Whole Slow Cooker-Poached Chicken

You will need: 

• 3 bunches scallions

• 1 bunch cilantro, stems and leaves

• 1 whole chicken (about 4 pounds)

• 2 celery stalks, chopped into 2-inch pieces

• 12 shiitake mushrooms, stemmed

• 6 thin slices of ginger

• 6 star anise

• 1 teaspoon peppercorns (white, if possible)

• 1 tablespoon plus two teaspoons coarse salt

• 8 cups water

Anna Thomas' Green Soup

You will need:

• 1 bunch chard or spinach

• 1 bunch kale

• 4 to 5 green onions, sliced, white and green parts

• 1/2 cup loosely packed cilantro

• 1 teaspoon sea salt, plus more to taste

• 1 medium Yukon Gold potato

• 1 medium yellow onion

• 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil

• Marsala or dry sherry (optional)

• 1 to 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

• 2 1/2 to 3 cups vegetable broth

• Freshly ground black pepper

• Cayenne

• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, plus more to taste

Nita Pettersen Cusack's Viking Eggnog Recipe

You will need:

2 jumbo size cheap wine bottles (empty & sterilized)
I Jim Beam Bourdon qt bottle (which becomes empty by the end of this recipe)
I more empty qt bottle (sterilized)
2 big bowls
1  lobster pot
1 or 2 funnels (2 if working with a friend)
1 or 2 coffee mugs (2 if working with a friend)
1 glass of red wine to quench thirst while making this recipe

1-doz eggs
1-cup sugar
1-quart heavy cream
1 bottle of Jack or Jim Bourbon
1 cup white rum

1. Separate egg yolks & white into 2 different big bowls.
2. Whip egg whites until white, light & frothy (stop before it becomes a true meringue).
3. Whip egg whites and pour in sugar until it becomes a light yellow.
4. Combine both batters into one of the bowls.
5. Whip heavy cream until it has body & just before it becomes fully whipped (as per dessert style).
6. Combine all above ingredients into a lobster pot.
7. Pour in both liquors into batter in lobster pot and gently stir.
8. Take coffee mug and use an up & down plunging motion to make sure that the eggnog is thoroughly mixed because liquor tends to sink to the bottom (repeat process).
9. Line up all empty bottles and top with funnel(s).
10. Use coffee mugs to pour eggnog through funnel(s) into bottles.
11. Fill each bottle to the base of the bottleneck only. Eggnog needs "air" to breath.
11. Cork &/or screws on bottle tops.

Store in refrigerator.
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