Day in the life of..

Under the title of providing for 5 children on the field, we purchase things in large quantities. Under the title of sharing info to newbies.. I asked Susan if she would like to split case goods with our family for their family of 4 kiddo's.

Ie, cases of chicken leg quarters, and Turkey Drum sticks. You'd be surprised at how many recipes can be made from these US rejects. Not that the meat is good, but you'll not find a speck of white meat to be found.

Yesterday was the day to divide up the cases of poultry. Plastic zip baggies in hand, Susan and I headed to the Conference Center freezer to conquer and divide. HAH... solid cases its what I knew was in store, I always forget what a challenge it is to break apart 40 lbs of solid frozen meat.

As Susan is new to Haiti, and this being her first experience, I was trying to break them apart in the usual fashion of dropping them on the cement floor, yet trying to get them to stay in the box top. No luck. Susan dropped them, I dropped them, Susan dropped them.. You get the picture

The turkey legs relented and let us break them apart, we decided they weren't turkey legs at all but prehistoric dinosaur legs, these are some of the biggest turkey legs I've ever seen.

Ah but the smaller more gentler bird. These legs were entwined with each other before they were frozen. So we called a helper over. Mme N, one of the littlest women you'll ever meet. She also has hands of iron. She came over and started throwing the chicken on the floor, where ever they landed. (not in the box top) I broke out into laughter, thinking oh well .. so much for sanitary. Susan swooped in to pick them up, all the while trying not to get her toes smashed in her flip flops from the violent "throw down". Sorry Bobby Flay.. our is much better type of throw down.
I've seen this done a lot, but wanted to attempt some US sanitary environment.. It was such a riot. The frozen legs went skittering across the floor.. We all cracked up laughing.. "catch them, catch them, Susan" I squealed. Susan was unfazed at the dancing chicken legs. Susan commented.."well, we are going to cook them before we eat them aren't we?" I smiled and said "yes, of course we are!" Susan is going to do just fine in Haiti. I will never eat chicken again with out thinking of the "chicken dance" Haiti style