumbles in there as well. I've had it years - it's older than bear - so I don't suppose it owes any money, but I don't want to lose it.

I've also wrecked my electric hand beater, by using it in a metal bowl, which stripped off the coating on the beaters and now they're rusting. Darn it to heck. I'm more stressed about losing the £15 it cost a few months ago. I should have gone for quality.

I checked the sport on BBC just now (Liverpool won, and I am a happy bunny) and I noticed that the BBC are now covering e-sports. I can see that there is a lot of skill in e-sports, and that the mental toughness that you see in Henderson and Van Dijk is absolutely needed at the highest level. It just seems not quite sport, which I associate with a little more activity. But then, archery is a sport, and you don't move around a lot for that. I suppose I'm getting old. I'm not mentioning this to bear, though I suspect he already knows. 

Hugs and good health to all.