Sorry for the lack of posting this week. I've been swamped at the office and doing my best not to be at the computer when I get home.
But, I wanted to highlight the wonderfully flavored, tender and juicy bird my lovely wife roasted Sunday evening.
It was our first "organic, free-range" bird...and the flavor difference was truly amazing. Of course, Nena can make even a "sweatshop" bird taste good. But this was a particularly succulent fowl.
Hopefully I'll dig out from under this pile of work...and get back to the fun stuff.
Oh that does look good. There really is a difference isn't there between the factory farmed chicks and the free-range and/or organic. I'm on my way to a farm to pick up such a bird this afternoon. Now tell me--what wine did you drink with it?
Posted by: Jennifer | August 30, 2005 at 02:25 PM
The flavor difference was definitely obvious.
As to wines...we just tried it with several of the already-open bottles that I tasted that morning for a piece I was working on. I think my favorite (with the meal) was a 2001 merlot from Opsrey's Dominion...while Nena preferred their 01 cabernet franc. The chardonnay had been open a day too long...and so had the fume blanc.
Posted by: Lenn | August 30, 2005 at 03:24 PM
That looks great. Nice browning. M and I had a small roast chicken from a really good local producer. It had been a while since I had done one, and it was a good reminder of why a really good roast chicken is worth making. It was small enough that I could serve each of us half the bird.
Posted by: Derrick Schneider | August 30, 2005 at 04:35 PM
A month ago I started doing a roast chicken every Sunday night after I discovered an organic, free range supplier. Last Sunday my son "why is roast chicken suddenly tasting so good?" After years of mediocore supermarket chicken you can really taste the difference.
Posted by: Barbara | August 30, 2005 at 09:10 PM
looks very good!!
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Posted by: Adam | September 17, 2005 at 07:36 PM