Poor Poet's Chicken

Place the chicken in a roasting pan, slide it into the oven, and roast at325°

until the chicken is tender (45 minutes to an hour). In the meantime, mashthegarlic in a mortar and then mix in the lemon juice, a scant teaspoon salt,andat least a half teaspoon of cracked pepper. When the chicken is done, cut itup on a serving platter and pour over it the garlic-lemon sauce, along withany juice from the pan. This is good with rice or with crisp rolls that canbedunked into the juices.