1980s-Style Red Rotisserie Chicken Seasoning A recreation of the old supermarket deli rotisserie blend: red-tinted, savory, lightly tangy, no barbecue. Makes enough dry rub for 2 whole chickens.
INGREDIENTS • 3 tablespoons sweet paprika • 1 teaspoons annatto (achiote) powder • 2 tablespoons kosher salt • 1.5 teaspoons MSG (Accent) • 1 teaspoons citric acid (sour salt) • 2 teaspoons garlic powder • 2 teaspoons onion powder • 1 tablespoons light brown sugar • 1 teaspoons white pepper • 1 teaspoons black pepper • 0.3 teaspoons cayenne • 2 tablespoons neutral oil, for the skin STEPS 1. Mix the blend: Stir together the 3 tablespoons sweet paprika, 1 teaspoons annatto (achiote) powder, 2 tablespoons kosher salt, 1.5 teaspoons MSG (Accent), 1 teaspoons citric acid (sour salt), 2 teaspoons garlic powder, 2 teaspoons onion powder, 1 tablespoons light brown sugar, 1 teaspoons white pepper, 1 teaspoons black pepper, and 0.3 teaspoons cayenne until uniform. If you want to skip the annatto, add another teaspoon of paprika instead, but the color won't be as deep red. 2. Dry the bird: Pat the chicken very dry with paper towels. Dry skin is the single biggest factor in getting it crisp instead of rubbery. 3. Oil, then season: Rub the chicken all over with the 2 tablespoons neutral oil, for the skin, then coat generously with the blend, including under the breast skin and inside the cavity. Use about half the blend per bird. 4. Rest uncovered (optional but worth it): Set the seasoned chicken on a rack in the fridge, uncovered, for a few hours up to overnight. The salt and citric acid pull surface moisture out so the skin crisps hard, closer to the old rotisserie texture. 5. Roast or spit-roast: Cook at 375 to 400 F (or on a rotisserie) until the thickest part of the thigh hits 165 F, roughly an hour to an hour and 15 for a normal bird. Baste once or twice with the pan fat to mimic the self-basting spit. 6. Rest before carving: Let it rest 10 to 15 minutes so the juices redistribute. NOTES Dial-in tips: the citric acid is the "light tang," so adjust it a pinch at a time, it's potent. If it still tastes flatter than memory, bump the MSG before anything else. Annatto and citric acid are the two ingredients modern store blends usually leave out, which is most of why today's birds don't match. You can find both, plus annatto, at Latin grocery sections or online. On Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 2:27 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > My Samsung TV's UI is hot garbage. I use it anyway, but I don't know why > I torture myself with it. > ------------------------------ > *From:* AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Ken Hohhof < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 16, 2026 11:43 AM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] I must be from the wrong generation > > > My experience is the opposite, even with smart TVs, most people are using > a stick. I’ve never been sure why. Do they not like the UI on the smart > TV? Is the TV part still fine but the smarts are outdated? Do they want > the same UI on every TV in the house? Do they just not know any better? > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *castarritt > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 16, 2026 10:31 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] I must be from the wrong generation > > > > Pretty much every TV these days has streaming built into it. I can't > remember the last time I talked to a customer that had a separate streaming > device. > > > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 10:21 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think streaming devices are moving from sticks toward boxes. And of > course Roku will now be Fox/Roku. > > > > Chromecast is gone. Google TV Streamer has an Ethernet port, I guess it > still has USB for power. USB-C, and it comes with a power supply. > > > > Fire TV still has sticks, although it seems there’s a Cube now. > > > > Roku still has sticks, but the Roku Ultra is like the Google TV Streamer. > > > > I guess there’s Apple TV and Nvidia Shield. And ONN for the budget minded. > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Adam Moffett > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 16, 2026 9:58 AM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] I must be from the wrong generation > > > > Maybe the thing I should be reflecting on is the fact that I regret their > TV not having a USB port to power the Roku. I was maybe 15-16 years old > when I started seeing USB on PC's, and there were almost no peripherals for > it. The idea of a TV with a USB port would have been ludicrous at the > time. When I was in elementary school, you could still buy a black and > white TV, and we actually had one in the kitchen. My mom used it to listen > to a show on it while she was making dinner. Put a USB port on that sucker > and plug in the Roku. I'll need to stop at Radio Shack and find an HDMI to > analog two-wire antenna converter. