No Gumbo Sunday

I woke up late on Sunday (I had a really bad night's sleep). First task was coffee and then breakfast (a ham and Swiss cheese omelet). Then I deboned the rotisserie chicken and put the carcass and the now-thawed big bird in my big stock pot. I covered it with water and brought it to a boil. Then I turned it down to a high simmer (you want to see the occasional bubbles bursting in the water)

While I was doing all that, I was watching the squirrels outside. If you were paying attention, I filled up the peanut feeder yesterday afternoon (for the first time in about six months). It was very interesting. The big grey squirrels found the peanut trail from the bird feeder to the squirrel feeder. They grabbed the peanuts and then tried to bury them in the little bit of snow left in the yard (everything is melting here. BTW). But, the little black squirrels got it immediately and ran up the tree to pig out on the peanuts.

Finally, I got to the Blog. Next, I took out the whole chicken out after an hour of simmering and cut off the poached breasts. Back in the stock pot went the carcass.

Meanwhile, I got out my medium stock pot (12 quarts) and put four sticks of butter (one pound) of butter in it to melt. I also started the last load of laundry for the weekend.

It was after 3:00 PM when I added the diced celery, onion and carrots. I let the stock simmer for another hour, but realized no way would I have time to make the gumbo today. So, I poured the melted butter back into a container and put it in the fridge.

I strained the stock and got seven quarts of it that I put in the freezer. I took the rest of the meat off the chicken and filled a container with that. I filled that up with stock as well (for chicken soup another day).

I got a call from my friend B___ and we chatted for a while. Then, it was almost time for my Sunday night shows!

I made a sandwich (not exactly the dinner I had pictured for today, lol) and went in to watch my shows. I went to bed at 11:00 PM.