What's for Dinner (or supper depending on where you live)
I dropped my wife off at the airport a couple of hours ago. She'll be visiting friends for the next 8 days...I'll be fixing all meals in the Kavika household or the Big Tipi.
For this evening Wiki and me will be enjoying by scrumptious venison and wild rice with all my secret ingredients in it. For desert we'll be having "Miin-aan baash kimini-sij-i-gan bitooyin sij-i-gan-i bukwayszhiigan". For those of you who didn't pass Ojibwe 101 it translates to ''Blueberry pie''....
Now let's hear what you are having and who is preparing it. No cheating or lying about the cook/chef of the dinner...I know that most great chefs are men (I'll be ducking after that comment ladies)...
And now I'm going to reveal a secret that I've maintained for decades.
Yes folks, I am Chief Chef Boiling Water Goldstein of the world famous eatery, Jay's Diner.
As a side dish we'll be having ''Kosher Winnebagals''...Enoch, my blood brother, and an original member of the ''Lost Tribe'' will be taking reservations (the perfect pun).
Nona, my blood sister will be standing by with our latest version of Ojibwe/Italian..Frizza.
The handsome Indian in the avatar is yours truly. It was taken just as I was ready to sign my latest deal for a Native Chef TV series.
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NO FRICKIN' POLITICS
I be fixing Spaghetti tonight, no salad, I ain't inviting no bunny's to dinner.
The Easter Bunny is very disappointed, Galen....
He shouldn't be, he'd end up on the menu, I like Hasenpfeffer.
LOL, OK.
I add a little cajun spice to my sauce.
Last night cooked a pork tenderloin. Don't feel like cooking today, so whatever is left over.
I love left overs, Ender...Well done, no wait, medium rare. Oh hell just cooked.
Tonight I'll be having Cherokee Corn Pie, with black olives and lots of corn. And of course, Fry Bread to go with. I prefer using venison for the Cherokee corn pie, as it gives it the original taste and texture.
For dessert I am making my own version of Pineapple Upside Down cake, with lots of pineapple rings, cherries and fresh chopped walnuts. To go with the cake, there will be homemade ice cube tray ice cream, made with lots of chopped fresh peaches.
I'll be sharing the above with a couple of Friends who will be joining me for dinner tonight. Here is a picture of my Pineapple Upside Down cake.
Wait, hold the tipi...That's doesn't look upside down to me RW...
Hold it, ''black olives'' are they related to the ''Black Eyed Pea's".
Yeppers......made and baked with all the good stuff on the bottom of the pan and the cake batter on top of that. Then when the cake is done, you take it out of the oven and quickly flip the pan upside down and the toppings are all on the top of the cake then. That is where it gets the name upside down cake. I've made it with peaches instead of pineapple and it's really good too. It works well with peaches when some people are not able to eat pineapple, but, all the rest of the toppings are the same.
Nah....Black Eyed Peas don't go well with Cherokee Corn Pie. They go better with Corn Bread. (grin)
The operative word is "quickly". I've flipped them a bit too slowly and the results were messy. Also, liberally greasing the pan helps. At our house, on your birthday, you get to choose the kind of cake you want. This has been my choice for about thirty years now. We just found something new. The rings are great and make the cake look beautiful but crushed or chunk pineapple adds moisture.....so we use both those and the rings. I've also convinced my wife that more brown sugar is always better. She's diabetic and has a thing about too much sugar of any kind but, once a year, she takes an extra dose of insulin.
Tonight, we went over to Muskegon to pick up my son's replacement truck. The old one gave up its life to produce venison and so had to be replaced. We stopped at a Mexican restaurant in Grand Rapids on the way back. Chile Relleno plus enchilada for me.
He really likes the new truck. Club cab so he can fit himself, his wife and all four kids in it (see avatar for kids).
I tried using the crushed pineapple instead of the rings just to see how it would taste and look. However, even after I drained it to lose much of the juice, it still made the cake soggy and it didn't raise very well and looked rather flat. So I just stuck with the rings. I leave some of the juice in them, as it helps the brown sugar form the glaze that makes the cake taste for great.
And indeed, the main word in turning the cake pan is 'quickly',. If you leave the cake sit in the pan even for a short few minutes, it will not turn out all in one piece, and much of the topping will stick to the pan. A lesson well learned the first time I made that kind of cake.(grin)
You learned fast. It took me at least three cakes before I figured it out. Then, Barb showed me the real trick; put a plate over the pan and flip them both. The cake ends up on the plate, right side up and ready to cool. With the extra moisture, she leaves them in the oven for 5-10 minutes extra to firm it up.
Here's the truck my son got. Old and high mileage but well cared for.
Yes....that is how I l was taught by my Grandmother. Depending on the size of the cake I want, which is usually a big one, I put foil paper over a baking tray. Then when the cake is ready to flip, I put the tray over the top of the cake pan and then use a quick flick of the wrists and then let the cake pan stay over the cake for a few minutes to make sure all the toppings and glaze sauce all come out on the cake as they should. As mentioned before, the real trick is in flipping the cake as soon as it comes out of the over. Waiting even a couple of minutes will cause the toppings and glaze to stick to the pan and the cake will look very messy. There really is a knack to flipping the cake to make sure that everything comes out even on top of the cake. It's all in the wrists and timing.
