The corner market had a shipment of fresh oyster mushrooms that looked incredibly tender and ready for my tummy. Honestly, this was my first time with fresh oyster mushrooms and I must say, mmmmmmmmmm...

Gina and I were chatting a few nights ago when she mentioned a story of her grandfather who would go hunting and bring home not only a duck, but the pride of catching his own meal and sharing this with his family. He'd take his prize and smoke it for a few hours.

Without a recipe to work with or a gun, I went to my local mega-mart and after waving my magic credit card, caught two frozen mallards. When I hunt, my birds come without feathers. I win!

I had a surplus of garlic, feta and ranch dressing in my fridge left over from Amber and Julian's wedding. There was also a bottle of bacon ranch from about two months ago that needed to be used up. This is the sort of thing that makes me happy -- new food from old food.

Here it is ...

This started as an experiment in chicken soup -- what can I throw together and how will it turn out? My chicken soups often usually fall into the category of "comfort food" and like all comfort food, it's something that I make the exact same way every single time.

Day 1