Day # 208 Cold shower

Tuesday 8/18/13

Nothing exiting happened today really I went and payed my bills and hung out (limed) around town. When I got home I went to get in the shower and realized that hot water was not working I was sad, but for the moment it was ok because I was so hot from walking around town. Eventually I realized that this was going to be a problem at night and in the morning I hate cold showers I feel so much less clean and the conditioner doesn't come out of my hair so it gets all greasy. Ok sorry I'm just ranting not. I didn't do much other than clean some more. I also decided that I was going to use the glue my grandma gave me to glue somethings back together. The apartment that I live in is old so some tiles came up, some cabinet panels pealed off so I glued them. I need to come up with some kind of decoration for my place, its rather mixed matched and plane. Nothing on the walls. Well that summed up my day :) I can wait for school to get started again!!!!!!


Stewed chicken

Step one- chop up everything you want to put in your stewed chicken! I use (Garlic, potatoes or sweet potatoes, onions, carrots and some times dumplings) You can add anything to it that you want.

Step two- Prepare your meat in a separate bowl !! Make some slits in the chicken so the seasoning and juices can go inside.  Add the powdered seasonings that you like and liquid ( water or bbq sauce, anything will work) Not to much just enough so everything becomes a coating. Also add the onions and garlic to the chicken seasoning bowl.  

Step three- In a pot put some butter and or oil and melt it down. Once that is hot add some sugar. I would say maybe four TBS. You are going to caramelize the sugar. I would say that their should be enough of it so coat the chicken.

Step four- Add the chicken... BE CARFUL THE JUCIES WILL JUMP OUT!!!!!

Step five- After the chicken is slightly covered in the sugar add some water. This is so that the chicken can cook. Add enough to just cover the tops of the chicken. In Grenada color is everything when it comes to a stewed chicken. This is a key part of the process.

Step six- Once the chicken is almost cooked you can start adding all of your other stuff.

Step seven- Test your sauce. Its going to seem bland in the beginning so you can add some more bbq sauce, hot sauce, salt, seasoning ( what ever you like) Then start to simmer down the pot, it should begin to thicken up and taste how you want it. Its about done at this point.  

Step eight- after all of that you still have a bit of work, yes you can eat it just like that but I love mine over pasta or rice. So that parts up to you.

Hope you all enjoy this dish and find my instructions understandable. Once you have mastered a stewed chicken, then curry roti and other local dishes from Grenada becomes easer to prepare. I have found a love in cooking that I never had before, its awesome.