When I drain the juice off the pineapple rings I save it and use it for the glaze sauce on my Virginia Baked Hams. Ain't nuttin sweller feller!
That looks deeeeeee-licious. I love upside down pineapple cake. Never thought to put walnuts on it but it makes perfect sense. I'm definitely going to try it.
I also use pecans as well, and sometimes sliced almonds. The almonds really give it a nice flavor as well.
Ice cube tray ice cream?
Yes....I use the old metal ice cube trays without the dividers. I make the ice cream the old fashion way and then pout it in the metal trays after it has cooled a bit. Then put the trays in the freezer to freeze the ice cream. My Grandmother always made it for me and my Brother when we would visit, and we would have the ice cream with fresh strawberries or blackberries from her garden with it. When I was old enough she taught me how to make it using the ice cream recipe she learned from her Mother. It tastes better than any store bought ice cream of any kind.
Here is the kind of metal ice cube trays that I use to make the ice cream.
mmmmm delicious. Do you cater?
Glad do....but, there is a delivery fee. (grin)
That cake looks well worth the fee.
Oh! Looking at that cake sure as hell made my mouth water.
I made one of the pineapple upside down cakes for our first department pot lucks at work, and the cake went before anything else on the table! So the next year I made two, thinking that the folks would know there was plenty and start with the other dishes first. However, everyone got their piece of cake first, then went for the other dishes. After that, I made 3 of them, and even the President of the company would come down and sneak a piece of cake to take back to his office. (chuckle)
If you lived closer I'd send you one. But, It might not be any good, or even be any left, if I sent it to you that far away.
Thank you RW - It would have to be shipped by air for it to remain somewhat fresh, but delivery from the airport to my home might take too long, and besides you're right about any being left, because I doubt it would remain whole from going through customs inspection if not delivery.
Leftover Venison chili i made and the better half's famous cornbread.
Shhhhhh it comes out of a box ..... the cornbread that is.
My Mother used to make corn fritters when I was young. They were my favorite food item. She used to make them for supper, spread a bit of butter on them while they are still warm and chow down. My Grandmother made fried cornbread patties. Nothing like them. Yummm!!
Mmmmmm .... you're making me hungry!
I have managed to recreate most all of my Mother and Grandmother's recipes over the years, but, I still can't make the corn fritter like they did. They just don't taste the same, no matter what I do.
My Mother got creative one time much to her chagrin. We didn't have any canned corn for the corn fritters, so my Mother decided to use a can of cream corn that we had on hand. Blechk!
Even the dog wouldn't eat them. We both learned a good lesson that day. (grin)
That's very distressing, cornbread from a box...What is the world coming to...LOLOL
I'll be sending your wife my latest cook book...Corn Bread and Fry Bread, from Scratch.
My Grandmother use to make cornbread in a cast iron skillet. Haven't had it that way since she passed.
That, IMO, the the very best way to make cornbread.
That's how I do it.
I put a little bacon grease in the skillet and heat it on the stovetop to fry the batter a bit before I put it in the oven.
That sounds really good. I bet I could do that with the Jiffy box
Yes, I'm sure that you could...LOL
It's with "Scotch" - scratch is awfully damn hard to chew or swallow. With Scotch, who gives a shyte?????
Scotch and cornbread...Hmmmm, might be worth trying.
Add some chili for an explosive combination.
Shhhhhh i told you not to tell her i knew ..... she wants me to believe its famous .... and happy wife, happy life!
I stopped the mail man from picking up the package...Your safe.
Thx, i get in enough trouble by myself ..... i don't need help .....
Yankees don't make cornbread unless it comes out of a blue box with "Jiffy" in large letters across it.
I tried making cornbread from scratch once and was told to stick with the box
LOL, well at least you gave it a go, Trout.
My poor brother only gets Jiffy cornbread at home. Not because his wife can't cook, but because she hates buttermilk to the point that she won't allow it in her kitchen. And you can't make good cornbread without buttermilk.
I won't drink buttermilk but it does have lots of uses for cooking and baking.
Holy crap! That's why my scratch cornbread sucks....no buttermilk!
I don't even know how to go about making it without buttermilk.
Sometimes, if they're at my parents' house, where there's always buttermilk in the fridge, he'll drink it in front of her just to mess with her.
I use so little buttermilk except for holiday baking that I make my own when I need it for biscuits and such. 1 tablespoon of white vinegar or lemon juice per cup of whole or 2% milk. Whisk it and let it set for a minute before using.
We used to make gobs when I grew up and that's part of making the filling....vinegar in milk
Gawd I hate the taste of that straight out of a jug!
Baking with it or frying with it is great though.
I got told years ago to stick with mixes too. Two souther grandmas jumped my shit in fun and said "Yankees white folks need to stick to jiffy...they jus' doesn't have the touch needed"
They were absolutely correct. Those two could whip up cornbread 5 different ways and heaven in every one of them.
But the rest of the meal? Grandpa pushed back from the table and said "Damn boy, you know how to burn some grub!"
I earned my way in to their kitchen...
