....too easy and too cheap to be that good

So.....I had last week's post half written, full of names and menu items and all the things we offered to put on the Hot Dogs, and funny incidents. I saved it to come back and finish on Wednesday morning and then.....???? The rest of the week happened and I never finished it. Probably would have been the best ever but now we will probably never know.
Oh well.

BUT THIS WEEK WAS JUST AS AWESOME!

Just ask....
LONDON  /  SEAN  /  ELAINE  /  CECELIA  /  VIRGINIA  /  PAT  /  CHUCK  /  WAYNE  /  STEVE  /  BLAKE  /  PEYSON  /  T. J.  /  SAM  /  ANDY  /  ZOE  /  DALIA  /   MAC  /  KELSEY  / ALEXANDRA  /  MS. BONGIORNIO  /   BRIANNA  /  TYLER  /  J.BOGGS  /  BRITTANY  /  DON  /     LAUREN  /  SHARICE  /  ....
because they are the ones who cooked
LEMON PEPPER CHICKEN
BUTTER NOODLES
GREEN BEANS AND POTATOES
DINNER ROLLS
DESSERT
SWEET TEA / WATER
and did a great job.

It was another day for "Game time decision" on what to cook. It was 4:30 and I was in HarrisTeeter waffling between kielbasa and chicken. I finally decided on chicken, mainly because on Sunday I told Elaine that's probably what we'd do. That, plus the fact that kielbasa was running $2.25/lb. and chicken was $ .99/lb.

London Paulson got a quick how-to on using a meat cleaver to separate leg quarters. After about the 3rd one he realized what most people do; chopping stuff with a big knife is fun.

There's a million ways to do it, but here's how we made Lemon Peppper Chicken last night:
Separate the leg quarters
Wash it
Dry it
Pan it
Put a pat of butter on top of each piece
Hit 'em with the lemon pepper seasoning
Bake for 20 at 400
Take them out and squirt a little TEXAS PETE on them
bake for another 20 - 30 minutes.
Done.

The butter melts and browns up and helps crisp the chicken. The TEXAS PETE just makes something good even better.


The number we've fed the past couple of weeks has gone down a little, mostly at the 2nd stop. The first stop continues to be 35 + at the start.

If you see STEVE LEGER this week, get him to tell you his story about the birds on the golf course. He had us rolling. Matter of fact, don't wait 'til you see him. Call him up and get him to tell it to you. It's that funny! 

About 14 kids from Hoggard High School's Key club came last week as part of a service project. This week, 4 of them came back just because they liked doing it so much last week! Gotta love that.

Slowly getting over the old truck being gone but it's tough. The new truck doesn't have power windows or locks,so every time I have to roll the window or lock the door, I'm reminded of the old FORD.
Good times, good times......

Butter noodles are like Instant Mashed Potatoes, Cookout, and NETFLIX.....