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Boy, did I mess up dinner. And it was strictly my fault. I have the XL NFG. And a 7 pound whole chicken. I thought that it might fit if I spatchcocked the thing. It was fine, but really close to the splatterscreen. Baked it for 30 minutes. Took it out, put it on a plate. Added a bit of "lazy stuffing" that I just throw together with stale bread cubes, onions, celery, apples, etc. And then threw in some chunks of squash. And flipped the chicken and put it back inside the NFG. And it didn't fit, not with the squash under it. I had to maneuver things around to get it to work. Another 30 minutes. Removed chicken and the wings fell off, but the joints weren't done. Ick. Ended up having to cut the chicken into pieces. Another 20 minutes and it was done. The "stuffing" didn't taste bad. But it took forever to get that bird done. The splatterscreen was a complete mess. And I knew better. I knew it was going to be a problem, but did it anyway. The moral? Do not use a 7-pound chicken in the XL NFG. It is simply too big. And messy. Way, way too messy.
Tonight's dinner will be tuna pasta salad, with a couple of squash rolls from the freezer (I made them a couple months ago). Dessert will be an apple dumpling, also from the freezer.
Tonight's dinner will be tuna pasta salad, with a couple of squash rolls from the freezer (I made them a couple months ago). Dessert will be an apple dumpling, also from the freezer.