I’m back from Lucca comics & games, one of the biggest comics, games and cosplay fair in the world, I had so much fun and I met old friends walking about 10 miles a day.
I ended my long week end in Florence where I had a nice dinner with my blogger friend Berenice at The goose bistro, a cozy and lovely bistro in the heart of the city nex to the dome owned by a Scottish guy I know.
I had the chance to taste haggis, I liked it so much!
There are few things I hate more than long summer week ends at home, I count hours till monday and I keep myself busy with houseworks I can’t stand like refrigerator cleaning and defrosting, pantry cleaning and organizing.
I had the great idea to trim some of the chili plants I have on my balcony, I cut the dry hot lemon chilis from the plant, I deseeded them to keep seeds then, of course, I washed my hands carefully: after a day and half if I touch my tongue with a finger I can still taste a great spiciness.
I made this roasted chicken months ago and the recipe was still here waiting for me.
I know now it’s not the right moment of the year to ask you to turn on the oven but I don’t want to wait any further and to take the risk to forget this recipe that is a sunday classic here in Italy.
Chicken, after all, is great cold too, paired with a green salad. 😀
After few days with a winter like weather it seems sun is back to stay, outside my living room’s window trees are so green and I can only see leaves; poplars’ blowballs fly everywhere, even into the house and my chives are blooming.
This year I decided not to care too much about gardening, not to buy new plants, only to care about the ones I already have ( chives, sage, parsley, rhubarb) because I have an unforgivable black thumb.
Here if you speak about lemon chicken mind goes to some cheap Chinese restaurants dishes made of pale meat and slimy sauce.
My lemon chicken is different, this is my grandma’s chicken, she gave me the recipe step by step when she still was ok and it’s the best second course you can make.
Ok, maybe my opinion is affected by all the memories I have but please try it and let me know, I really think it’s great.
I love lemon so much but strangerly I prefer it in salty preparations and not in sweets and desserts.
I’m sorry I’m really concise in this post but I’m working on a long review of a resort where we spent this long week end: I have a lot of things to write (good things as I never post comments on places I disliked, I think it’s not fair).
