Mud Season Meals - Number One - Chicken Cottage ("Pot") Pie - or Over Biscuit

Mud  Season Meals

Number One

Chicken Cottage ("Pot") Pie

Or Over Biscuit

            It’s not that hot

            It’s not that cold

            It’s not very dry

            But it’s not that wet.

            “DON’T TRACK IT INTO THE HOUSE!”

            Track what?

            Mud season.

            If I don’t track it into the house then

            I don’t live here.

            The path is muddy

            The road is muddy

            My boots are muddy.

            Some boots are wet.

            Some boots are drying

            Beside the fire

            That I run hotter than needed

            Because it feels good

            Today

            “What’s there to eat?”

            “(Chicken) Cottage Pie

            De-ah”.

            Crust on the top

            Crust on the bottom

            A must

            A ‘neighbor’s rooster gone missing’ grade

            Chicken in a pot

            With broth from its bones

            Carrots, celery, potatos and onions

            Salt and pepper

            Keep it simple

            Concentrate on the (bottom) crust.

            That bottom crust is the heart.

            A spoon must find it there.

            Alternative self servings:

            Chicken in a pot ladled

            Over warm ‘from the oven’ biscuit

            No:  Actually it is biscuits.

            I take two.