Fried Chicken

When I hear the words “fried chicken”, my mind goes back to Grandma. I remember family dinners at grandmas house every Sunday. The main meat was fried chicken. It was real chicken too. I’m talking about the kind of chicken where she would actually ring their necks, drain their blood and pluck their feathers. Then she would skin them and fry them up crispy and place them beside a bowl of mashed potatoes. The smell of fried chicken was set in the walls of grandmas house. 

Later in the years, she would buy chicken to fry. Until the day she passed away, you could visit her house any time and she would have cold fried chicken sitting in paper towels on the stove next to a pan of cornbread. I never knew how much I would miss the little things like this until she was gone. 

My mom and Uncles carry on the tradition by bringing fried chicken to our annual family dinners. 

Now days, I do not eat a lot of fried foods, but since I have an air fryer, I can make foods look and taste fried without actually frying them. I love it. 

The other day I found some chicken legs on sale and decided to make air fried chicken for supper. 

I love how it turned out and tasted almost as good and grandmas. Almost. 

I skinned and washed each leg then rolled them in seasoned bread crumbs and place in the air fryer at 390 degrees for 23 minutes. 

I think if grandma was still here today, she would love how the air fryer cooked up delicious chicken this quick and I didn’t even have to turn em. 

It is What it is

I have not written a new post in a few days because when things are going on in the world that are disturbing to me, that’s all I can think about and I just can’t come up with words to express how I feel. I try to keep my post away from my political views so sometimes it’s best for me keep quiet because I do not want to detour my readers on my bias. 

What happens, Happens. “ It is what it is”

So today I am going to just list a few things on my mind. Things I have been thinking about.

Yes, this is a political post with my own opinion and views and I understand we all do not think alike and that’s ok. Don’t bash me.

• Trump is still my President until it is all said and done.
• Yes I voted for Donald Trump in both elections.
• Why? Because he seems to care about the people in the Untied States. He really really did want to make America great again but his hands were tied.
• He never gives up a fight.
• He believes in God and was not ashamed to say it. He believes in what the Bible teaches us for leadership.
• I am not happy about what going on.
• If one man wins fair and square, then ok, but it’s not fair and square and you know it. There is some dirty stuff going on. 
• I knew the push for mail in ballots was not a good idea. Though I understand some people have to vote this way.
• I knew the Dems would pull another nasty stunt to keep our President from succeeding.
• I am not as worried about who becomes President as much as I am worried about what kind of country we are becoming. 
• I will not loose a friendship over two men that do not even know my name. We all have the right to our own political views.
• Everything we have and will work for will become worthless.
• I don’t want to rely on free stuff. I believe in working for things I have.
• I do not want a President that has no morals. 
• I do not want to have a President that was voted in because of his handling of a new virus. 
• I may never understand why people vote for certain candidates and just hope whoever is elected will do whats right for our country. 
• I hope who ever becomes president, we can be a peaceful nation. The Dems have been awful the past four years fighting and rioting against everything from the beginning.

There is so much more, but like I said, it’s hard for me to explain how I feel. 

All we can do now is pray for our leaders. Pray for our nation. And live one day at a time.

We can’t control what’s going to happen. 

It is what it is.