rock-hard ass

rock-hard ass, originally uploaded by pr9000.

So I took a second shot at roasting a chicken. As you might recall, the first one tasted like ass ... but this time, I figured out which end of the chicken was up, and it turned out well.

I used Anthony Bourdain's poulet roti recipe from the Les Halles cookbook once again, and once again I'm convinced that his cooking time just isn't long enough. Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks this too. The recipe calls for two stages of cooking: 30 minutes at 350º then 25 minutes at 450º. Next time I'm going for 45 minutes at the lower temperature, and 30 minutes at the higher.

But it was still tasty ... and I've got one more carcass for the inevitable stock preparation.