Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Classified Yogurt Chicken

This is one secret I wish would have been kept. Boneless chicken breasts, rubbed all over with plain yogurt, sprinkled with Parmesan cheese and baked. The  next time I cook my way through a nasty cookbook, remind me not to save the worst for last. Served with Julia's favorite rice, so she'd have something to eat and a lot of bread. And a lot of wine. I do want to share something I did today. I looked just at the 90
 or so photos of the food, and it was quite something to see them all. Some of them seem so long ago, but mostly it overwhelmed me with what I have accomplished thus far.






Episode Note: "Top Secret" At this point in the series, not only had they jumped the shark, it had capsized the boat and eaten the crew. Bobby and Oliver suspect Mike is doing secret spy work for the government when an FBI agent comes calling. In reality (which I realize has no bearing), he is just designing a classified government building and the agent needed to clear up a few issues with his security clearance. Although Mike explains this to the boys, conspiracy theorist Oliver doesn't buy it and for some reason Bobby goes along with the (hi)jinx. Then, Sam arrives to ask a  favor of Mike, but it is a secret (not really, he just needs sketches for  an expansion of his store). Alice is sure it's hers and Sam's honeymoon cottage and Marcia helps her jump to that conclusion with both feet. While he's at the house, Sam mistakenly tells Bobby and Oliver that his project is "top secret" and tells them an exaggerated story of his army exploits to get their juices flowing. One ridiculous thing leads to another and using the knowledge they've gained from watching Mission: Impossible, the boys plot to trap Sam, who they now believe is a double agent, and his landlord, who they believe is also in on the plot, in the meat locker at the butcher shop just when Mike arrives to deliver the sketches. Mike frees them and when Bobby and Oliver explain their theories, they all have a big laugh - Sam admits to being one spy who's glad to be in from the cold, of the meat locker that is. Mike lectures the boys about jumping  to conclusions without all of the facts, something Alice is also guilty of. She is crushed to find it is a butcher shop expansion and not a proposal that caused to be Sam so furtive. Good Evening Mr Phelps, your mission if you to choose to accept it: destroy this episode. This tape will self-destruct in 5 seconds. Good luck, Jim.

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