My dinner guest for tonight is peeved about the fish I'm serving...

[Ilsa]

so what should I tell him is on the "revised" menu? This is friend of my husband's.

BTW, my plan was for us to have butterfly shrimp (fried), followed by Atlantic salmon seared with some toasted herbs and spices and then baked, served on a bed of "salsa" made with black beans, corn, sauted onions and garlic and jalapeno and a pinch of tomato sauce. Dessert is homemade peach cobbler.

Does anyone have any Klingon recipes to send me? WHat was that stuff? Rogaide Blood Pie?

[Richardo]

1. Your husband needs better friends. Planned menu sounds GREAT!

:9 Yum!

[Beer Snob-50]

2. that salmon dish sounds awesome!!!

and then dessert is the real topper!!!!!

[quispquake]

3. What are you doing with all the stuff you bought?

Yum!

[hlthe2b]

4. Wow... sounhds great to me! Throw him out and invite me!

[ET Awful]

5. Tell the ingrate to stay home and e-mail me directions on how to get there

:)

[GOPisEvil]

6. A knuckle sandwich!!!

Screw that ingrate, I'll eat his salmon! That sounds delicious.

[Bertha Venation]

7. GAWD that salmon/black bean thing sounds great.

Do you share your recipes? *wheedle wheedle*

[yellowcanine]

8. What is his beef (sorry)? He sounds like an ungrateful and rude

guest. Unless he is allergic to seafood I would stick with the planned menu and let him eat what he wants to eat. Set some sandwich fixings on the table and invite him to help himself.

[underseasurveyor]

9. *drool* What time? n/t

:evilgrin:

[Ilsa]

10. Hang on, I'll copy here in just a sec...

I got a phone call from DU'er lurker.

[mistertrickster]

11. Flippin idiot--you eat the salmon and serve him frozen pizza.

Thawing it out first is your call.

Unbelievable . . .

[bearfan454]

12. Anybody that doesn't like that is weird.

It's your house. You serve what YOU want.

[rene moon]

21. I hate fish---any kind

and I dont consider myself weird, thank you. I will agree that the guest is being rude though. He should ahve asked what she would be making and then thought about the invite.

[Ilsa]

13. Grilled Spiced Salmon and Vegetables Bon Appetit!

Grilled Spiced Salmon and Vegetables

Grilling spices
3 Tbsp whole coriander seeds
3 Tbsp cumin seeds
3 Tbsp dill seeds
3 Tbsp yellow mustard seeds
6 Tbsp whole fennel seeds
6 Tbsp sugar
1 ½ tsp ground pepper

1. Combine all seeds in a skillet over medium heat and toast, shaking pan, until aromatic, about 4 minutes.
2. Using a spice grinder, coarsely grind seeds in three batches. Transfer to a small jar. Add the sugar, salt, and pepper. Blend well. Can be stored in an airtight container for up to six months.
(I didn’t do all of this. Most of my spices are already ground, so I didn’t toast seeds because they are going to be seared in the pan anyway. I just combined and used them.)

The Salmon and Vegetable bed: Serves 4
4 six-ounce salmon fillets, skin on
¼ cup grilling spices
3 Tbsp olive oil

1. Season salmon fillets with grilling spices, rubbing them into flesh side of fillets. (If not grilling right away, refrigerate, wrapped in plastic, for up to two days.)
2. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Heat a large, ovenproof saute’ pan over medium high heat. Drizzle olive oil over both sides of fillet. Place fillets spice side down in hot saute’ pan. Sear until the spices are brown, about three minutes. (You’ll need the vent on as this produces a lot of smoke.) Carefully turn salmon, and transfer saute’ pan to oven. Bake until fillets are firm, about 7 minutes. Serve on bed of black beans and corn.

Black beans and corn:
1 ½ Tbsp olive oil
1 large clove of garlic, minced
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 15 oz. can of black beans, well rinsed
2 Tbsp tomato puree
1 tsp dried oregano
1 small jalapeno pepper, seeded and diced
1 cup fresh corn kernels
salt and pepper

1. Heat the olive oil in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the garlic and onion and jalapeno and saute’ about 10 minutes.
2. Add the well-rinsed beans, corn, tomato puree, ¼ cup of water, oregano, salt and pepper and mix. Cook about 10-12 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Remove from heat, create thick bed beans/corn on plates on which to place salmon. Serve immediately.

