Isn’t it interesting the things we think of as regular or normal, according to our cultures or backgrounds? Regular mushrooms, regular potato salads, regular houses, cars, cultures or religions. I suppose the word “familiar” should be substituted for regular or normal and then we might have the courage and interest to explore or at least understand the unfamiliar/irregular/abnormal. Or not.
In discussion over a before lunch Cremant, my husband and I agreed that we abhorred buffalo wings. Too vinegary. He was really happy that I was making normal chicken wings 😀 Normal being wings seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic powder and perhaps paprika, dredged in flour, then oven baked in butter. My mother made them like that. His mother didn’t do chicken wings, but he learned to love the unfamiliar after marriage.
Cruising the Saturday market we tasted then bought some fresh peas that the farmer assured us was the first of his crop. So nice. 10 minutes steaming is just right!
Don’t you just love fresh, non-GM produce? Instead of a march on Monsanto, we should organize a 3.5 million person (10% of our population) march on Washington, D.C. and the lawmakers who are “aidin and abettin” Monsanto and the 2 other mega-corporations that are poisoning the American people for the love of profit.
The poultry man, in addition to chicken wings, was selling packages of fresh, butter spatzle, a Schwabian German specialty. The peas and a few fresh herbs were perfect with this.
Regular Chicken Wings
1 1/2 lb chicken wings
Salt
Pepper
Garlic powder
Smoked Paprika
Flour
A generous, Jamie knob of butter
Season the wings with the salt, pepper, garlic powder and smoked paprika, then dredge in the flour. Put the butter in a baking pan and melt in a preheated 425 F oven. Place the chicken wings, skin side down, in the butter and bake for 25 minutes. Remove the baking pan, turn the wings, then return to the oven for 15-20 minutes until brown and crusty.
I could nearly taste the sweetness of those peas 🙂 and you see what you have done to me? Now I have to enter my kitchen and make some Spaetzle – long overdue, as well! Thanks for the reminder
Go for it! I know it will be delicious.
They certainly are aiding and abetting them, very very recently the present govt (much to my disgust) passed a LAW that said you cannot sue Monsanto for FIVE years. They can pretty much endanger anybodies health any way they like now and they have immunity. Something is very, very rotton out there. I am so grateful that i can grow my own food! Those peas are simply beautiful. Wings are a very reasonable buy when you are buying organic, i shall get some and try this recipe.. looks lovely.. c
Hi c. I saw them pass that law while everyone was engrossed with the horrible Boston Marathon massacre. The stench is coming out of Washington, D.C.
So true! I was disgusted by that. It sort reminded me of the movie “Wag the Dog.” Have you seen it? I am like C, thankful to know how to grow my own food. One day that will be a very handy (aka life saving) skill to have.
We’re coming to your house, Anna 😀
fresh peas! Such a rarity in the days of frozen produce. Lovely 😉
They should be “regular” Lisa 🙂
I quite like buffalo chicken wings, but they are not something you generally find in England, so in America they were a new thing to me – I did love the chilli sauce that goes with them. However, that said, I’m sure your wings taste delicious! I only ever buy fresh peas from the farmer’s market. I never liked frozen ones much and fresh farm produce tastes so much better than the vegetables from supermarkets – especially the asparagus I bought this morning 😉
No to buffalo wings but in total agreement on fresh farm produce.
I am new to the Monsanto issue.. but agree on all counts with your thoughts! You always have the freshest of meals.. I’m envying your peas! I’ll try these wings on my son when he gets home:) xx
Thank you Barbara. The wings are great!
The wings sound great but I really like spaetzle and fresh peas idea!
Good for you sybaritica. The peas and spaetzle!
This look way too good to be regular, of course.
Thank you Frugal 😉
So simple and comforting! Yum, yum!
Very!
Eek to GM foods – I’m so with you on that. The wings look great and I don’t think the peas would have made it into the pot if I’d been shelling them 😉
Thank you Chica. The peas were perfect!
looks Yummy! should try this weekend. my kids will love it!!
Thank you Abbie.
Those were baked in the oven?! Wow. Blink. Blink. Blink. You got great color on them, Rosemary. Really, really, really need to eat those wings now!
Thank you Daisy. It’s the butter 🙂
It always is 🙂 Viva le beurre!
Vive 🙂
Zapata 😀
What a coincidence we both posted chicken wings today 🙂 BTW love your post
It is a coincidence. I wasn’t talking about your buffalo wings 😀
Your wings look delicious Rosemary! I’m curious… Who are the other two corporations?
I believe Dupont and Syngenta.
Those look amazing!
Thank you Ashley.
I see a little Germany creeping into your normal. 🙂 Looks delicious.
That’s call Germany creep 😀
Beautiful pictures Rosemary and the chicken look so flavorful!
Thank you Anne.
OOh! I love the spaetzle/pea dish! I’m making something similar for dinner…
I also abhor ‘buffalo sauce’ on wings or anything else. I think it’s a ‘fad sauce’ that has outstayed it’s welcome 🙂
Total agreement!
Fresh peas……wonderful!
Fresh peas, one of the perks of Spring 🙂
Regular chicken wings chez my mom have salt, pepper and garlic, similar as yours 😉 Simple but so delicious. Sometimes she fries them, and sometimes she dredged in flour and baked in the oven (that’s what I like!).
And, wow, I love Spätzle so much!! I bought the gadget to make them, because I love them more than pasta, but here, you can’t find fresh Spätzle, so I’m green with envie!! If you have not try, with brown butter they’re paradise!!
The brown butter sounds marvelous.