Chicken and Dumplings Theology
I have never been much of a cook, but recently I have learned perhaps the best advice a novice like me can learn - trust the recipe and follow the directions. My wife and I recently subscribed to one of those mail order meal providers. You choose what you want and a box arrives on your doorstep with all the ingredients. Included, of course, is a step by step recipe. I’ve never been much for recipes. My mom was old-school. She had it all in her head. She whipped a meal together all the while taste-testing and adjusting as she went. It worked for her and I figured it would work for me. It didn’t. I figured I was just a bad cook until I learned the lesson – trust the recipe and follow the directions. So, one day I decided to take the plunge and see if this recipe thing was all it was cooked up to be. While my wife does the majority of the cooking, I offered to give her a break. On that day’s menu was chicken and ...