[Rowdyboy]

14. Give him a couple of dollars and suggest Wendy's dollar menu

He sounds very ignorant and rude to boot.

[skygazer]

15. Unspeakably rude

Tell him to stay home and invite me instead. I think it sounds great and then I wouldn't have to cook.

[Taverner]

16. Kick him out and invite me instead

MMMMM salmon....I love Salmon

[Ilsa]

17. I'll make the salmon for me and my husband...

the guest can either bring dinner or eat the kids'leftovers from last night: grilled Hebrew National hotdogs (they really are delicious). Last night I served grilled T-bone steak, seasoned with McCormick's Grill Mates Montreal Steak seasoning and grilled vegetables.

I'll save the shrimp for tomorrow!

[Ilsa]

18. Grandma's Peach Cobbler

Grandmas Peach Cobbler
For the Batter:
• ½ cup Butter
• 1-¼ cups Flour
• 2 teaspoons Baking powder
• ½ teaspoon Salt
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1 cup Milk
For the Filling:
• 4 cups Sliced fresh peaches
• ¼ cup Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon Fresh lemon juice

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Mix together the peaches, sugar, cinnamon and lemon juice. Allow the mixture to sit while you make the batter, so the juices can be drawn out of the peaches.

Put the butter in a 9 x 13-inch Pyrex baking dish and put the dish in the preheating oven. While the butter is melting, mix up the batter by combining the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and milk.
When the butter is completely melted, remove the pan and pour the batter into the melted butter. Then, carefully spoon the peach mixture evenly over the batter. Return dish to the oven and bake for 45 minutes.

As the cobbler cooks, the batter will begin to rise up and around the peaches.

[Nay]

19. Dang. Your guest is unspeakably rude. Thanks for the recipes.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

20. Bummer about your rude guest

I'm fixing salmon tonight too (on the stove, not the grill this time) Your salsa sounds great, thanks for the recipe. I don't have any black beans, but I think I'll try something with onions, garlic, tomatoes, and green olives.

[miss_kitty]

22. let him eat hamburger helper

or some nasty fast food thing-kfc w/ those nasty mashed potatoes w/ gravy glue and their chemistry laden 'cole slaw'.

which wine should you serve with his special meal? a $3 bottle of cold duck, or asti spumanti.

you of course should be drinking a nice pinot noir or other perfectly chilled beefy white at the adults' table.

[KFC]

24. Watch it.

Don't make me come over there.

[miss_kitty]

26. ooops! sorry of course did not mean YOU

i meant 'krappily fixed chicken' :-)

[pagerbear]

23. As I recall from reading Miss Manners

...the time to make food allergies (physical or otherwise) known, in an apologetic way, is when accepting an invitation. "I'd love to come! Oh, I do hate to be a bother, but Atlantic salmon seared with toasted herbs and spices and then baked, served on a bed of "salsa" made with black beans, corn, sauted onions and garlic and jalapeno and a pinch of tomato sauce makes me violently ill! If dear Ilsa is planning on serving seafood, I will have to decline!"

[TransitJohn]

25. Can I come over?

I'll bring some shiraz.

[davsand]

27. I served Vegan TV dinners to a couple who did that to me one time.

One of my husband's older friends was coming for dinner (with his wife!) and I SPECIFICALLY asked him if he had any special dietary requirements when they announced they were coming (Yep--you saw that right--they announced they were coming!) "Nope--make what you want we'll eat anything." was the response.

They show up and I am ready to make dinner (Oddly enough, I was also gonna serve salmon!) and his wife announces, "Well, I DO hope P. told you he's become a vegan." in this REALLY snotty tone. I was ready to kill but had to hold it together...

I went to the kitchen and promptly opened the bottle of wine I'd planned with dinner and poured out a glass for myself, then I tried to figure out what to make on short notice. I put salmon on to grill for hubby and I then turned to the issue of the guests.

We had a veggie lover house mate at that point, and he had two frozen TV dinners in the freezer that were vegan. I figured WTF and popped them both into the microwave and put half of each on his and hers plates. I'd planned some nice grilled herbed baby veggies with the original meal so I put those on too. I DID garnish the plates and present it all--but it was essentially TV dinners!!!

It was a sort of "I DARE you to say one WORD about your dinner..."

Laura