Pranks

I’m not a fan of pranks. I’ve only ever participated in two “proper” pranks in my whole life and to be fair, I am pretty old by now.  One was to order a shit load of catalogues for crap like catalogues and Stannah stair lifts brochures to a mildly annoying girl when I was a teenager.  The other was to help distract my boss while my friend and colleague rigged up a tape loop of Crazeee Horses WAHHHHHH in the ceiling above his desk in his office.  Too quiet to be wholly apparent but loud enough that when the PC fan shut up for a second it drove him nuts….that was quite funny actually, but yeah not a fan of pranks.

Someone tried to prank me today.  It made me mad.  Perhaps I am humourless.

Chicken Minestrone

Ingredients

For the stock

• Chicken carcass + legs and wings
• Leek
• Celery
• Onion
• Carrots
• Garlic
• Pepper
• Water

For the soup

• 2 chicken stock cubes
• Onion
• Carrots
• Celery
• Leek
• Celeriac
• Garlic
• Tinned tomatoes
• Tin of Cannellini Beans (drained)
• Broken up angel hair spaghetti
• Oregano/Rosemary/Sage/Parsley
• Salt and Pepper

Method

1. Make the stock by boiling (or pressure cooking) the chicken carcass, legs and wings with the stock ingredients until the chicken is falling off the bone.
2. Remove the chicken carcass/legs and wings.
3. Strain the liquid into a large pan and squish the vegetables and garlic through a sieve till all the liquid is through and then discard the veg.
4. Take all the chicken off the bone and put back into the liquid with 2 stock cubes.
5. Add the chopped veg and boil for 10 more mins.
6. Add the tomatoes and cook down, seasoning to taste.
7. Add the canellini beans and the spaghetti and cook for another 5 mins till spaghetti is all cooked.
8. Add the chopped fresh herbs and finish off with a sprinkling of fresh parmesan and a dollop of creme fraiche if you like.