Chapter 146 - Chickens

It was in fact not fun.

"Wake up!" said my mother knocking on my door as I groaned wanting to scream.

"I thought the weekends were reserved for rest." said Shiwoo rubbing his eyes.

"Well welcome to Carter's boot camp where you wake up 6:00 am on Sunday and get working." I said as I walked into the bathroom to freshen up.

"And here I thought I was going to get you all to myself today. You fell asleep on me last night before I even got to do anything with you." he said as he sat on the edge of the bed using his arm to prop him up as he watched me through the mirror.

"I'm sorry. I was really tired babe. Maybe tonight." 

"I'll be counting the seconds." he said as he dramatically fell to the bed and I chuckled.

He then went to brush his teeth and he was about to shave his stubble when I stooped him, "why you like a bearded man?"

"Yup. I find beards hot." 

"Well in that case." he said walking over my me and rubbing him stumbles onto my cheeks.

"Oh my God haha! Stop!" I said laughing as I tried to push him away and he chuckled as he went to put a shirt on.

"Wear something that is not expensive. You do not want to get blood all over something precious." I said as I tied my hair, making sure to cover every inch.

"Blood? What do you mean?"

"Have you ever killed a chicken?" I asked and he slowly shook his head furrowing his brows, "well then I guess there a first for everything."

"Huh?" he asked as I walked out the door leaving him with his mouth slightly ajar.

I went through the back exit where I saw my mom and dad setting up and I saw my sister rubbing her sleepy eyes.

The twins were still sleeping for we did not want to traumatize them this young.

"Go get five. We are doing the one hundred today. New ones are coming Wednesday." said my mother when she saw me and I nodded.

"Shiwoo help." I said to Shiwoo as he came out the back exit with his hair tied up and covered.

"Okay" he said as he followed me to the coup where the chickens were chilling.

I grabbed two at a time as Shiwoo stood there at the door watching, "come on. Don't be a baby and grab two."

He then stepped in slowly as he walked over to the chicken turning his head away as he grabbed one, "ha! I got one," he said excited and laughed at him.

"Grab the white ones dear. Those brown ones are layer hens."

"Oh" he said as he threw the hen and it squawked and flapped and he jumped backwards as I cackled leaving him to woman up and grab the chicken.

"Go help the poor boy. He has such dainty hands, I bet he has never done such labor." said my mother as we all stood and watched him try to grab the chickens at the same time he was running from them so I had no idea how that equation worked.

"Tell me about it. His fingers are prettier than mine." I said grimacing  walking up to the coup as a chicken flew in his face, "okay pretty boy. Go stand to the side."

"Thank you!" he said as he ran out the coup and to the bathroom to check his face.

I grabbed the chicken that flew in his face along with another and personally cut his neck for it was personal.

Shiwoo clapped as I help the chickens decapitate head then threw it to the dog, "yes! That's it. Take that!"

I chuckled at him holding the bloody knife in my hand as my head fell back in laughter.

Three hours and one hundred chickens later, that is one hundred decapitated head, one hundred guts to pull out, one hundred body to pluck clean of feather and two hundred feet to cut and clean, we were finally done and it was now time to prepare dinner,

"You guys don't eat breakfast on a Sunday?" asked Shiwoo as we got out the shower and I shook my head no.

"Nope. We are too busy preparing for our Sunday dinner so if you get hungry you can fix something for yourself."

"I never realized how spoiled I was till I got here. Thank you for the experience." he said and I smiled.

"Shiwoo have you ever tried Sour sop juice?" asked my mother as pulled out three big and rip sour sops.

"No, but it sounds fun." he said as he left me and walked over to her as she explained to him what to do and he did it as I cleaned and seasoned the two chicken.

Abigail an the twins were having cereal breakfast together since she was still regarded as the baby and had no use in the kitchen what so ever. I blame her parents.

After cleaning and seasoning the meat and then began to peel and slice the plantains waiting for Shiwoo and my mom to finish deseeding and juicing the soursop.

