what's for dinnah DU?

[sniffa]

tonight, we're having BSTs; Bacon, Spinach, and Tomato sandwiches. the bread is going to be thick-sliced as we bought stuffing bread (ie: unsliced bread) and toasted.

while we're eating the sammiches i'll hopefully have gumption to fry stuffed jalapenos as a chaser. :9

so what's on the menu?

[Lil Missy]

1. That sounds good.

I love BLT's, and have never considered using spinach instead of lettuce.

[sniffa]

3. i forgot to add that we bought thick sliced bacon

i'm a big fan of thick sliced, and bacon block.

[Lil Missy]

6. Add some melted cheese to that, and a little onion, and I'm sold!

[DS1]

2. steak vindaloo w/ saffron rice

[sniffa]

12. delish and yummo

:thumbsup:

i'm excited to cook/eat together in a douchey, foody way.

[DS1]

17. douche on, brother

douche on.

[Critters2]

4. It's Sunday night, it's cold, I don't feel like cooking.

So, a big hunk of stollen. If I'm still hungry after that, maybe popcorn.

[RevolutionaryActs]

5. Dammit! The Lounge is making me hungry again!

:evilfrown:

[sniffa]

8. so eat sumpin

but make sure it's gourmet and then post about it.

:loveya:

[RevolutionaryActs]

10. But, but I don't have anything gourmet in my house!

Even if I did, I wouldn't know what to do with it. :P

[Gonzo Gardener]

7. Tacos, chips, & guacamole.

[sniffa]

9. yummy

did you make the quac? bi-baby makes a mean guac. :9

[Gonzo Gardener]

14. Yep

:drool:

[Ekirh]

11. Steak and Potatoes . . .

with some baked beans and what not.

[sniffa]

15. i'm a steak and potatoes nut

but i must recommend adding a green to the meal.

and beans also give me a semi.

[Ekirh]

65. Yah I'm horrible with greens. .

I know I need to add more and such.

When I hopefully go to the Hibachi Grill sometime his week.. I'll definitely have some grilled vegetables though :).

[Ekirh]

66. Yah I'm horrible with greens. .

I know I need to add more and such.

When I hopefully go to the Hibachi Grill sometime his week.. I'll definitely have some grilled vegetables though :).

[hisownpetard]

13. I dunno yet - am waiting for Amerigo Vespucci to tell me. (He's a great cook, and he videos

the meal he's preparing and puts it on YouTube! I've already learned so much about cooking that
I didn't know before. )

So, Mr. Wonderful - what's for dinner?

[sniffa]

16. really? i had no idea

:bounce:

can we have a DU Iron Chef?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

22. That would be a KILLER thread.

I'd do it in two steps:

1). A poll in which everyone here gets to select the ingredient for the Iron Chef challenge

2). The challenge itself, in which everyone participating in the thread has to share a recipe with that ingredient.

Count me in!

[sniffa]

26. oh, let's do this. series!!1!

:bounce:

let's get a thread going for it, and we can get all the participants there, and agree on rules, etc.

if we do this, i think it may just be one of the greatest DU moments ever! we'll replace the DU calendar in popularity. :bounce:

ps: despite my joking, i'm dead serious.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

29. I am too. Do you want to post the ingredient poll or should I?

We should think in terms of meat, meatless, and "global" spices like curry, etc. The broader the range of choices, the more likely people will be to vote in the poll and get behind it.

:toast:

[sniffa]

36. i'm so game

let's get a thread going and x-post it to the cooking group at least. :bounce:

i think this could be a wonderful new thing for DU. (not to mention the cookbooks we could crank out)

i'm even thinking that we could add to the voting by having DUers from the participants' neighborhoods taste the results.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

43. OK, why don't you start it off...

...no matter how many choices you give people in the ingredient poll, someone's gonna say "How could you not include (blank)," so they just need to know that the largest amount of votes for one single ingredient wins, whether it's on the poll or a write-in.

I hope it will be something a little offbeat...not a "beef" or "chicken" or "tofu" challenge. We shall see, eh?

:toast:

[sniffa]

44. i just started a thread tipping off DU to it

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7252217

i was thinking, having an open thread - sans poll - and letting the DU blurt out their choices, and add them up. and we can exclude the bland meat options.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

49. OK, thanks...I'll head over there right now.

:toast:

[hisownpetard]

54. Oh, nice. So it was MY idea, and now you two go running off to your new thread and I'm

left here, holding the old canneloni. Or cannelini. Or can o' something-or-other.

