Last week, we watched “The Help” for family movie night. It was, in part, in preparation of Martin Luther King Jr. day. After reading the book and seeing it several times already, it was a film Jim and I thought would be teachable, but not too intense. Of all the lessons and insights they could’ve come away with, the thing that seemed to make a noticable impact was….the fried chicken. Lol. Go figure. After Minnie’s lip-smacking scenes of frying up chicken in the pan, the boys were craving a home-cooked fried chicken dinner. Truth be told, I have never actually made fried chicken (who can top KFC anyway?) 😉 Another movie takeaway was Grant’s newfound discovery of the magical frosting-like concotion of.. Crisco! Ha. All weekend he talked about it. I didn’t know I had any Crisco until I was cleaning out the baking cupboard and saw a small tub. I had to show Grant. And his reaction…
I ran across an oven-fried chicken recipe from Laila Ali and although it’s not Minnie’s, I think it still satisfied the craving. Here’s the somewhat-healther version (Crisco-free). Sorry Grant. 🙂
Enjoy!
Sounds like a fun movie night and a delicious recipe. I too really enjoyed the book and movie of The Help. I did not get to see it at the theater but did watch it on our flight to Poland.