"After we deseed and squeeze in container, we then strain it and add whatever we want. Rum cream, Dragon beer, Supligen or whatever."

"Rum cream and Supligen sound good." I piped in and she nodded as she stirred them in, then placed the juice into containers before placing them in the freezer.

She handed Shiwoo a cup of it to taste and he took a sip and his eyes lit up, "mmm. It's so good. I've never tasted anything like it."

My mother smiled proudly as she too took a sip and her eyes lit up, "mmm. It really is good. I think this must be the best batch I've ever made."

"I hate too break up this moment, but I need the kitchen if you don't mind."

"Right. She is our next best cook. I can trust her to make a tasty dinner. Has she ever made a dish for you?" She asked Shiwoo and he nodded his head yes, "I'll go tidy the house. You two are in charge of dinner." she said cleaning up before leaving.

"I get to watch the master work." said Shiwoo leaning against the counter as I lit the stove.

"No. You get to help the master. Now hand me that oil."

"Yes ma'am" he said handing me the oil and I poured it in the pot waiting for it to get hot before adding the plantains watching them closely for they had a tendency to burn if you take your eyes off them for a nano second.

I then asked him to bring the cabbage and carrots from the fridge and In grated some and added vinegar and mayonnaise for coleslaw then steamed the remainder.

After that I took the soaked gungo peas from the fridge and threw them in the pressure cooker on the stove as thawed the beef and goat meat.

"You really move fast." said Shiwoo when I was peeling the potatoes and I ignored him feeling in the zone.

I added the potatoes to the pot of elbow macaroni and to the pot of pumpkin for the side dishes.

I stirred the pot of colored bow macaroni to prevent them from sticking them found that they were done so I strained them before adding mayo then placed them in container in the fridge them moved on to the other.

To the potatoes and macaroni and potatoes and pumpkins I added mayo and diced onions crushing the pumpkin and potatoes together before adding them both to different containers.

"Something was missing." I said out loud as I went over what I just did.

"It seems like you have a lot to me." said Shiwoo shrugging.

"Shh. I'm trying think. Ah yes! Lettuce. Can you get it for me please baby?"

"Sure thing dear." he said as he got the lettuce and washed and cut them placing the leaves into a container."

I then checked the goat and beef to find them reading to be cleaned and seasoned so I did that placing them in the freezer checking the peas to see if they were done.

They needed a few more minutes so I had Shiwoo washed the rice as I placed the curried joints of one of the chickens into the pot then made the batter of for the fried chicken, dipping them in the egg, milk, flour and bread crumbs before placing them in the air fryer.

The peas we now ready so I removed the lid of the pressure cooker and added in a scotch bonnet pepper, salt, scallion and thyme and coconut powder and made it boil for five minutes before adding the rice, giving it a good stir before placing on a different lid.

The beef and goat were last thing so I just curried the goat and brown stewed the beef and then by 1 pm dinner was ready.

"Wow" said Shiwoo after we were finished as was cleaning up, "you did so much in few hours than I normally do in a week. You my dear are very amazing."

I blushed as he pulled me into a back hug, placing a kiss on my cheek, "well I am used to it. I am the oldest daughter of the house so it was kind of my duty."

"What are we having for dessert?" he asked and nibbling on my ear lobe.

"Right! Dessert." I said as I unwrapped myself from his hold searching for ingredients for crème brulee since it was too late rum cake and I personally did not like it.

I then carefully made seven cups of crème brulee then made a cheesecake because why not then I decided that I should end the cooking madness here since Shiwoo was getting tired and was whining.

"Okay fine. You win. I'm done now."

"Finally. Let's go take a nap before dinner. All that work of catching chickens really has me beat." he said as he laid his head on my chest and I chuckled.

"You didn't even catch one. It was more like them catching you."

"Yeah yeah whatever" he said as we pulled me towards the bedroom closing the door,

"Okay lets take a nap. My arm hurt.." I said yawning as I laid on the bed, my foot sprawled across him as I laid on his good shoulder and we fell asleep a few hours before dinner.