On 1/25/2026 at 10:28 AM, weinoo said:Marcella's Lemon Roast Chicken
My mother had a really low appetite (she didn't have an eating disorder, but she just . . . didn't eat a lot). And after she was stricken with lung cancer, and in treatment, you can imagine what happened to her appetite.
Anyway, one time I made this chicken for her, and something about the juiciness in the way the chicken looked, omg she got so excited! She ate. We ate. With gusto! Like people fighting.
It's one of my very best memories of that last chapter.
Anyway, here is my Important Sunday Football dinner, from yesterday in this Broncos household:
Chili and cornbread. Yes, I put beans in my chili. I don't make beans for chili. But since there are always leftover beans up in here, they go in any chili that's happening.
As for the actual chillis, this chili involved mulato and not anchos, and another chili called "yahualica" for heat. Because, pantry.
It was mild enough that I augmented the leftovers with cayenne today.