Seeing my better half is working I'm reheating some Eggplant shrimp bake.....mmmmmm delicious.
And yes I am the cook of the family, the wife does the baking. Although she doesn't make me sweets much anymore because she says I'm overweight.
Eggplant shrimp bake, now that sound good.
No sweets, that is a crime of the highest order...Demand your sweets. Then of course ducking would probably be a good idea.
It is a Emeril Lagasse recipe. I had it at a casino when I was working in Mississippi. It was love at 1st bite. Never had anything like it before that.
It sounds great....I'll have to look it up and give it a go.
Thanks
That does sound intriguing.
I use to work with a guy that refused to eat shrimp. He called them the cockroaches of the ocean.
If you saw what shrimp/crab/lobster eat ..... you might feel the same way.
Why does the stuff. that eats the nastiest stuff, end up tasting so good?
One of the worlds great mysteries.
That's why they keep throwing you back.
In Australia ''Balmain Bugs'' are quite famous and good eating.
I can't claim that.
When the woman drags me to Red Lobster, that I don't care for. We sometimes go during the all you can eat shrimpfest. I put a hurting on the scampi.
LMAO, ooppss, sorry BF.
I like them, just don't eat em very often. That and crawfish (crayfish?). Every once in a while someone will throw a crawfish boil. I just refuse to suck the heads. : )
Ohhh...yum....seafood....
Back in 1971 that's exactly what we did. Officer's stewards got some shrimp from the Wardroom Mess. We used them to catch about 20 sharks in San Diego harbor. The Chief Steward knew how to cook shark really well.
We mostly got sharks about 3' long; stuck a knife in the back or their neck and hung them on the stern anchor. The dripping blood drew in more sharks. That worked really well until their big brother came along. He was about 6' long. Nobody wanted to get close enough to use the knife (gee, I wonder why). Luckily, the Petty Officer of the Watch carried a .45. The sharks were really good; big one was tough, though.
Damn TTGA, all the time I believed that old Navy story about putting a knife between your teeth and jumping into a school of sharks and getting the one your wanted....
Now the truth comes out...
Did anybody holler that you needed a bigger boat?
Ever since I saw the original Alien movie, I can't eat it.
I don't get it. How does Alien remind you of eggplant?
I made homemade biscuits and potato soup with ham last night. Tonight is leftovers.
Dessert may be ice cream, popcorn, graham crackers with Nutella, French toast, yogurt with fruit or biscuits with jelly.
I am expecting a UPS delivery sometime before 7:30 pm. I will have a pot of hot coffee waiting for my UPS delivery person if they want it. My location is usually among the last stops of the day so I always try to have coffee and a snack for the delivery person.
When I lived in Hawaii, I often met my mail carrier at the door with a glass of ice water.
I know what it is like to work outside in weather extremes. I appreciate the efforts of the people who still do.
Sounds excellent mocogirl.
I'm sure that the UPS guy appriciates the coffee and snacks as did the mail carrier in Hawaii love the ice water.
I try to treat people like I want to be treated. It makes life easier all the way around. Besides, I really do like most people so it is not that much of an effort on my part.
Where did you say you lived??
In SW Missouri farm country.
I was raised on home cooked food back in the Dark Ages before TV dinners and fast food restaurants became the norm. The nearest McDonalds was in Fayetteville, AR. Sometimes the Pep Club bus would stop there when it was on the return route from high school football or basketball games.
In the last decade, I changed many things about our diet to avoid health issues - cutting out unnecessary fats and sugars. However, that does not have to mean cutting out good food in reasonable quantities. In fact, our diets should center around good food in reasonable quantities.
I rarely make things like sugar cookies because I find it difficult to limit my daily intake to a reasonable quantity. LOL!
Well, I plan on being there in about ten minutes, I'm in Michigan right now and, what I'm having is good but, I likes me some home cooking leftovers.
You'd be welcome to join us. I'd even bake some cornbread in a cast iron skillet and cook the last of this year's sweet corn crop.
LOL, I'll keep that in mind when I'm coming through again.
Please do. Keep in mind that I don't have air conditioning and rarely bake much in the summertime.
Summer menu is sloppy joes, salmon cakes, gumbo after garden produces tomatoes & okra, potato salad, macaroni salad, even salad salad and seasonal fruit.
Girl, I grew up in Miami and, went to high school in North Carolina, heat ain't no thing and, I'm as country as you can get without being a redneck.
Wiki Warrior Wonder Wiener has been reading along and is overjoyed with the response and the foods listed. She is waiting with baited breath for invitations to dinner from all of our fine/wonderful folks on NT.
Wiki is just too cute!
There are some Chinese people for whom inviting Wiki for dinner would mean something different than what you and she would normally expect.
A companion for Wiki …
Gracie … She's My Dawg.
She's adogable!
My butt shadow. If I'm cooking she is helping. She does a cute little cheese dance when I bust out the shredded cheese.
Yep they sure do seem know when to put on the show. LOL
LOL, too cute....
Wiki wants you to let us know when there is no snow there and the temp is in the 80's....She is a sun dog for sure, KD.
with baited breath
That is why you don't feed a dog sardines.
