This month's challenge was hosted by a blogger I like. I like her food, I like her style, I like her. Sadly, though, I didn't find a way to "like" this challenge enough to do it...
For the April Daring Cooks Challenge, Lisa from Parsley, Sage and Sweet has challenged us to debone a whole chicken, using this video by Jacques Pepin as our guide; then stuff it, tie it and roast it, to create a Chicken Ballotine.
Yeah. I wasn't going to de-bone a chicken. I could have done it - we were in Florida for Passover, and my parents don't have a vegetarian kitchen. And there was a whole, bone-in chicken in the freezer which I was welcomed to use. I just couldn't do it...
I tried to think of a vegetarian alternative... Some way to take something with structure, remove the "bones" and stuff it. But I couldn't think or anything. And then it got to be the 13th of the month, and that meant that time was up to try something.
So, sorry, Lisa! I totally get how this is an amazing challenge, and an awesome skill for Daring Cooks to learn, I was just too much of a wimp.
Take a look here to see the delectable dishes the braver Cooks created!
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