My cousin Gretel invited us over for dinner one night as little play date for our kids. I always feel a little apprehensive taking my kids over to her place, only because my kids sometimes just do not behave themselves. Fidel, my older child knows that he shouldn’t ask for anythng when we go to see people, but Fernando my younger child can be difficult to deal with sometimes. So anyway, I put my kids in the car and drive them myself couple of blocks to Gretels house as my husband was out of town.

The children were quietly amusing themselves while waiting for dinner to be finished. Gretal enjoyed cooking and that evening she prepared delicious chicken wings. After roasting with pepper and salt they became delicious. Kids also enjoyed them and Fernando enjoyed them very much. He began over-eating them and soon started snatching wings from others plates as well. I was terribly embarrassed and tried my best to calm him down. At last I was able to stop the outbursts, put both of them in the vehicle and felt embarrased while I was driving back.

The next day I called Gretel and noted down all the delicious chicken wing recipes she had. Thanks! I love your fried chicken. I used to think that nobody can prepare chicken for a family dinner like mom, but you have proven me wrong. I made some exactly as per your recipe and it was a hit. Everyone loved it! Whole house was full of the delicious smell and the kids could not get enough of it.

We are having a football party with friends next week. Our dog always gets excited at the mere thought of leftovers. I think it will be a great choice for casual gathering. Your choice of spices is just great. Personally I am not a great chicken lover but with a dish like that I could convert myself. A simple dish but very effective. Mom will be jealous! I wont tell her where I got the recipe from. Every girl can have a secret. A favorite activity of my medical school roommate and myself in 2004 was to try recipes from old recipe books we would scrounge up.

All the other girls on our hostel floor would gather in our room for a nice delicious meal. Despite our prohibition from gas cooking in the rooms, it was still a valuable learning opportunity. We were permitted only to use electric articles like electric kettles, microwaves and electric hot plates. The microwave was our easiest way out. We would have grilled vegetables, beef, pork ribs and chicken wings and breasts at least once a week, during the weekends. My roommate who was a great fan of cooking had a huge collection of various kinds of grilled beef recipes, grilled chicken recipes and fish recipes. My batch mates enjoyed this food because cooking it was a fun experience, the food was definitely healthy and they could maintain their body weight by cutting down on the fatty fast foods.