Beer Can Chicken

As a Christmas present one year, I received a piece of pottery designed to make a beer can chicken. I had never made, or even had one, before, so I wasn't sure exactly what I was getting into. It turned out great! (A little freaky looking, but great!). Turned out very moist and flavorful.

Recipe

2 cans of beer (I used Yuengling Lager)
2-3lb whole chicken
8oz bottle of Italian Dressing
6 Tablespoons of Cajun seasoning

Combine 1 can of beer with the Italian dressing and the seasoning in a large bag/container. Marinate the chicken in the marinade overnight. When ready to bake, empty (or drink :)) half of the second beer. Place the half can of beer in the center of the dish, sit the chicken upright over the can of beer, fitting into the bottom of the chicken's cavity. Bake at 425 for 1 hour and 20 minutes.

**Note when using pottery, don't preheat oven. Place the pottery dish in a cool oven and allow the oven to preheat with the dish inside the oven.

***Pottery dish in the picture is Follette pottery, made in North Louisiana.

HERE WE GO to Giant's Stadium!

Since the NFL schedule was posted past summer, Brian and I were determined to attend the Steelers/Giants game in NJ with our friends. However, the ticket prices were insane! The week of the game we lucked out and were able to get tickets for a great price! Unfortunately, for our friends in Virginia, Sandy ruined their plans to attend the Giants vs Steelers game, so they sold their tickets to us! We had a great time. Drove up Sunday morning, tailgated by ourselves, and enjoyed a great matchup!!

Steelers WIN 24-20!!!

Hurricane #2 for Philly

So who would have thought....we lived in Florida for 3 years and never experienced a hurricane. Move to PA and we have 2 in back to back years. They say "fear the east" of the storm and that showed to prove true this round. Sandy's eye passed over Philly, but spared us any damage. We only lost power for an hour.  We were very lucky with both of the hurricanes that hit here. Hopefully, we won't see any more!!