What's for Dinner, Thurs., Nov. 12, 2020

[NJCher]

No post tonight--I wrote one but keep getting a 403 forbidden error when I try to post it.

Will post it later if I can get on.

[soothsayer]

1. I might attempt shrimp toast

We’ll see

[MissMillie]

2. scalloped potatoes w/ ham

zucchini sauteed with garlic.


Grapes for dessert

[Laelth]

3. Last night I made Laelth's Infamous Spaghetti Bolonese.

You all lost last night. Child and I won.

But I have some leftover noodles, after making six leftover containers of spaghetti that will feed me, child, and a couple of neighbors tomorrow. Tonight the plan is this:

I am going to make a rue, and then take the pork and beef that I didn’t use last night and lob it in there with some diced yellow onions, some diced roma tomatoes, and about a half of a food-processed fuji apple. I am gonna season it well—oregano, fresh coriander (which I always try to keep—cuts the acid), MSG, white pepper, black pepper, cumin, minced garlic, and a little salt. Then I am gonna let that cook down for an hour or so. Then I will reheat my leftover noodles, dump my new sauce on top and serve it with slices of an Italian-loaf garlic bread and slices of the other half of that Fuji apple. A glass of a rich burgundy will top off the meal.

-Laelth

[Demsrule86]

10. Damn that sounds good...made my mouth water. Pizza here.

[Laelth]

11. Honestly, pizza sounds really good too, but I can't make it.

I leave that to the professionals.

-Laelth

[MOMFUDSKI]

16. Just found Pillsbury Pizza Dough

in the refrigerated section at the grocery store. It is really good. I gave up on making my own dough because I just couldn't roll it out thin enough. So gave it a try and VOILA. Will still get pizza at our favorite place, of course, but will also do the dough boy on occasion.

[Sherman A1]

4. Toasted Ravioli

and french bread with cheese.

[MontanaMama]

5. Grilled whole chicken

rubbed with Chile margarita spice mix. Will baste with Alabama white sauce when it comes off the bbq. Roast fingerling potatoes and a strawberry arugula salad.

[PJMcK]

6. Italian seafood

The Landlady(!) found some frozen squid in our freezer so we’re going to make fried calamari. She’s making a sauce from the very last of our tomato crop and the last of our fresh basil. All of this will be served on linguini. I’ll probably make a Caesar salad. I think we have a bottle of Chianti in the basement. Chocolates for dessert.

[Binkie The Clown]

7. I think I'll make a homebrew cheeseburger with air fryer french fries. nt

[BigMin28]

8. Pulled pork sandwiches

macaroni salad, and baked beans.

[irisblue]

9. Semi Ethnic version of one of my Moms baked dinners

1.Kielbasa(I'm using a vegetarian brand)
2.Cabbage cut into chunks & cubed potato & carrots in chunks & onions slices.
3.Heat oven to 350, put everything on the heated & oiled cooking sheet, bake 15 min, rotate pan, sprinkle with dill & a bit of wine vinegar. Bake 15 more minutes, adjust spices.

I suspect that Mom created this to feed a bunch of hungry kids when her wallet was thin.

Hot decafe tea.

[Laelth]

12. Comfort food.

I am out on the vegetarian kielbasa, but if you were to put some real, fatty sausage in there, I would be asking you when you wanted me to arrive.



-Laelth

[irisblue]

17. Really the best I remember is from the Joy View Meat Market in Redford Michigan

It was a not too far butcher shop, then.

[Laelth]

18. Why did that post make me fall in love with you instantly? n/t

-Laelth

[Luciferous]

13. Leftovers. Maybe some dark chocolate for dessert.

[MOMFUDSKI]

14. We had

ultra-thin panko pork chops, steamed green beans, homemade date/cashew muffin. The chops are sold by Aldi and are quite good. I adjusted my standard muffin recipe using some brown sugar instead of all white sugar trying to replicate the old Crosse and Blackwell canned date/nut bread and they turned out pretty OK.

[Laelth]

15. It's hard to find dates.

But those muffins sound fantastic. Let us know when you have perfected your recipe.

-Laelth

[hedda_foil]

20. Crosse and Blackwell date/nut bread!!! May I please have the recipe too?

[Backseat Driver]

19. Hmmm...Spaghetti w/scratch Roma from the garden and meat sauce; maybe Italian dressed salad greens

Had home-cooked frozen burgers on buns with take-in waffle fries we most appreciate last night; take in Greek gyros the night before that; there's only two chicken thighs and a bit of sauce left from the cook at home Monday Marsala and rice night.

But, ta-da-da, yesterday I made the updated youtube video version of a recipe for a InstaPot New York Style cheesecake, now hopefully "cured" in the fridge to perfection (We confess, we did snitch a taste at the 4-hour point which is apparently entirely allowed under the rules presented by the video baker), LOL!

Vino, anybody?

[spinbaby]

21. Sweet and sour chicken

Recycled leftovers, really. I stir fried leftover chicken with some peppers that were getting a bit soft and covered it all with bottled sweet and sour sauce. Pretty good, though.