Friday, August 7, 2009

Engagement Chicken and the Myth Behind the Recipe

By Marly Schuman

Engagement Chicken is dish widely known for getting your man to say "I Do." With just a few ingredients (lemon, salt, pepper and chicken), you can bring in the ring. But how and why exactly does it work? FaveDiets wants to share with you the recipe, the history of Engagement Chicken and who is most likely to see some serious results.

History of Engagement Chicken

This famous chicken recipe has been around for years. It was first published in Glamour magazine in 2002 as a way to reel in your man, and shockingly it actually worked! After the article was published, 21 women and counting wrote in to the magazine claiming they got engaged after cooking the chicken.

Since then, the recipe and article has been republished and women are not keeping quiet about this secret. It seems like a myth, but this recipe has worked for so many women. We're not just talking an engagement 8 months later. Some women were proposed to the next day! One man who was fooled by the chicken said the dish just reminded him of a wifely meal, and that is how the idea got into his head. Everyone at RecipeLion is very interested in how real this myth is-- but we're all too scared, or already married, to try it!

So now that you have all the info, what do you think: is it fact or fiction?

Get Ready For a Ring If...

This famous recipe can't work for all the desperate women out there, so here are a few factors that will give you a leg up on other women trying to nab that ring:

-You actually have a boyfriend and have been dating him for a substantial amount of time.

- You aren't a seasoned chef. It sounds trivial, but after the recipe was released, it appeared that men were more impressed by girls who didn't usually cook than those who often cooked up dinner. We don't really know why, but maybe if you already cook then your boyfriend won't get that jolt of wifely instinct.

- You give him and ultimatum: the chicken or me. Just kidding...you probably shouldn't do that.

- Make sure the chicken is not raw when serving it. Uncooked chicken is no way to win anyone's heart.

- Pair the chicken with appropriate sides. The recipe doesn't require anything else, but it goes well with some roasted potatoes, asparagus and a bottle of wine.

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