Friday, March 5, 2021

Baby Daddy, Politics, and a Do Over: Secret Subject Swap

  

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Welcome a Secret Subject Swap. This month 5 brave bloggers picked a secret subject for someone else and were assigned a secret subject to interpret in their own style. Today we are all simultaneously   divulging our topics and submitting our posts. Read through mine and at the bottom you’ll find links to all of today’s other Secret Subject participants.



 

 

My subject is: You're going on a talk show because someone you know has something to reveal to/tell you (about yourself or someone else) or ask of you. What would you guess it would be for?

It was submitted by: Jenniy of Climaxed. 
 
This prompt took me all the way back in time to the second ever Secret Subject Swap. My prompt was "You get invited to the Ellen DeGeneres Show to talk about . . ."  At the time I wrote a post about appearing on the show, at the suggestion of the police, to beg for the return of my kidnapped boys. I never say, in the end of the post, whether or not they were ever returned, but I can tell you now that they were eventually, in fact, returned to me by their kidnapper, Adolescence. It took years, though.
 
This time Jenniy tells me that my appearance is for a very different reason. Someone I know has something to tell me or to ask of me. My mind immediately goes to the most common reason to be asked to attend the show as a guest for a reveal. But I'm not afraid, I'm pretty damn confident that, DNA or no, I'm not going to be named as anyone's baby daddy.
 
OK, maybe I'm a little afraid. Because like the baby daddy thing, most people who are ambushed on these types of shows, end up humiliated in some way or another. Publicly, of course. For sport. So I think if I were asked to be a guest on a talk show known for sensationalism, I'd probably just take a pass. Yes, I'd be curious but I'll have an easier time living with curiosity than humiliation.
 
Maybe I'm being asked to food-based talk show to share a recipe I've developed or interpreted. Or possibly even to be offered a show of my own. 



Crispy Bundt Pan Roasted Chicken, cooking vertically roasts the chicken in a healthier way, and allows all the skin to cook to a crisp golden brown. | Recipe developed by www.BakingInATornado.com | #dinner #chicken


Crispy Bundt Pan Roasted Chicken
Crispy Bundt Pan Roasted Chicken, cooking vertically roasts the chicken in a healthier way, and allows all the skin to cook to a crisp golden brown. | Recipe developed by www.BakingInATornado.com | #dinner #chicken
 
But, unfortunately, that information wouldn't come from someone I know. Damn. I like that one.
 
I'm going to have to admit that I'm not up to date on talk shows as I don't watch them, close to none of them. Needing a little help, I consulted my go-to information guru, Google. So . . .

The View: No. My brain would probably explode listening to Meghan McCain before anyone got a chance to ask or tell me anything.

Nude Interviews (Yes, it's a thing. Would Google lie?): No. Just no.

Dr. Phil: No. Doctor, heal thyself.
 
Ellen DeGeneres: No. Been there, done that.
 
So much for Google.
 
For my big reveal, I've decided to go with a show my son loves, shares with me all the time, and (so important in this difficult time in history) makes me laugh. In a "politics has become so absurd it's as funny as it is sad" kind of way. John Oliver. I'm going on the John Oliver show. Final answer.
 
Clearly I'll be on with my family, but what for? To discuss the legitimacy of science, or legalizing marijuana, or any one of thousands of issues on which I have an impassioned position? As much as I might like to be able to have my say, there's no reveal or ask there. I know they're not going to reveal that College Boy set my car on fire 'cause, been there, done that. Or that PurDude broke his leg. Same answer. And John Oliver's show isn't the place for that.

I'm afraid the only conclusion I can come to is that one of my family members is going to reveal that they're running for public office. 
 
Wait! Stop! I need a do over. This whole post, right from the beginning, I need a do over.

Turns out I'd rather be somebody's baby daddy after all.


Here are links to all the sites now featuring Secret Subject Swap posts. Sit back, grab a cup, and check them all out. See you there:

Wandering Web Designer 

Part-time Working Hockey Mom 

Climaxed 

The Crazy Mama Llama




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Crispy Bundt Pan Roasted Chicken        
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Printable Recipe

Ingredients:
1 roasting chicken, 5# to 7#
1/3 cup canola oil
2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp crushed dried rosemary
1/4 tsp dried basil
1/4 tsp cayenne
1 tsp paprika

