Two Parter! How Funky is Your (Whole) Chicken? Day 1

So, Bradford makes a mean turkey around Thanksgiving. I was uber impressed. So I decided to give him a run for his money and make a rotisserie-style chicken for no good reason. Mostly, because I've never cooked an entire bird before. Perhaps it was Brad's prowess, or having read Julia and Julia a year ago, but I decided that if I want to hold any clout in the kitchen, I need to tackle a bird.

Went to the grocery store. Bought white pepper. Didn't know that was a possibility. Also bought a 4lb bird, some onions, yams, and garlic. Did a little google research. Quartered an onion. Found out that giblets or whatever comes out of a chicken is already packaged. Weird. Pulled the package out of the chicken. Minced some garlic in the slap chop. Best 6 month anniversary present ever! "You'll love my nuts." You darn tootin'! Side note, sorry. Created a spice mixture that involved thyme, cayenne pepper, black pepper, white pepper, salt, paprika, garlic powder, and onion powder. Rubbed the chicken on both the inside and outside. Stuck the quartered onion and some minced garlic where the pre-wrapped package of guts used to be. Guts went in the garbage. I'm not that creative, yet. Wrapped the whole bird in plastic wrap, twice. Stuck in fridge.

Going to roast that sucka tomorrow at approximately 3:30 PM in a funky stand-up contraption! Stay tuned...