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Adam Moffett <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 16, 2026 10:50 AM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] I must be from the wrong generation > > > > I hope so by now. On theirs you can turn off the TV and then turn it on a > few hours later and multiple episodes of your show played while the TV was > off. It's a Roku Express, but I'm not entirely sure how old it is. Old > enough that I think it only does 2.4ghz WiFi. Maybe I'll just buy them a > new one. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> on behalf of [email protected] < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 16, 2026 10:47 AM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] I must be from the wrong generation > > > > I presume once the HDMI port goes idle Roku stops streaming. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Adam Moffett < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 16, 2026 6:28 AM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] I must be from the wrong generation > > > > When I was still involved in fixed wireless I had the same feelings as Ken > about constant streaming for nobody. Airtime is finite. Channel capacity > is finite. Their electric bill doesn't concern me, but their constant data > usage for something frivolous does. Another one is if you have a Roku that > isn't powered from a USB port on the TV. If you turn off the TV without > stopping the Roku then it sits there streaming and auto-playing the next > episode while the TV isn't even on. My parents have done this. They have > an older Roku Express, and a TV with no USB ports. I'd hope by now they > have something in the Roku to detect if a monitor is not present on the > HDMI port and stop automatically, but the one they have doesn't do that. > > > > On FTTH we don't have to care about the data usage......at least not for > now. When they come up with an application that actually uses a gig we'll > have an issue. > > > > Side note on the IPv6: We've departed from ARIN standard and delegate a > /60. They still have up to 16 subnets if there's ever a reason to use > them. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Dennis -- LTI > Engineering via AF <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 16, 2026 7:46 AM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Dennis -- LTI Engineering <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] I must be from the wrong generation > > > > Well in all fairness, the TV draws, what 10 watts or something stupid like > that. Back in the day, light bulbs would draw at least 40, sometimes 60 > watts, and the big bad boys drew 100! 😊 > > > > Kinda the same way I feel about IPv6. Why give a customer a /48, when > they will just use maybe one /64. Its wasteful, they would be using > .00001% of what they were given, and therefore 99.9999% is wasted. This > occurred before, when we handed out /8s like crack. I do understand the > size but STILL, just is wasted. I still go around my house, turn off > lights, yes they are LED, but still do it. I still yell at my son when he > leaves a door open. As far as fido and cats needing sound, umm. Mine > sleep all day unless a leaf blows past the window then they are barking at > it, and the cat never moved. > > > > Lol > > > > > *Dennis Burgess * > *MikroTik Certified:* Trainer | Network Associate | Routing Engineer | > Wireless Engineer | Traffic Control Engineer | Inter-Networking Engineer | > Security Engineer | Enterprise Wireless Engineer > *Hurricane Electric:* IPv6 Sage > *Cambium Certified:* ePMP > *Author:* Learn RouterOS – Second Edition <https://shop.linktechs.net/126> > > Link Technologies, Inc. <http://www.linktechs.net/> – MikroTik & ISP > Support Services | Shop On-Line <https://shop.linktechs.net/> > 📞 Office: 314-735-0270 or 1-866-620-0074 > 📡 Create Wireless Coverage with www.towercoverage.com > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof > *Sent:* Monday, June 15, 2026 6:44 PM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [AFMUG] I must be from the wrong generation > > > > I remember my parents telling us to turn off lights when we left the room, > and to close the front door rather than “air conditioning the outside”. > > > > Now I get customers who leave a TV streaming all day for the dogs while > they’re gone. That irks me because it seems wasteful. They have excuses > when I suggest playing a radio or telling Alexa to play music. I mean, if > it was cats, probably they watch the video and play with the birds and > strings and stuff. But supposedly the dogs just want something to listen > to. We have a cattle feed lot customer that plays a radio in the barns for > the cows, but radio is apparently good enough for cows. > > > > Internet is now something we don’t worry about wasting, like leaving a > light on or a faucet running. > > > > I guess I wouldn’t care if I didn’t get tech support calls about the app > on the Firestick not running all day and they get home and there’s no TV > for the dogs. What am I going to say, give the dogs our number and have > them call in when it happens? OK, Fido, have you tried unplugging it and > plugging it back in again? > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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