OK, I must have knocked at the wrong door! I'm on the diet from hell and reading all this good food is making me want to cry
3 ozs of protein twice a day along with 10-12 of specific greens, no oils, fats, milk, or tastes.
Shoot me!
btw, for the next 33 days I will be a shrew, so stay away. LOL!
No comment...LMAO
Bad time of the year for a diet. : )
Everyone send Perrie your most decadent recipes!! YAY!
I'm making scratch pizza tomorrow night.
How do you scratch a pizza??
epistte, my blood sister, Nona and I got together a little more than a year ago and combined her Italian cooking expertise and my Ojibwe cooking expertise and came up with a whole new food. After my sucess with Enoch and the ''Kosher Winnebagal'' we mixed Fry Bread and Pizza and came up with ''Frizza'' it's been patented and will be in markets for Christmas....
Behind its ears - purrs really nice.
LMAO... good one Galen!
Don't make me come over there. You could feathery family member in a pot when I am done with this damn diet.
I'm baking Christmas cookies this weekend if you want are interested. I'm 2 weeks late baking my fruitcake.
Perrie, I think there are some folks here that want to be suspended until your diet is done....
That is such a bad thing to say, of course there are some of us who just like to tempt people,
You are a bad, bad, man. But that plate on the right looks very tasty. I'm not gonna ask what it is, let me have my pleasure
A little over a year ago ??? Try maybe 5 or 6 years ago. (I think ),... (time flies when you're having fun) Ciao Chief !!!
Ok, but, if you change your mind let me know, I'll tell ya. It's one of my favorites.
What's up Doc?
not Bugs.....
Boozhoo Nona...5 or 6 years ago, OMG I musta skipped those years...LOL
LOL Like I said Chief, time flies when you're having fun!!! ( or Vino )
I don't consider fruitcake food. They do make good paperweights and doorstops though. I think I still have one in my closet from 1972.
95% of purchased fruitcakes are only useful as paperweights and doorstops. It's a very rare bakery that makes a good fruitcake and even then they are never soaked in rum as they should be. Strangely, Aldi makes a decent marzipan Stollen which is a German variation on fruitcake.
Alton Brown's frutcake is one of the very best. It's actually quite easy to make.
I have heard of a couple of families that sent the same fruitcake back and forth to each other for something like 30 years.
What do they do to the fruit in those things?
Most of the fruit is candied when it should be dried. I have an aunt and uncle that sends me one of these doorstops every year.
This is the link that I forgot to put in my previous reply. Oops, sorry.
The last fruitcake I got, I used it to weigh down a body I put in a lake.....somewhere...….I.....uh......wellll, never mind.
Interesting. Except for pineapple and papaya I am not a fan of candied fruits. Which brings me to your first link.
The description of that cake with the pecans, pineapple and papaya is a winner for me, candied or not. I would drop the cherries and raisins though. That is probably some kind sacrilege for fruitcake aficionados.
There is a major problem with the recipe at the second link. Probably a good chance the candied ginger would not last long enough to make it into the cake mix. Otherwise it looks good.
Put the fruit in it that you like. I use yellow raisins, cranberries, dried apples, dates, pineapple, papaya, and cherries. I know it's a sacrilege but I use walnuts, pecans, and almonds.
Candied ginger is too strong for me to eat raw.
In a way they are like black olives to me. Once I start with them, they are gone in short order.
I snack on dates and dried cherries and pineapple. I bought a pound of dried cherries for fruitcake, and I had to go buy another pound because I ate the first pound.
I also eat baking chocolate.
Chocolate. Yep, that's another one with a short life span.
Funny, I have an empty box of ginger right here. Didn't notice it earlier.
Awwww. Raven... I love you!
Watch out everyone,
Love it
hahahahhahahaa
Shrews need to consume 200 to 300% of their body weight in food each day in order to survive. A shrew must eat every 2 to 3 hours to achieve this goal.
Might want to add a lot of fiber.
Hummingbirds are the same. They have to eat every couple of hours or they will die.
Thanks for the advice MrFrost, but if I get anymore fiber from the ton of veggies I am eating, I might never leave the house... if you know what I mean.
I eat so much fiber I've decided to open a wicker chair business.
OMG I'm dyin' here!
That's hilarious.
Lol you have my sympathies, I have a doc appt tomorrow that I have to fast for so no supper tonight or breakfast, lunch tomorrow. I will however be pigging out on whatever is too slow to get away around 2:00 in the afternoon tomorrow.
Sounds like the dreaded colonoscopy. If that's it.. my condolences.
Are colonoscopies getting so expensive that to have one, someone ends up in arrears?
Sorry, couldn’t resist.
Can me for it if you must but it was just tongue in cheek ... A quip about being in the hole.
Backing away now.
So, the, you BUTTED out?
By the way, an apprentice was subsequently hired for the position, I think her name was Ana Litch … say it fast …
Some people use Preparation H for chapped lips …
… no problem if they use a new tube.
I have an ENDless supply of these … including a suppository story regarding (the name of anyone I care to ridicule at the time I tell it).
It takes place in New York …
… in Flushing.
Well. I'm wiped, so … later.
Lol thank god no, just some diabetic blood work/testing.
My husband's proctologist had a weird sense of humor. He told me that everything was fine in there, but he did find Jimmy Hoffa.
