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March 12, 2006
Sandy Hook
Went on a birding trip to Sandy Hook today. The trip was described as a seal and winter bird-watching tour in Sandy Hook so I thought it would be a boat tour but it ended up being a land tour which I found a little disappointing. But we did see a couple of nice birds including the killdeer, a cute plover that pretends to have a broken wing to distract potential predators from its nest, a cedar waxwing, a cute bird that apparently likes berries, and a yellow-rumped warbler. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to take any bird photos this time because all of the birds we saw were pretty far away (no seal photos either because the two seals we did see were even farther away and we only saw their heads bobbing out of the water) but I did take few pictures of Sandy Hook itself.
I thought these former army barracks looked very Hopper-esque.
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March 04, 2006
Dinner
I just had the best leftovers ever--the roast chicken and stuffing I made. Luckily, the chicken came out good if slightly undercooked (unfortunately, it isn't quite as easy to tell if a chicken if fully cooked as it is with a cake) and Adam's chocolate molten cake was a big hit. Our guests also got to break in our new couch--the first we've ever bought in our five plus years together! It's not super comfortable and we weren't crazy about the color after seeing it in our apartment but Rusty seems to like it.
Some photos below:
Can we just say awww...
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March 02, 2006
Chicken ordeal
My sister wanted me to make her dinner for her birthday so I decided to make this roast chicken that I really like but hadn't made in years since it's like an all day affair. My dilemma was finding a place where I could get a whole chicken with the giblets removed. When we lived in our last apartment, we lived near a butcher's that had whole chickens with the giblets neatly packaged in a bag but, unfortunately, I had come across no such place in our current neighborhood. I went to several supermarkets but none sold chickens with the innards removed. I looked up meat places in the phone book and managed to find one in our neighborhood but, unfortunately, they only sell small chickens (I needed a 4 to 5 pounder). Finally, I gave up and went to the local Asian supermarket and convinced the butcher to remove the giblets from the chicken.
How is buying a chicken from an Asian supermarket giving up? Well, at first I was relieved to see the butcher chop off the feet but after he handed the re-wrapped chicken to me, I noticed he had shoved them inside the chicken which required delicate extraction. Then, I noticed a few feather "darts" embedded in the chicken skin which I had to pull out. But the worst part was after taking the chicken out of the styrofoam and running it under the sink, I noticed that the head was still attached to the rest of the body. Luckily, Adam reluctantly agreed to cut it off but it was pretty gross. Let's just hope the final product turns out o.k..
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