The chicken is on. Hopefully, after over 7 hours in Big Ears, our slow cooker, we should have a fabulous roast chicken. It certainly should be tender. I'm not expecting the skin to be much. I've rubbed some paprika in to give it a false tan to kid us the bird's been in a normal oven.
I've also popped over the way to bring in some red wine to drink with our meal. It's another cold day, so it will need a good warm up. It's already been sleeting a bit. I got the wine before anything settled on the ground - now there is a thin veneer of white everywhere, though it does seem to have ceased falling for the moment.
The Lady, our car, finally got back to us at around 9pm. Fortunately the mechanic had warned us it might be nearer 6pm, so, as we were feeling hungry just before 5pm, I had got on with cooking our meal. Usually we wait until the car is returned so we won't be interrupted mid-meal by her arrival. As it was, when she still wasn't back by 7.45pm, I rang the garage. We were beginning to think he was keeping the Lady for the weekend - we know the mechanic loves her truly. I didn't really expect anyone to answer. But no, he was still there working away. He assured us he would bring her back as soon as he could. Apparently he normally employs a second mechanic but the latter is off sick, with the result this one was doing two men's work & has been for the last fortnight. He's ended up working12-13 hours a day as a result. We told him he was working too hard. Still it is good to see the Lady once more in the drive if we should want to go out. She did fail her MOT, but is now repaired & roadworthy for less than last year's MOT & service. That's another thing sorted.
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