Classic fried chicken

Chicken second courses

Fried chicken is one of those dishes that means home to so many people. It reminds them of comfort and family. I don’t think there is a person out there that doesn’t like fried chicken, unless, well, you are a vegetarian or are just lying to yourself. Recently, I was having a discussion about my family’s Sunday rituals with Mike. I told him that Sundays in the summer were spent outside either working in the garden with my Dziadzia (Polish for Grandpa, pronounced jah-jah) or pretending to work in the garden so you could be near him and hear his stories and him telling my brothers how they don’t know how to shovel the right way. After the day of working was done, my Dziadzia would sit by the back door, drink a warm Pepsi, and clean out his gardening shoes. My brothers and I would run around like the crazy kids we were, enjoying every ounce of summer while Dziadzia shook his head and called us “kooks.” While all of that was going on, my mom would be out getting fried chicken, mashed potatoes, biscuits, gravy, and coleslaw for dinner. My dad and I would set the table while …