Now: Help me plan sunday family dinner! Was: Will one roasted chicken be enough?

[radial]

I think maybe I'll just do lasagna. This thread is exhausting my brain.

[caribougrrl]

hell, I've got some 12 lb free range suckers in my freezer.  Too bad I couldn't ship you one!

when I was a kid, we commonly grew ours to the 8-12 lb range... the first time I saw a chicken at the supermarket, I was astounded that they even came that small... hell, we killed our fryers bigger than the roasters at the butcher counter


on a related note, I ordered my Tgiving turkey today from the local free-run place!

[merigayle]

you are better than me, you come to my house for dinner, you will be fed vegetarian food, but you will love every bite, i assure you

[Run Amok]

Not better, by any means. I often make veggie dishes. But, sometimes I like to cook a "traditional" family meal.

[moroccangirl]

I'm just impressed that you (and SB and diablita) cook meat. I have to taste all along the way, no matter what I'm cooking. How do y'all do that?

[diablita]

  I can't stand cleaning the grease afterward, though.  It skeeves me out.

I find cooking protein is more formulaic.  So I follow the recipes that make sense and they always turn out well for me.

[Run Amok]

I made lasagna and roasted veggies and a fruit & cheese platter. My bro & sil brought a salad. My dad brought bread and dessert. There was boisterous conversation and we all ate too much. 

[diablita]

 

[radial]

Good food, boisterous conversation, sounds like you hit a homer. 

[redkitty]

That all sounds quite yummy.  and a good time.