{"id":2082,"date":"2019-04-20T02:32:51","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T18:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/?p=2082"},"modified":"2019-04-20T02:32:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T18:32:51","slug":"review-marley-spoon-stewed-chicken-drumsticks-with-orzo-olive-parsley-relish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/2019\/04\/review-marley-spoon-stewed-chicken-drumsticks-with-orzo-olive-parsley-relish\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Marley Spoon Stewed Chicken Drumsticks with Orzo & Olive-Parsley Relish"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rating: 5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have been meaning to try Martha & Marley Spoon for a while, but I struggled to find, among their offerings, dishes that I really wanted to try. I suspect that part of the problem is the photography they use on their site makes the dishes look wash out and not particularly exciting . We eat with our eyes, after all. But their offerings seem mostly pedestrian.

In any case, I chose this kit for Stewed Chicken Drumsticks with Orzo & Olive-Parsley Relish<\/a> because it was something I thought my daughter would eat and because I was intrigued by the idea of making stew in less than an hour. I was disappointed by the results.

The dish itself was relatively easy to make, though I was disappointed than rather than sending a can of diced tomatoes, they sent a can of whole ones and then asked me to cut them with kitchen shears – which I don’t actually own. I transferred them to a bowl and cut them with a knife, but that should not have been a required step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main issue, however, was the results of the dish. The chicken, having been cooked at quite high temperatures, was not as tender as it should have been – and given that it was stewed for a relatively short amount of time, the flavors of the sauce had not been absorbed beyond the surface. The sauce itself was unbalanced – a bit too bitter from the spinach – and lacked seasoning. Some more garlic and oregano would have done wonders. The relish added acidity, but I’m not sure the dish needed it.

In all, it was an edible dish, but not at all exciting and I wouldn’t order it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While the ingredients looked fresh when the kit arrived in Monday, by Wednesday night – when I cooked it – the spinach and the parsley were both losing its crispiness, even though I stored them in the fridge.

I paid $9 for this kit ($4.50 pp) using a promo code – the regular price is about $21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rating: 5\/10 I have been meaning to try Martha & Marley Spoon for a while, but I struggled to find, among their offerings, dishes that I really wanted to try. I suspect that part of the problem is the photography they use on their site makes the dishes look wash out and not particularly exciting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[388],"tags":[408],"class_list":["post-2082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meal-kits","tag-marley-spoon","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}