Every Tuesday we'll welcome an Author who will share a foodie type post
with a recipe or two and some book promo !
Today please help me welcome Cheryl Norman...
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If you don’t have a commercial pressure cooker
(I confess. I do. I’m a kitchen nerd.), you can deep fry or skillet fry. It
just takes more time. You’ll need the following ingredients:
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The Colonel’s Chicken
By Cheryl Norman
I announced my retirement four years ago. Silly
me. Writers don’t retire. We write until we die. It isn’t a career; it’s a
calling. So right before my sixty-fifth birthday (yes, that’s 65), I rejoined
Romance Writers of America, sold a Christmas short story to one publisher, and
pitched a category romance series to another. I participated in (and actually
completed) the NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) challenge, completing
the first novel in my Drake Springs series. By my birthday, I had signed my first
ever multi-book contract.
At an age when most people retire from jobs, I
jumped back in with both feet. Reminds me of the true story of Harland Sanders.
You may know him as Colonel Sanders. He was a genuine Kentucky colonel and
dressed the part. His delicious fried chicken is legendary. But did you know he
held many jobs, was fired from a few, and didn’t settle in a career until he
was . . . (ta da) sixty-five? That’s right. In 1955, he sold his restaurant in
Corbin and hit the road selling franchises of his secret recipe fried chicken,
dubbed “Kentucky Fried Chicken” by his first franchisee in Utah, in 1952. The
moniker stuck and now the chain is known globally as KFC.
Today, Yum! owns
KFC and offers a number of dishes unrelated to Colonel Sanders’s recipes, but
always his trademark chicken anchors their KFC menus.
The colonel made his fortune after he reached
the age when most apply for Social Security and Medicare. His success story
inspires me to continue writing, but it also inspires me to cook up a batch of
his chicken recipe. This is no easy task since his herbs and spices are a
secret. But using his method (pressure frying) and a knock off product called
Kentucky Kernel Seasoned Flour, I come close enough.
1 2½-3 lb. fryer chicken, cut up
1 egg beaten in one cup buttermilk
1 box Kentucky Kernel Seasoned Flour (Available
at most groceries and online)
½ cup corn starch
1 quart peanut oil
Soak the chicken in the egg/buttermilk mixture
for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oil in the pressure cooker to
350°F. Use a candy thermometer because accuracy is crucial.
Combine cornstarch with the seasoned flour.
Coat individual pieces of chicken in the flour until thoroughly covered.
Using tongs, carefully add each piece to the
oil to brown. After 30 seconds, turn each piece. Don’t crowd your cooker. If
necessary, cook the chicken in two batches.
Place lid on the pressure cooker, bring to
pressure, and then time for six minutes (or 3 minutes per pound of chicken).
Quick-release pressure according to your
manufacturer’s guidelines. Carefully remove cooker lid away from your face to
avoid injury.
Remove each piece of chicken using the tongs
and place on a platter. Serve immediately.
Every time you enjoy a piece of KFC,
think of Colonel Sanders and how he proved that success knows no age limit.
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Rebuild My World
(set in Drake Springs)
by
Cheryl Norman
Available from Turquoise Morning Press
Book 1 of Cheryl's new category romance series Drake Springs,
Return to Drake Springs,
will be available from the Turquoise Morning Press
Boutique collection/Next Door line October 2014
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Meet Cheryl:
Cheryl Norman wrote her first mystery at the age of 13. After a career I telecommunications, she returned to fiction writing and won the 2003 EPPIE award for her contemporary romance, Last Resort. Her debut with Medallion Press, Restore My Heart, led to a mention in Publisher's Weekly as on of ten new romance authors to watch.
Running Scared, a romantic suspense set in Jacksonville, Florida and Washington D.C., received a Perfect 10 from Romance Reviews Today. Reviewer Harriet Klausner calls her writing, "Mindful of Linda Howard..." Rebuild My World, is the sequel to Reclaim My Life. www.cherylnorman.com
think of Colonel Sanders and how he proved that success knows no age limit.
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Rebuild My World
(set in Drake Springs)
by
Cheryl Norman
Danger has followed Taylor Drake back to her small hometown, and it's up to Chief Deputy Adam Gillespie to protect her.
Both are unprepared for their intense attraction to ach other.
Will secrets from the old feud between their families threaten their future happiness? Or will the killer?
Available from Turquoise Morning Press
Book 1 of Cheryl's new category romance series Drake Springs,
Return to Drake Springs,
will be available from the Turquoise Morning Press
Boutique collection/Next Door line October 2014
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Meet Cheryl:
Cheryl Norman wrote her first mystery at the age of 13. After a career I telecommunications, she returned to fiction writing and won the 2003 EPPIE award for her contemporary romance, Last Resort. Her debut with Medallion Press, Restore My Heart, led to a mention in Publisher's Weekly as on of ten new romance authors to watch.
Running Scared, a romantic suspense set in Jacksonville, Florida and Washington D.C., received a Perfect 10 from Romance Reviews Today. Reviewer Harriet Klausner calls her writing, "Mindful of Linda Howard..." Rebuild My World, is the sequel to Reclaim My Life. www.cherylnorman.com
I look forward to Cheri's new book!!
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