Melanie and I returned from another week of overseas hedonism and body abuse last weekend and decided it was time to start (again) returning to some sort of normal eating pattern. One way I like to do this is to buy a medium chicken and roast it. For meal one, we sit down to a nice simple meal of roast chicken and salad or some steamed vegetables. Next day, once the chicken has cooled I strip the chicken of any remaining meat along with any meat juices I’ve saved from the pan, leaving me with all the bones and a stripped chicken carcass. The chicken carcass goes in a large…