Thanks for the warning
That diet sure beats the one I was on for the first 60 lbs. It was the contaminated Dodger Dog Diet. The last 40 were low carb.
I have been busy busy busy today and just got home from driving for hours. I am not cooking anything for dinner tonight. I'm deciding on oatmeal or cold cereal.
But -
Last night I cooked a creamy cilantro lime chicken. The rub sounded amazing: chili powder, cumin, paprika, pepper. Cooked in chicken broth with heavy whipping cream, lime juice and fresh cilantro.
I cooked it in my dutch oven low and slow and paired it with rice.
It was the blandest chicken I've ever tasted. Completely disappointed with the recipe.
I'm glad I read this far. I was about to go shopping for the ingredients, because it sounded like it should have been amazing.
I know, right. I followed the recipe to a tee but it was totally tasteless. Even my cat balked. hahahahaha
I spotted the problem right away. It wasn't road kill chicken...
That's terrible.
Yeah - well be happy you didn't have to eat it. blah.....
It sucks you went to all that work, though.
LOL.
That reminds me of my late aunt, bless her heart. She lived in some fancy, shmancy section of Manhattan when I was young (1st - 3rd or 4th grade).
She loved the old world style of buying fresh daily and cooking fresh daily.
She was also a strict health food nut. Which, when translatted means, if it tastes good, it most assuredly must be bad for you. But I loved her and would visit for a week, every summer.
She surprised me one day with a health shake. I watched her make in with all these fresh fruits, special ice cream and various powders. One of these powders gave it the appearance of a chocolate milkshake. She added a lot of that.
OMG, did it taste BAD.
Later I found out that brown powder was brewers yeast.
Not the best tasting stuff in that form.
T-bone steak, sliced and fried red taters and asparagus cooked in butter, garlic and seasoning salt.
All sounds good except the asparagus...
I'll have your share.
LOL, OK Sandy it's all your's.
I eat it to make my pee smell funny. (Kidding, I actually love the stuff. My neighbor pickles it...it's fantastic.)
Here in Michigan you can find a lot of asparagus growing wild along side the road in the rural farmlands of course. I have been hitting roadside asparagus for over 30 years. It is kind of like morel hunting, you have to hit it at the right time. Definitely my favorite side with a steak.
Yes, i agree. Nothing better than Morel mushrooms with a steak .....
Gross.... LOL
Liver and mushrooms, and eggplant...I won't eat it...no way..
No mushrooms?!
I agree on the liver. It's the body's detox center. Blech.
Lol not a fan of eggplant myself but liver and mushrooms mmmmm mmmmm good.
Oh man, morel mushrooms. The king of fungus. Nothing better but I never ruin a good morel on liver. Now that stuff is nasty.
I'm pretty sure I said Asparagus.
Where do Sparty fans look for Morels? I'm north of Mesick.....way north. You can score up here.
We all have our secret Morel honey holes don't we? Mine are a little North of Mesick as well.
I'd tell you mine but then i'd have to kill you.
How have you done? Last few years have sucked with the jump from late winters to summer...
Haha don't get lost in the big ole woods, Flatlander?
It has been sparse the last couple years. Fingers crossed for this spring ......
I don't eat nuthin' that filters!
Hear, hear!
Oysters, clams, scallops, mussels are all filter feeders, just saying:)
And I don't eat them.
Okay, at rare, and I do mean rare occasions I may eat scallops or mussells. Other than that, no oysters, clams, catfish, liver, kidney, gizzards, hearts.
And if that isn't hypocritical enough, I'll jump on a naturally cased frank like a fat kid on a doughnut. And we know what goes through those casings before they're stuffed with chicken butts and pig snouts.
I eat them as long as they are cooked. I even make a clam chowder that people from Boston have said reminds them of home.
I use the liver, kidney, gizzards and, hearts of turkeys in my stuffing and, I'll eat chicken livers fried, that is so good.
LOL, cheater.
I have farm pets for that.
Man you have no idea what you are missing.
Absolutely they must be cooked, otherwise blehhh.
Fancy...
For me, a well-timed article. Today is our tenth anniversary, and to celebrate we're going out for dinner. We intend to go to a Peking Duck restaurant. The duck is prepared and cooked in a very special way, and then sliced by the chef and eaten in a special way as well. I will describe the process and our dinner tomorrow, with photos. It is a saying here that you do not know China unless you have done these three things: climbed The Great Wall, watched the Peking Opera, and eaten Peking Duck. I did all three within my first 6 months here, and I've seen and come to know a lot more of China ever since (including marrying a Chinese woman - LOL)
Congratulations Buzz.
Congratulations to you and Mrs. Buzz.
Fen and I thank you all (thumb uppers included). I will be posting a short photo essay of our 10th anniversary dinner at the Peking Duck restaurant later today.
Good timing on this for me as well. Looks like some other bachelors this week/month.
The girls just had to return to their home country for teir periodic visits to satisfy requirements of an already declared out of bounds topic here. At least Julia also gets to satisfy her annual visit to the home office for her job.
This will keep Mr Grouch at bay.