Directions:
*One hour before cooking, remove chicken from the fridge. Note the exact size of your chicken in order to calculate cooking time.
*Twenty minutes before cooking, preheat oven to 450 degrees. While the oven is heating, rinse the chicken inside and out, removing any packets. Pat dry. Cover the hole in the stem of a bundt pan tightly with 3 layers of heavy foil.
*Mix together the salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, rosemary, basil, cayenne and paprika. Sprinkle about 1 tsp of the seasoning into the cavity of the chicken.
*Pour the canola oil into a small bowl. Mix in the remaining seasoning.
*With your hands, create a space between the skin and the breast meat on each side of the breast bone, being careful not to tear the skin. Pour a little of the oil/seasoning mix into each side and rub into the meat with your hand. Rub the remaining mixture onto the chicken skin, front and back.
*Place the cavity of the chicken onto the post of the bundt pan so it's standing straight up. Hold the pan up and make sure there is no tear in the tin foil and that it's completely covering the hole in the post.
*Place chicken in the oven and immediately lower temperature to 350 degrees. Bake for 25 minutes per pound. Before turning the oven off, check to be sure that the chicken is cooked. It's done when the juices run clear.
*Once the chicken is completely cooked, tent with foil and allow to rest for 10 minutes before carving.

27 comments:

  1. How do you want to pull off being somebody's Baby Daddy, I wanna know? Hahahaaa!

    Colin LOVES to watch John Oliver, and he can imitate his accent pretty well. His favorite "quote" is: (and you have to pronounce it as British as you can): "First of all... F*** you!" We often use it in everyday situations ;-)

    Happy Friday!

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    1. Yes, John Oliver is fun to watch and funny, he's blunt and he's always spot on.

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  2. I love John Oliver. We even had HBO for a while, just to watch him. After we quit HBO, we occasionally watch him on You Tube but they don't show entire shows, alas. Dr. Phil no way. Ellen or The View I don't watch, either. I did go through a short Maury phase at the beginning of lockdown and there is something about Maury and all those made-up fights between the mother and the alleged baby daddy that is just...I don't have the right words for it, though. So...were you the baby daddy, lol? Did you get into a fist fight while you were there? I really have to know. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com

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    1. LOL, I don't fight with my fists, I have been known to fight with my words, though.

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  3. I got so worked up about the topic that I forgot to comment about the recipe. We had a stand up gadget at one time that held up the chicken (for a "beer can chicken" like effect). I have no idea what happened to it. Never would have thought of using a bundt pan. When my husband roasts a turkey, he will put sprigs of rosemary under the skin, along with some oil and seasoning. What you posted is a really nice cooking method. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com

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    1. Yes, I've done it two more times since, we love it this way.

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  4. Bwahahahaha! Given those choices, it's Baby Daddy for me as well!

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    1. Sometimes the lesser of the evils is something you'd never expect. But then that's what makes life interesting.

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  5. Are you holding out on us? Somebody’s Baby Daddy? 🤣

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  6. Getting pretty personal with that chicken.

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  7. This prompt would have stumped me, as I don't watch many talk shows either. Well done! This is a very entertaining story.

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    1. I'm sure you could have come up with something too. The whole point of the challenge is to get us thinking outside our comfort zone.

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  8. A liker of John Oliver here as well.........

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    1. I'm learning just how popular he is, and well deserved.

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  9. What a unique recipe! I never would have through about using a Bundt pan to roast a chicken.

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  10. I'm not up to date on date time talk shows either, I don't even know if they're being held on zoom, or in their home, or what. I also love chicken and found myself thinking a lot about it today, but instead of chicken I went to taco bell to get me a steak breakfast burrito, yum!

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    1. I'm not a Taco Bell fan, I'll stick to the home made crispy chicken.

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  11. I'm like hell to the no! I don't want to know because over the years I've learned that ignorance can be bliss. I'd rather than be a baby daddy too! There is no way I would ever go into politics! My post is up and I'm so sorry!

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  12. Ms. S watches Days of Our Lives, and as soon as it is over. Maury Povich comes on. Sometimes she leaves it on, and it makes me want to scream (even more so than Days of Our Lives). The whole thing is about people screaming at each other about who is the father, or who cheated on whom, and i always feel so sad for people willing to be on these shows.

    Take a pass. It's just not worth going on those shows.

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    1. I agree, not only can't I watch them, I really don't know why anyone would.

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  13. totally snorted when i read you're not worried about being someone's baby daddy. haha. John Oliver is a great pick. maybe you'd be the new mascot. one of the many. I don't particularly get day time talk shows either. i think they started out a bit different than they have evolved into. but i do remember really enjoying phil donahue who recently came up on a podcast I'm listening to about the male dancers Chippendales. I know, I know...but it has so far talked about feminism, the monetization of female empowerment, talk shows and what phil donahue was trying to do, racism and internalized racism...and of course, murder and capitalism and greed. it's got it all. highly recommend it.

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    1. Sounds like something I'd love. I always saw Donahue as very intelligent, which made it all the more disappointing that he stooped so low on his show.

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