i want a chicken brick

[ladysybil]

chicken brick

after reading about it on the rude in laws thread, i googled it, and now want one. someone, knock some sense into me please. either that, or give me examples of other useless stuff you may have bought.

yes please. i desperately need one of those too. dd loves olives. see, it will come in useful, even if it means i have to switch to buying olives with stones in, instead of not.

I am blessed!

That seriously cheered me up, thanks!

I have a chicken brick. It lives in the pans drawer cause I never use it.

Much better way to get a moist chicken is to stuff a whole lemon, which has been microwaved for 30 seconds and then stabbed a few times with a knife, inside the chicken prior to roasting it. You can also add a few whole garlic cloves and some herbs. The lemon steams inside the chicken and makes the meat very moist while allowing you the crispy skin.

T'is delicious

PS. I tried out my new cherry chomper today. DS and I love cherries but I always worry about the stones (he's only just 3) and I hate spending hours cutting them out so I just avoid eating them. The chomper is so simple, even DS can use it and it goes in the dishwasher too!!

Oh - and used this for the first time too. It was my birthday not long ago so I have a load of new gadgets to try

that website is wonderful. and i a want them both too. lol, seem to be on a bit of a shopping spree at the moment, (not that i a m actually buying hem, just wanting them.)

Yeah you really shouldn't use washing up liquid on the stoneware. They aren't supposed to look nice they are supposed to season. Mine look manky as hell but they are clean.

Pampered Chef do a deep covered baker which does the same thing as the chicken brick pretty much and you can do loads of other stuff in it.

Can you tell I am a consultant?

nikki, i love the pampered chef stoneware, but honestyly, the detergent hasnt done harmed my stones at all, andive been using them for five years.
i want a chicken brick. one that is called a chicken brick. i want it for its nobby qualities too riven, the pampered chef covered thing isnt called a chicken brick, is it? therefore i dont want it, i want the naff named product.
right, must stop being so silly on here, and go mother my kids, instead of ignoring them as i have done all afternoon whilst mumnsetting

This is why I love MN.

I would never have heard of a chicken brick otherwise

I would like one, but am crap at washing stuff like that up. It would be disgusting within a few weeks

I've got a chicken brick - I just didn't know until now what it's called.
It was £1.50 at a boot sale, never been used, in it's box with instructions (it's still never been used).
Mines not very big though - it's like this one

I'm not sure how I feel about those ones with the sticky-uppy bit for a standing up chicken.

Oh, I bought a chicken brick from Habitat many moons ago.

Complete design classic.

I'm veggie too so have never actually cooked a chicken in it, I just have it on a shelf next to other gadjetry and aesthetically pleasing items.

< complete loon alert >

Ours is from Habitat too Tn0g! We got vouchers as a wedding present and I was desperately trying to find something to buy that cost just the right amount...

Ooh Nicky I'm a consultant too! I have every stone available and love them all. I love the idea of huge Yorkshire puds with one ninth of the calories of a normal one! I made them and they are bloody gorgeous!
I also have a chicken brick like the one shown on river cottage. It is bloody marvellous. The chicken is always crispy and really moist. You can also use it for other meats, casseroles and soups. It's not that big either. It is just big enough to cram in an extra large chicken.

i want a tagine. i have no idea why.

heehee

I bought a tagine in Tkmaxx, exy.

Not to cook lamb and couscous in, but because I liked the colour and the shape.

It sits on the shelf next to the chick brick.

I had an artichoke on the kitchen table for weeks and wouldn't/couldn't cook it, found it too pleasing to the eye.

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Oooo, TnOg, we'd get along like a house on fire!

I knew you were a kindred loon spirit

I want a chicken brick

and it's my birthday on Tuesday

dh is doing that "blithely oblivious to clodding great hints from gimlet-eyed wife" face

grr it will be earrings again

greenie I don't drop hints any more. I order what I want for my birthday, then tell him what he Is getting me!

I want some lidded soup bowls, too. I found one in a charity shop. It's one of those brown and cream vintage ones and ever since then I've been hunting for more.

Ooh, I've got a tagine.

But pride and joy is bloody enormous 15kg (at least) juicer I brought home from Middle East.

Mechanical-none of yer daft electric nonsense.
Am also proud owner of greek coffee pan-v nice on rare ocasion i use.

Ew Riven, I wouldn't want to eat roasted nob!

I got a proper vintage juicer for £2 in Oxfam.

Also love my sundae glasses.

They're like this.

expat they are DIVINE!!!

expat they are DIVINE!!!