Sometimes I just look at Vince and wonder what goes through his head. No doubt, he does the same thing with me. I suppose all husbands and wives do that to some degree but he just says the weirdest things.
All day he was home. Most of the day he was in the house . . doing you know what . . it involves a remote control and Netflix. He was well aware that I was cooking a chicken in the solar oven. He watched me season it and even asked what all kinds of seasonings I was putting on it.
I was sewing and I asked him if he noticed the solar oven shadows off balance, would he please either turn the oven or call me to come and do it.
When I brought the cooked chicken into the house and took the lid off, it was so perfect!
I was heading back outside to get the baked potatoes out of the oven and here’s our conversation when passing in the family room:
Me: Go look at how nice the chicken cooked.
He went and looked at it and when I came in . .
Vince: Where did you buy the chicken?
Me: Huh?
Vince: Where did you buy it?
Me: What difference does that make?
Vince: Why did you want me to look at it?
I just wanted him to see how pretty it turned out. I still don’t get how it mattered where I bought it . . Kroger, Wal-Mart or Brookshire’s . . that’s pretty much where I shop. It was Kroger. I told him it was Kroger and he said “ok”. Strange, don’t you think?
Vince told me that his baked potato out of the solar oven was probably the best he had ever had! He had his all fixed up before I sat down and he insisted I take a bite. They were delicious . . as was our whole dinner tonight.
The potatoes aren’t in the picture but it’s cream peas (that I grew and canned), roasted chicken from the solar oven and pretzel rolls.
The wings in the background are the beginnings of hot wings . . for the Clemson/Auburn game tonight. I do believe I’m up for “Good Wife Award” this evening! 🙂
Susan says
Men are from Mars, you know that! LOL Maybe he forgot you cooked it and thought you bought it already cooked? Who knows! The dinner looks beautiful! Those rolls are so perfect looking!
Joyce says
Vince probably wanted to know where you bought the chicken because he worried one of the roosters might be missing! 🙂
Anne C. says
Yum! I think I can smell that perfectly seasoned, sumptuous chicken from my home in Arkansas, which is likely where that chicken might have been raised — LOL! What a good wife you are, indeed.
Pam says
My daughter (Clemson) and SIL (Auburn) are watching the game tonight.
Enjoy the dinner and hot wings.
Angie in SoCal says
You sure are up for that award, Judy. It all looks so delicious.
Linda in NE says
The “Good Cook Award” at the very least. And, don’t even bother trying to figure out what goes through a man’s mind. They’re a whole ‘nother animal.
Trish says
I was wondering if he ‘heard’ you asking him to keep an eye on the oven… if not, he probably wondered where it came from… since the oven in the house wsn’t being used? but, then again, I could be wrong!! lol
glen in louisiana says
Frank always asks stupid questions like that. They come from out of the blue and I just look at him and ask, how did you even get that from what I said????
It is always interesting.
glen
JanetB says
I look at my husband that way all the time. Good ballgame… Clemson v. Auburn.
CindyM says
We Scott makes dumb comments or asks off the way questions, I know he’s just making an attempt to take an interest in what I’m talking about,
life takes a turn says
Funny how the mind works? Yes! I was looking at the tile, not the food.
JudyL says
Not what I would have chosen but i can live with the tile.
Becky I. says
That “nothing box” that men can retreat to aludes me. It seems that Vince enjoys his as much a my husband does. Sometimes I am so jealous. lol
Doe in Mi says
I would love one of those rolls – they are so pretty. And that chicken – Wow – want!
Christine Olah says
Judy-there have been several questions on the Hatch pepper posts about how you can them. Do you use any sort of brine?
Pressure cooker right? I have frozen them before but lost one whole years worth right after getting them due to Hurricane Ike (along with a lot of meat-grrr!). I am looking up directions on the web but would like to verify it with yours. By the way-have taken to canning my own stock after yout supplied the light bulb moment. Thank you. I have canned my own veg for many years but never thought of canning stocks