A note about the chicken

The chicken used in this dayboard - all of it - are Tyson Chicken Thighs.

That means they're dark meat.

So when you bite/cut into a piece and see that it's not white, please don't freak out - it is NOT undercooked. I used a meat thermometer on every piece, it was all cooked for several hours in a roaster. Believe me, it's cooked.

I mention this because I tested the first batch, cooked it another half hour, and when I went to bag it, one of the pieces gaped open and I saw what I thought was pink inside and had a minor freak out. Dissecting the piece revealed that it's just the dark meat, which I'd have remembered if I'd thought about it. It's not pink, that's just how the meat is supposed to look.

In other news - the decision was made to cook many of the pies on site to make sure they were piping hot, not rewarmed, due to the bitter cold. Please be careful when biting into them. This means we may be a little slow getting them out to you, but worry not - we have several hundred already pre-made, and enough ingredients for several hundred more. No, I'm not kidding. :)

Donated items to date:
Caribou coffee/creamer/sugar - Ursula von Linden
Tisanes/teas of the Good Kind - Una Duckfoot
Springerle cookies - Baronessa Giovanna

See you in a few hours. Yes, I'm still awake cooking, because I'm too spazzed to sleep and might as well be doing something.
-T