So, bachelor meals that last for 3 days, breakfast, lunch and dinner. I can see them shaking their heads in disapproval now. I think they secretly like my recipes.
I will start off with a box of rice. Tonight a box of arroz amarillo. I prefer Goya, but to save my lone remaining box of that I went with Iberia.
Since tonights meal was chicken themed I added some fancy jasmine rice too. Add some butter, water, frozen vegetables (there are good ones these days), additional herbs and spices stir and nuke for 10 minutes.
Add a can of Healthy Choice chicken noodle soup, a can or large pitted black olives, and sliced poor mans andouille sausages, otherwise known as Purdue Butterball Polska Kielbasa Nuke for 10 more minutes.
Yes, I actually said that.
Topped with a 16 oz jar of chunky HOT (for real, believe it or no) salsa. Nuke for 10 more minutes.
Tasty. At least think so.
I know it's not real cooking, but I like it, I get the sense of cooking and I'm good for 3 more days. Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
I still can picture their heads shaking in disapproval...
LMAO, I'm sure that they are shaking their heads in disbelieve...
LOL, as unbelievable as it may sound, I left an ingredient off the list.
Add a pouch of fajita seasoned sliced chicken breasts.
What A meal!
Edited to remove some an errant quote from another post.
LOL. Well, the chicken soup meant you weren't a vegetarian, but otherwise....
That's right, otherwise I am hungry again 5 minutes later.
I left out the fajita chicken strips too. That and the "andouille sausages" really makes it.
I baked a brisket and a loaf of breard today. So, I had a slice of cheddar, a slice of bread, some decent beef and a glass of red. Times Are Tough. /S...
Dayum, that sounds good. I don't drink anymore but could follow it up with a little stink weed.
A glass of red wine a day keeps the doctor away. Or a couple of glasses of red wine will definetly make you happier.
I had some leftover turkey and ham so I cut some of into little pieces, and warmed it up with some chopped broccoli. Then I prepared some ramen noodles with seasoning, mixed with the meat and broccoli, and splashed the bowl with paprika, habenero sauce, and soy sauce. Ate with warm French bread and sliced tomatoes.
No pictures tonight.
It was good though.
Sounds good JR.
A/noon Kavika...For tea it is a home made hamburger with the lot....Toast the bun spread mayo on it..top with lettuce, cheese, tomato, bacon, egg, beetroot, pineapple and pattie..Might chuck on some tomato sauce if I feel really daring....Not a Macca's pickle insight thank goodness...
The perfect Aussie tea, Shona...
Getting on the plane and heading south with a stimulated apatite, some fishing gear and a GPS …
… leftovers are my favorite meal.
Where south?
Your place.
(Someday hopefully).
That's a go for sure.
I was at meeting out of town and had a Brisket Sandwich from Mission BBQ, big, good and filling
Dear Brother Kavika: We are into the week of Channukah, The Festival of Lights here.
Most of us celebrate the miracle of one nights worth of oil in a lamp lasting for eight nights.
The local utility company does not consider the loss of 7/8ths of a billing a miracle. They sit on the sidelines for this one.
It is customary to eat things fried in oil, as the oil in the Menorah (8 branched candle holder) was filled with oil for illumination and warmth.
Mrs. E. an Israeli by birth (Tzabarit) makes Sufganiot (Israelil donuts).
Our daughter and daughter-in-law make Latkes (Potato Pancakes).
They are delicious with sour cream, apple sauce and cinnamon as toppings.
Jay's Diner Chef Boiling Water Goldstein wishes you and yours "Season's Gratings"!
(Buzz gets that joke).
Peace, Abundant Blessings, Gelt (gift money) and Dreidle's spinning.
Enoch.
LOL, a wonderful review of lights/food/fun, niijii.
But I didn't see the ''kosher winnebagel'' mixed in there.
Dear Brother Kavika: The kosher Winnebagel is always everywhere.
Chef B. W. Goldstein went partners with Amiel J. Keg, the pickled pigs feet baron.
"Where ever you feet, you find Keg's feet"!
The Winnebagel is the only breakfast bread vehicle in which service stations when you bring it in for an oil lube and filter grease the joints with creamed cheese.
Peace, Abundant Blessings and a Shmear.
Enoch.
The multiple uses of the Winnebagel. Truly a wonder food.
FYI: "Kosher Winnebagels"
They were invented by a mohel named … wait for it …
DICK CUTLER.
That's the short version … the whole CLIP comes later.
Some days I just hate myself for the craziness that crosses my mind.*
* This would be such a day.
The Ho-Chunk nation isn't laughing....
I am ready.
Where do I place my order?
Welcome back Enoch.
Dear Friend Dave: Hello.
Sincere best wishes for a joyous and meaningful holiday season to you and yours.
Orders are placed at Jay's Diner by shouting form the parking lot, "Dish it out. We are here"!
Peace and Abundant Blessings.
Enoch.
Thank you Enoch.
I wish the same for you and your family as well during this holiday season.
I'll have to find my way to Jay's Diner.
Peace and Abundant Blessings.
Dave
Enoch,
How do you get those little photos in the potato lockets …
OHHHHHHHHH! … Latkes!
My bad.
Dear Friend AMac: You know you can do no bad in my eyes.
