Re: These Feelings

This is for you, Rubby Serwah Gyamfi.

Why does the heart always contradict what our mind tells us? Think about it. As much as Disney and other corny "inspirational" cartoons, literature, movies and what have you, tell you to "follow your heart", the bible tells you the complete and utter opposite.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? -Jeremiah 17:9

The Holy spirit can speak to you through your conscience. Satan tries to possess and control us through our hearts because we are born with defective ones. Full of sin and all types of evil since birth. That's why we have to ask Jesus to come into our hearts and take control of it because that's the only way we can be "Perfect" the way the Bible, and God, calls us to be. I forgot exactly what it says and where...but it was one of those verses Mr. Saintgeorge made me read last week.

This is what obonsam wants....smh

So think of it as litterally a battle between the forces of good and evil. Tug of war, so to speak. Satan tries to pull us in one direction to do what we want to do, which we know automatically goes against God's will because we're all born into sin (Alliester Crowley, "do what thou wilt" you remember that stuff). And God is using our mind, our conscience to speak to us, to make practical decisions and do the right thing...which we know 90% we don't want to do. See how Satan has completely taken over the world and is using the most innocent appearing means to whisper nonsense and evil in our ears?! SMDH!



Culinary calamity

Fourth of July! I was craving a hot dog so bad yesterday, maybe a BBQ and some swimming...but when I get home from work all I wanted to do was crash. Then I started having cravings again. I thought "Hey, I should go have some fried chicken" and then I ventured to the refrigerator to see what could be scrounged up (I'm all about saving money when I can). So I open the fridge and lo, I have a five pack of chicken drumsticks staring back at me. I walk to my pantry, and there is my Cajun breading mix for chicken and fish. So what am I thinking? Oven fried chicken of course! I take out the chicken and wash them off...I decided to take a whiff because they had been in the fridge for at least two weeks. They smelled a little funky...not spoiled though. I have no idea what raw chicken is supposed to smell like anyways. So I wash them off a couple of times and then I decide to throw them in a bowl with some lemon juice (I've seen my mom do this a few times...maybe because she hates the smell of raw chicken). I let them sit like that for about 5 minutes while I'm pre heating the oven to 400. So I'm feeling like a culinary giant at this point. A total food thug if you will. Fearless. I wash them off again, pat them dry and baste them in margarine. Then I put them in the plastic bag with the Cajun breading mix and shake.

I forgot to mention the chicken was skinless. It was gross pulling off the skin, but it looks good, right??

The directions told me to bake for 45 minutes, but I am very very scared of food poisoning. I don't like medium rare chicken, so I baked it for an hour.

This is how it turned out. It looked and smelled amazing!

I cut into the biggest one to make sure it was cooked all the way through. It was, and the crust was good...the problem I had was the actual meat. After you eat all the crust off, the chicken tastes like...nothing. No salt, no spice, NOTHING. Being an African, I expect boldness and spice from everything that I eat. If I had just done a spice rub and baked it, it would've been amazing, or maybe if I had injected it with some form of spicy marinade it would've been so much better. I would've been so proud of myself. But the lack of spice ended up making me sick. It left a terrible taste in my mouth...it basically ruined my night. What can I say though....at least I tried. And now I know what to do for next time. That's one recipe down...I will not be deterred! I hope my next culinary venture is more successful.