Oh pshaw, on Thu 21 Sep 2006 10:43:02p, Bob Terwilliger meant to say...

> Wayne wrote:
>
>> smothered pork chops with onion pan gravy
>> plain steamed white rice
>> fresh buttered garden peas with fresh mint anjou pear and gorgonzola
>> salad
>
>
> Figs with chevre
> Chicken and rice with mushrooms
> Plums
>
> The chicken and rice was pretty easy: I put rice and chicken stock into
> the rice cooker but didn't turn it on. I browned chicken thighs (no
> additional fat needed; they cooked in the fat which rendered from the
> skin), then put them into the rice cooker. While the chicken was cooking
> I halved (lengthwise) a bunch of royal trumpet mushrooms. I browned the
> mushrooms cut-sided down and added them to the rice cooker along with a
> healthy sprinkle of Penzey's poultry seasoning and black pepper. Sent
> the rice cooker on its merry way, and when it was done I sprinkled the
> rice with freshly-squeezed lemon juice.

That sounds delicious! I always consider fresh figs an "indulgence".

> (I would have made a salad too, but my girlfriend sidetracked me.)

Well, we all have our problems! :-)

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Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬
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