Lessons in Motherhood

I don’t know if you’ve guessed by reading previous installments of this blog, but the Hamilton family watches A LOT of Food Network. One of our favorite shows is Good Eats with Alton Brown because he really tells you the science behind cooking which I find totally fascinating in my own geeky way.

So, while Luke and the girls were out of town, I watched about 6 Good Eats episodes that I had been saving up. I decided that I had to make this BBQ chicken recipe which required that you soak the chicken in a brine for 1.5 hours. So, a brine is just a combo of water, honey and an insane amount of salt. We were kind of busy on Friday with our big World Cup party so I didn’t really realize that 1.5 hours quickly turned into about 6 hours, but what difference would it make? Brine is probably like marinade so the longer the better. Right?

Yeah, here’s the thing about that theory – marinade and brine are not at all the same things. I think it’s possible that they serve two totally different purposes. I didn’t realize this until I cooked the chicken and realized that it now tasted like it had been soaked in salt water for an insane amount of time, which for all intents and purposes, it was.

Here’s the best part of the story – the girls LOVED it! Ate more grilled chicken tonight than they’ve eaten in their whole lives. The lesson I take from this is forget about eating healthy, just dredge everything in salt and save yourself the trouble!