New Gadget

I am the girl who takes the long road, but also not opposed to shortcuts.

I make my bread, but not with a bread machine.

I make my own pasta, but I use my kitchen aid mixer to turn the rollers.

I make my own chicken stock by cooking it overnight, but I can't claim success...still not very good.

I make my own mozzarella cheese, but I buy the milk and use the 30-minute cheese method.

Bottom line:

I like the results of old-fashioned home cooking, but I'm not opposed to shortcuts as long as the quality of food isn't compromised. 

I am NOT a gadget girl. 

I am NOT a shopper.

Here's how I make a purchase:

--hear about it

--research it for 5 minutes

--make a decision

--tell one of my kids to go buy it/or not 

I bought a rotisserie machine using that very method. 

Second only to choosing a fabulous man to marry, this could go down as my BEST DECISION EVER!!

Following my "Purchasing Guide", I read reviews and decided $100 was a good gamble if the reviews rang true.  I proceeded to step four and told Abbey, "Find and buy this gadget."  She timed it perfectly as it came on the day the chickens were ready to cook.

Back when I used to buy groceries, my kids loved the Costco rotisserie chicken.  I find them too salty and when I quizzed the meat man about their contents, he said they are injected with something off-site, bribed in a solution he could not recall and sent to them in big tubs to cook.   That is exactly why I take the long road.  I can tell you EXACTLY what is in my chicken.

onion powder

garlic powder

cayenne pepper

thyme

paprika

salt

pepper

and.......love:)

Pretty easy.  Rub it, let it sit a few hours overnight and plop it in the rotisserie.  That chicken was over 6 pounds and cooked in 75 minutes.  

Delicious!!

Perhaps it will take longer for a chicken that has visited the freezer.

We made 4 in a row on Saturday.

I didn't brine it, but that's because I was using fresh chicken.  I might try a brine on those I pull out of the freezer in the future.  

Given the fact that I didn't play a part in the buying (Abbey did it), unpacking it (Isaac did it), reading the instructions (Nobody ever does that) or cooking in it (Mary Kate did it), I can't even claim to be a "Level One Gadget Girl".  

Who cares, the chicken was fantastic!!!