Another Hummingbird!

This morning a female hummingbird hovered at the feeder outside the living room window, sipping at the syrup.  Way cool!  I ran to snatch up my camera, but Aran rushed up to the window and scared her away before I could get anything.  The birds clearly know the feeders are there, though.

Too Cool For My Mom

We were coming back from a little family outing this morning, and we passed a kid riding his bike on the sidewalk.  He looked about fifteen.  His bike was too small for him (we're going through another "small bikes are cool" phase, apparently), and his clothes were so baggy, he looked a like a coatrack buried in a pile of laundry.  As we drove by him, he glanced back over his shoulder at his house, then stuck a cigarette in his mouth and lit it.

Kala and I laughed at the same moment.

Here he was, riding a child's bike and dressed in an adolescent's clothes, desperately trying to look older by smoking a cigarette.  He was so old and mature, in fact, that he checked to make sure his parents hadn't seen him light up.  The whole image was so incongruous and silly we had to laugh.

Here's a tip, kid.  The cigarette doesn't make you look older.  You look like a kid smoking a cigarette.  If you want to look older, try dressing in clothes that fit you, ride a bike built for someone your size and not a seven-year-old, and don't act like a guilty child when you do something.

Fried Om Nom Nom!

Today I saw we had some chicken breasts in the fridge, so I decided to try a new recipe.  Here it is:

Southern Fried Chicken
 
Ingredients:

Your favorite dry chicken rub or seasoning
4 pieces boneless chicken breast
1 1/2 cup self-rising flour
3/4 cup hot red pepper sauce
2   eggs

Directions

Heat the oil to 350 degrees F in a deep pot. Do not fill the pot more than 1/2 full with oil.

In a medium size bowl, beat the eggs. Add enough hot sauce so the egg mixture is bright orange (about 3/4 cup). Season the chicken with the rub or seasoning.  Dip the seasoned chicken in the egg, and then coat well in the flour. Place the chicken in the preheated oil and fry the chicken in the oil until brown and crisp.  Approximate cooking time is 10 to 12 minutes.

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We accompanied it with corn on the cob and apple sauce.  It was so very, very good.  Mackie, who doesn't like meat much, ate every bite, and Aran, who has to be coaxed to eat, cleaned his plate and asked for more.  This one's a keeper, though we almost never deep fry, so we won't make it too often.