Days 8-10- Chicken Galore!

         Monday afternoon, whilst I was enjoying the last day of school, a professional development day so no students, my husband Terry roasted a chicken on our BBQ.  We have been buying our chickens from the neighbour's farm for the past two years, twice yearly we buy 8 whole chickens that range in weight from 6 - 8lbs.  I love these chickens because they are so flavourful, it is impossible not to love them. The only drawback of these chickens is that they require some planning and a commitment to the whole bird.  During the regular year, we will take advantage of sales at the grocery store- buy trays of breast meat separate into dinner portions and freeze. When I come home, thawing a container of chicken takes very little time and supper is at the ready. However each time we do so, we lament the flavour of the other birds. 
        Terry did very little to the chicken. He filled a leftover can with water (no beer on hand), set up the beer can chicken roaster and put the bird in the barbeque covered at medium heat for 2.5 hours. He didn't season it, rub it or even braise it while cooking. If fact we forgot all about it, and drove to the library to return some books and do some banking.
        When we got home the chicken was golden brown and crispy.  Terry brought it into the house and sliced the bird into halves. Juices from the meat poured and immediately he and I were picking at it like crows on roadkill. The meat was so tender it slipped off the bone and onto our plates, fragrant and steaming. 
       We decided to have chicken sandwiches adding Thornloe's mild sundried tomato and basil cheddar. SO DELICIOUS. Seriously, this simple toasted sandwich has us beside ourselves with pleasure. The kids gobbled it up and so did we.  We did add some cucumbers, tomatoes and lettuce- not from a local source- but yum.
           Since that lovely bird was so generous, we have had chicken every night since. Sadly, the chicken is gone, tonight is cheddar smokies from ELS and potato salad. 


Happy Canada Day everyone!