Chag Hannukah Sameach.
Enoch.
The very same to you and your family.
I go nuts at this time of year.
From about August we start living out of the freezer.
Last night when I was reading this was roast pork with mashed taters frozen cauliflower and green beans.
Tonight will be shrimp and sea bass sautee'd with fresh herbs from the garden and served with the pan sautee' over Basmati rice.
I lower the level of the freezer because I bake and bake and bake. First, the stuff that freezes well.
At the same time I am a holiday meeat buying maniac. Before I'm done, I'll have 5 or 6 smoked butt hams, and 3 or 4 Turkeys in the freezer. When else do you get a deal like $1.19 lb. for ham? Or Butterball Turkey for $.99 lb. ?
And I get to use my "big boy" kitchen tools.
Mmmmmmm. Bannndsaw.
LOL, too funny a Bannndsaw.
I could see where a band saw would come in handy in the kitchen. My mom used my dad's brand new handsaw on a roast once
hey....he used her pinking shears for cutting up paper.....
I use it when I'm cutting steaks most of the thyme. Ah! I made a funny!. But I'll take a ham and get 5 or 6 ham steaks from each...then I have plenty left to make boiled dinner (ham, cabbage, carrots, and potatoes)
I'll split the Turkeys because there's only two of us.
When I go beef crazy I saw NY Strips, short ribs, etc.
"Refrigerator Soup" is the bestest in the world It's like stone soup with a perk. You don't have to request someone else find an ingredient. Chuck anything you find in the fridge, or the cabinet, in the boiling pot...…..stir for awhile..... enjoy !
It's like a "Progresso Soup" on steroids !
Chuck anything you find in the fridge, or the cabinet, in the boiling pot...…..stir for awhile..... enjoy !
It's like a "Progresso Soup" on steroids !
LOL.. With my Pack of dogs the pickins are pretty slim and I doubt if the medal shelves in my fridge would cook up into anything tasty. I better just open a real can of progresso soup instead or I might starve.
I got's two big furry ones myself. They can wait just like I do. But when I share that refrig. soup with them, they luvs me more than usual, for a day or two anyway.
I got's two big furry ones myself. They can wait just like I do.
Mine can't : Or won't ! I don't argue about it though...lol
Holy that is all Crap...….You has you a bunch !
What's up with you.
you into punishment ?
LOL. Well you've heard of the cat lady ?
Well I'm the dog man.
LOL People come from miles around to see and buy my dogs. (some come hundreds of miles)
All AKC registered full blood Chow Chows with papers.
My Monsters, 250 lbs 210 teeth 90 claws and that's when we have No puppies... MONSTERS
I live in a house full of monsters... and love it !! lol
Everyone of my babies is special and a great dog !!
O and I'm single, go figure eh ?
lol
God bless YOU for sure.
Thanks, It has.
Back at ya !
LOL... Your internet is faster.......
Yeah, I think she lives close to me,
I'm the "chicken man" lol
I have a Noah's ark of different breeds and I'm raising monsters too...but they're chickens.
My baby rooster monster is Victor von Frankenchicken. He's standing next to a 1 year old hen, he's just turned 6 months.
Goo goo ga joob ...... oops sorry ...... thats the eggman
A real baby Huey,
Oh jeeze...I always feel sorry for you guys. I have a friend that has been single for most of the 30 years I've known him. My wife makes me cook and freeze for him when we visit...like every two weeks!.
So anyway, hears a quick easy cheat that freezes great and is delicious.
Shrimp and Spinach lasagna.
You'll need:
Baking pan 8"x10" will work
1 package small frozen small shrimp peeled and deveined. $5 at walmart.
1 pkg. Oven ready lasagna
At least 2 lbs fresh spinach. About $4
Italian seasoning
1tub fresh shredded Parm. Cheese.
2 jars of vodka sauce..I'll use Aldi's but any will do.
HERE WE GO:
Start a big pot of water on the stove.
Take the stems off the spinach, throw it all into the boiling water for 2 minutes tops and drain...boy does it shrink!
Set it aside. Add a touch of oil or butter to tje empty pot and start low heat...add anout 1 teaspoon of the seasoning and then add the shrimp --ready when they change color
Start the oven at 375.
In the dish put some sauce and then a layer of the noodles
Add the sauteed shrimp and spread them out evenly. Sprikle a little parm
Add another layer of noodles and more sauce generously.
Add the spinach and a handfull of parm
Another layer of noodles, sauce and top generously with parm.
Bake for about 45 minutes.
Viola! About 10 servings you can wrap, freeze and microwave.
Oh dear lord I'm that too!
I collect about 1 - 1 1/2 dozen every day!
This is his cousin in Eastern Europe.
LMAO
LOL.. You got to be kidding. You dont know many single guys do ya ?
I know NO single guy that would go to that much work to fix themselves a meal. I know I sure as Hell dont and won't. Stouffers make a pretty good lasagna ! That's my solution.
Oh jeeze...I always feel sorry for you guys.
It's kinda a mutual feeling I feel sorry for people who are stuck waking up with and dealing with the same person day after day. Sometimes I see couples fighting like dogs and say Gee look what I' m missing ... LOL
I feel for people that everyday for their entire life everyday needing to consider what another persons needs, wants and their moods are. Adapting to the others changes, dealing with their problems, their mistakes and their idiosyncrasies.
