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[EarlyIntheMorning]

If I don't have a real lemon or lemon juice for my lemon chicken, can I put some lemon squash?

Does that mean we have too?

Arse. As you were.

My mother mistakenly (so she says) made gravy with coffee granules once. Oh how I we laughed as my greedy guts of a sister snaffled all the best roast potatoes for herself and drowned them all in Nescaff.

Happy memories.

ps I know it's spelt Nescafe with a thingy on, before any one has a go.

Stuff under the skin with butter and garlic and herbs, just as nice.

And have some to celebrate solving your dilemma!

Love the cake cheered me right up.

Pepper that's hilarious!

Right, no citrus fruit in sight. Just a sorry manky banana in the fruit bowl as we're off on holidays tomorrow, so garlic chicken it is. I even have parsley. Dried mind you. It's all going to get stuck to the stupid pan anyway...

Garlic is much better with herbs

DH does fancy things with food. I just butter everything - could be an Irish thing!

Butter up that chicken

I've heard Vimto chicken is very good.......

I've just read the best before date on the garlic net bag, 21 June

OP - this reminds me of the vicar of dibley when Mrs Cropley (?) brings along one of her infamous recipes - some sort of meat casserole I think and when the vicar comments on the unusual flavour says "it said to use butternut squash but I only had orange squash so I used that instead" !!

PS don't use lemon flash either! LOL

OK so what do you actually have? Do you have red wine vinegar and mustard? There's a Nigel Slater that would work if you have...

This is what's happening:

Chicken breasts cut into bitesize chunks, marinated in olive oil, salt, pepper, parsley, cornflour and garlic (out of date mind you).

Yum or what

(what I hear you say...)

That's a 'best before' date not a 'will poison you after' date. What on earth could go that wrong with a garlic clove that wouldn't be blindingly obvious to the naked eye?

Goodness me. We are still using the garlic and onions from my dads allotment yield from last summer.

He's yet to give us this years fresh crop.

as long as it looks okay, it should be fine (the garlic).. garlic chicken is better than lemon chicken anyway! yum...

So glad you saw sense, OP. I was worried as I read...