I've always had trouble following recipes due to my reading comprehension problems.
Or, maybe it's just because I'm a lazy reader.
Either way, I steer clear from complicated recipes and stick to making easy dishes that seem as though I've cooked up something special.
The other day, a friend of mine came over for lunch.
At the last minute, I decided to make a quick chicken salad using a pre-cooked rotisserie chicken.
I mixed the chicken, mayo, celery and salt and pepper.
And, voila!
A chicken salad lunch worthy of a follow up text from my friend saying she wanted my recipe.
I felt like a snappy, gourmet chef with my "chic" salad.
A day later, my husband was getting ready to make a chicken sandwich with the leftover rotisserie chicken.
"I'm happy to make you a chicken salad sandwich," I said. "My friend wanted the recipe," I bragged.
Proudly, I added, "She even referred to it as 'chic' and it was just chicken, mayo and celery."
That's when it hit me and I burst out laughing.
I grabbed my phone to re-read the text from her.
This is what she said:
"Thanks for lunch. I need your chic salad recipe."
And, I responded:
"Haha, not so chic. Got a cooked chicken from the grocery store and added celery and mayo. Super chic!"
No wonder her followup text message was one of those emoticons with a crazy eye and the tongue sticking out as if my response was a little nutty.
As I read her comment carefully, it wasn't "chic" as in elegant and sophisticated.
It was "chic" as in the plain, old abbreviation for chicken.
Moral of my story:
Laugh at yourself. Even at your flaws. You will always have something to make you smile.
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