Communist Chicken Spaghetti

Posted Wed, 2010-04-07 14:54 by Emily Caryl

It's a frequent dilemma in my home. What on earth am I gonna fix for dinner? It's especially heinous when I'm cooking for other people. Most folks are quite opinionated about food! Seriously, I've heard it all.

Green peas are the spawn of Satan.

I like onions, just not too many onions.

Extra spicy for me, please.

Not too spicy for me, please.

It's enough to make you bonkers.

So I developed an official Dinner Problem Solving Methodology. Picky eaters? Allergies? Feeding folks who were born in California and don't know what real cornbread is supposed to taste like? By following the four easy steps illustrated below, you can successfully ignore the requests of your diners, stop the whining, and get on with the business of dinner.

Step #1. Identify the Problem

Following is last week's text conversation about dinner.

Me: Thinking about making chicken spaghetti.

Him: communist

Me: WTF?

Him: um no. better dead than red.

Me: Chicken spaghetti isn't communist! It's n the pioneer woman's cookbook for goodness sake!

Chicken spaghetti?! Communist?! Who knew? I've been eating this stuff my entire life. It's quick. It's easy. It contains cream of mushroom soup.

Step #2. Devise a Solution.

I'm a fairly patriotic, red blooded American, who certainly doesn't wish to be accused of being a communist. More importantly, all politics aside, I want him to eat whatever I cook. I must concoct an alternative.

It just so happens that Chicken Spaghetti is another one of my mom's recipes. I can't just go changing things willy nilly. I have to really think about this.

Wait! I've got it! Chicken Spaghetti might be communist. But I bet Chicken Casserole is A-OK! Alright. Here goes:

Chicken Spaghetti Recipe