For me just living and dealing with my own problems, wants, needs and desires and idiosyncrasies is quite enough of a challenge.
As a single person you do tend to develop responsibility for yourself, I see many married people who rely on their spouse way too much, when something happens to that person for years the one left is a mess and some never recover to become a fully functioning human on their own.
Yep marriage can be great, biut first both people need to be mature enough they could do life on their own.
PS: So I say feel sorry for the people who are dependant on others, IMO: they need it more.
LOL That s my take on single verse marriage.
Marriage can be wonderful But IMO: Most are a crutch.
My crutch walked out on me long ago, now I no longer need or want one.
My wife makes me cook and freeze for him when we visit.
Sorry to hear that, There is one word that puts an end to that.. It is the word .. NO. I learned that word soon after she walked and wanted more. Now I answer to no one but me !
I call it Freedom !!! And it is beautiful !!!
To each their own !
Smile
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HA! I thought of that and started hitting on women in the psych ward at the hospital and I scored a beauty!
I bought 5 wigs and screw a different personality every day!
Lol ..... speaking as a child of the 60's and 70's ...... there is nothing "free" about free love .......
LOL...wow! And I shortened that from the really long version I actually do from scratch.
I've neen divorced too...I've been lucky or planned well though, I ended up with really good partners in crime.
HA! I thought of that and started hitting on women in the psych ward at the hospital and I scored a beauty!
I bought 5 wigs and screw a different personality every day!
All kneel before you !!! It seems you have come up with the perfer solution. Congratulations !!!
LOL
Crazy in the head, crazy in the bed !!!!
I like it !!! Now to find that psych ward.
Good for you , I Was not so fortunate I guess,
My divorce and end of my marriage screwed me up. After 25 years of knowing this person and 13 years of marriage to her, after she returned to college to take a few classes then she decided running with her single college girlfriends was more important and fun,
Coming home to a empty house after a day of work is quite the shock I'll tell you and one I never really got over.
Although my knowledge of what low life crap a human being is capable of sure was expanded.
Well, for the record
..#1 was an experimrntation in my youth.
#2 was 23 years, no kids by my choice made before we got married. She got kinda bummed once and I told her to look around her office. Everyone was pregnant (which started the bumming) I told her that her career would advance because of this. 5 years later she was VP of financials and clearing 150 a year.
Menopause hit her really, really hard. She was unrecognizable even to our friends. Denial was almost violent in her head.
She came back a few years later trying to recapture but I had already moved on.
8 years later and I'm remarried to a fun nutcase. Came with no kids, no menopause, and we got the baggage out of the way in 18 months
Lol no, no they don't at least compared to homemade
Now you know at least one, although I don't eat pasta anymore. Really what he described is not that much work.
Maybe not, I used to fix nice meals, I actually was a fairly good cook. But after cooking most of my life.. Well I've had my fill.
maybe I am settling thinking Stoffers is OK or even good, But compared to what extra it takes to do it from scratch these days I'll suffer.
Luckily my appetite along with my desire to cook diminished together...LOL
Did I mention that dish and a small salad would probably get you laid?
LOL
Did I mention unluckily that desire also diminished together along with my desire to cook and my appetite ?
lol...
Maybe that's why Stouffers seems OK. lol
Lol memories, I went through that stage for a year or so after the daughter moved out on her own but my sugar levels skyrocketed (my doc was not happy) so I went back to cooking fresh (mostly)
Good point forgot about that one, seriously since when did a bowl of soup become a good supper:)
Last night was a homemade pizza, mixed the crust myself, plus canned pizza sauce, mahgarita pepperoni, ground sausage and sauteed mushrooms with some fresh mozarella, and some Parm and ROmano cheese, a liberal dose of garlic powder. It was good, Rain, the dog and I enjoyed it.
Tonight is one of my super omelets.....3 cheese/3 meat/a few crushed tots.
My father worked shift work, when he was on night shift we ate late and had breakfast for supper a couple of times that week.
Girls night out tonight. I am on my own, lol.
I found Kaiser rolls, Boars Head Roast Beef, Swiss Cheese, Butter Lettuce, Roma tomato and Hellman's Mayonnaise. Instant dinner,
add a slice of home made pecan pie with whipped cream.
Snacking on a bag of Fritos Scoops, Thursday Night Football
and I'm ready for my second nap.
I mean, what the hell happened to the Jaguars ?
LMAO....Tubby Bear.
So, last year at Thanksgiving I taught my daughter Crystal how to make a turkey, it was her first one and, she did a wonderful job with it, she followed my directions as I talked her through it, buttering down the bird and, putting just a little salt on the outside, then I told her how to make the stuffing and, to stuff the turkey. The bird came out nice and, brown and, the breast was tender and, juicy, just like it should be. Well, this year she wants to make one for Christmas and, she wants to do it all on her own so, I bought an 18lb turkey, which should be enough for three adults and, one six year old with all the other sides that go with it, which she will fix, and, desert. I'm excited for her and, I'll be there just in case she needs some help from me. I think it's going to be great.