What's for Dinner? - Page 19

Pete Zicato · 03-12-2011, 12:05 PM

We had midwest (or maybe only St. Louis?) Catholic-lent-Friday-dinner.

Fish sticks and macaroni and cheese.

zippyt · 03-12-2011, 12:11 PM

Hot wings tonight !!!

Trilby · 03-14-2011, 12:54 PM

Baked rigatoni.

a lot like Baked Ziti only when you don't have ziti but DO have rigatoni.

bluecuracao · 03-14-2011, 10:09 PM

A very late dinner tonight. I'll be meeting MB at one of our neighborhood taverns after he finishes work. Veggie burger for me, I think...and a pint or two of cider.

wolf · 03-15-2011, 11:57 AM

I bought too much chicken. I mean really too much. Instead of my usual pack of three boneless breasts, I ended up with six. I didn't want to freeze it, so I doused the whole lot in Iron Chef Orange Ginger sauce, threw it in the oven, and have hoped for the best.

I will still probably end up freezing some, but will eat chicken for the next couple of days ...

Pete Zicato · 03-15-2011, 12:40 PM

Cooked chicken is always good to have on hand for quick dinners. Shred it or cube it and keep it in the freezer.

Next time you might make that much on purpose.

Three of our favorites:

Tortilla soup
Stir fry
Chicken tetrazzini

glatt · 03-15-2011, 01:22 PM

I used to be unimpressed with boneless chicken breast. It was always tough and dry and rubbery. But then we learned how to cook it. We do two things differently now. Pound it a little to make it a uniform thickness. Got an instant read digital thermometer so we can monitor it and take it off the heat the instant it reaches 165 degrees Fahrenheit. Now it's moist and tender every time. Cooking method doesn't really matter. Poach, broil, fry. It's all the same inside.

wolf · 03-15-2011, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

We had midwest (or maybe only St. Louis?) Catholic-lent-Friday-dinner.

Fish sticks and macaroni and cheese.

General Midwest. On the weeks you don't have that, you have tuna noodle casserole.

Pete Zicato · 03-15-2011, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

General Midwest. On the weeks you don't have that, you have tuna noodle casserole.

Oh yeah.

Trilby · 03-15-2011, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

General Midwest. On the weeks you don't have that, you have tuna noodle casserole.

yeah, if you're RICH.

We had tomato soup and grilled cheese and we liked it, dammit.

Pete Zicato · 03-15-2011, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

yeah, if you're RICH.

We had tomato soup and grilled cheese and we liked it, dammit.

Another common choice. We had this a lot.

Nobody knew how to cook vegetarian back then, and coming from the midwest fish meant fish sticks or tuna.

One we didn't have often back then, but is a lot more common now - cheese pizza.

monster · 03-15-2011, 06:45 PM

Shepherds' pie and carrots. yummeh.

monster · 03-15-2011, 06:47 PM

.. or maybe it was only one shepherd?

glatt · 03-15-2011, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

Shepherds' pie and carrots. yummeh.

We had that for dinner tonight too! But the carrots were in a salad, so there was lettuce and red bell peppers too. A brownie for dessert.

bbro · 03-16-2011, 08:11 AM

Roast Chicken and Trader Joe's Harvest grain mix. I might throw some cauliflower in there, too.

03-12-2011, 12:05 PM	#271
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	We had midwest (or maybe only St. Louis?) Catholic-lent-Friday-dinner. Fish sticks and macaroni and cheese. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

03-12-2011, 12:11 PM	#272
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Hot wings tonight !!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

03-14-2011, 12:54 PM	#273
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Baked rigatoni. a lot like Baked Ziti only when you don't have ziti but DO have rigatoni. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

03-15-2011, 11:57 AM	#275
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I bought too much chicken. I mean really too much. Instead of my usual pack of three boneless breasts, I ended up with six. I didn't want to freeze it, so I doused the whole lot in Iron Chef Orange Ginger sauce, threw it in the oven, and have hoped for the best. I will still probably end up freezing some, but will eat chicken for the next couple of days ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-15-2011, 12:40 PM	#276
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Cooked chicken is always good to have on hand for quick dinners. Shred it or cube it and keep it in the freezer. Next time you might make that much on purpose. Three of our favorites: Tortilla soup Stir fry Chicken tetrazzini __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

03-14-2011, 10:09 PM	#274
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	A very late dinner tonight. I'll be meeting MB at one of our neighborhood taverns after he finishes work. Veggie burger for me, I think...and a pint or two of cider.

03-15-2011, 01:22 PM	#277
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I used to be unimpressed with boneless chicken breast. It was always tough and dry and rubbery. But then we learned how to cook it. We do two things differently now. Pound it a little to make it a uniform thickness. Got an instant read digital thermometer so we can monitor it and take it off the heat the instant it reaches 165 degrees Fahrenheit. Now it's moist and tender every time. Cooking method doesn't really matter. Poach, broil, fry. It's all the same inside.

03-15-2011, 06:45 PM	#282
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Shepherds' pie and carrots. yummeh. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-15-2011, 06:47 PM	#283
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	.. or maybe it was only one shepherd? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-16-2011, 08:11 AM	#285
bbro Insert witty comment here Join Date: May 2004 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,182	Roast Chicken and Trader Joe's Harvest grain mix. I might throw some cauliflower in there, too.

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