Oh, well. Have fun, you two!:hi:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

55. Must...resist...TEMPTATION...

...MUST...NOT...make JOKE...about HUHOP holding the canneloni...MUST...SUMMON...EVERY...OUNCE...OF...STRENGTH...

WHEW!

That was a CLOSE one.

:rofl:

[hisownpetard]

57. Yes. Fine. Go ahead and laugh.

But I'll have you know...that when I went and...looked at the new thread you and sniffa started,
and saw...how you...posted the...video you made




for me!! ...

of the pot with the spaghetti sauce in it, and the spices added only at the end... I...

well, how should I...say this? I felt like you...just cheated on me with... (*SOB*) the entire rest of the world.




:cry: :cry: :cry:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

59. I'm just commenting on your threat...or promise, whichever...to hold the old canneloni.

You can take the boy out of the eight grade, but you'll never take the eight grader out of the boy.



And who said that I'm through making videos for you? I'm full of surprises. Among other things.

:evilgrin:

[hisownpetard]

60. Yes, but...when you went and left me holding the old canneloni, did you not

also go and take what was our own PRIVATE video (or so I THOUGHT) and post it,
without so much as having me sign a release? (I'm thinking law$uit, here).

[Amerigo Vespucci]

62. You failed to read the fine print...why am I not surprised?

"Dinner for Susan is Copyright © 2007 by Amerigo Vespucci and PoochCo LLC. All rights reserved. By eating this dinner (even cyber-eating it with her eyes only from 3000 miles away) Susan hereby agrees to relinquish all rights, especially rights which are related to any law$uit she might wish to bring against the 'Pooch. That'll teach ya."

:rofl:

[hisownpetard]

67. Drat it. Foiled again by that ornary critter, AmerigoVesPOOCHi.

:grr: :nuke: :thumbsdown:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

21. Linguine with Cannellini Bean Puree

2 cloves garlic
2 cups chicken stock
2 cups canned Cannellini Beans
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

In a saucepan, sweat the garlic in chicken stock. Add the beans and cook until heated through.

Transfer the mixture to a food processor or blender and puree with the remaining ingredients. Adjust seasoning, to taste. Simmer until thickened, approximately 20 to 30 minutes. Toss with freshly cooked linguine, top with freshly grated Parmagiano Reggiano cheese and minced parsley.

:toast:

ON EDIT: For those who aren't familiar with Cannellini Beans, they are white kidney beans:



I also use them in Pasta e Fagioli (Pasta & Beans) and White Bean & Kale Soup.

:toast:

[TheCentepedeShoes]

18. Leftover prime rib

roast from last night. It was just soooo good. Got it on sale at the super market for $5.99/lb, normally runs about $10/lb.

[IntravenousDemilo]

19. I'm just making some jerk chicken...

...with a side of rigatoni mixed with stewed tomatoes and chickpeas.

[hisownpetard]

20. Who's the jerk you're making the chicken for?

:hi:

[IntravenousDemilo]

24. I'm the jerk, but my cat will probably scream till she gets some, too. I can deny her nothing.

BTW, I just got a digital camera, so eventually I'll put up some pics of Alice. She's 20 years old this month.

[hisownpetard]

33. 20 years old? That's amazing. You must treat her very well!

[IntravenousDemilo]

48. Yes, she treats me very well, too. I've never known a more affectionate kitty.

And she's like that with everybody else as well. BTW, she really liked her little piece of chicken. She didn't yowl at me, but she did stare expectantly. I'm so pussy whipped.

[hisownpetard]

53. Yeah. Literally.

:applause:

[mwdem]

23. Pulled pork sandwiches, cole slaw & roasted potatoes.

I roasted the pork all day with rosemary in the crock pot. When it's done, pull it apart and add bbq sauce (I doctor it up with vinegar). Yummy!

[flvegan]

25. Fettucine flvegan

Cooked fettucine tossed in a garlic, olive oil mixture then baked with stir fried veggies (broc, green beans, peppers and shrooms) and seared tofu.

edit: spelling

[JVS]

27. I have no idea!

:-(

[NMDemDist2]

28. some quick thing out of the freezer, I've been cleaning all day and not

very motivated

I'll do enough cooking later in the week to make up for it ;)

[sniffa]

30. please see above

we so have to have a DU Iron Chef. :bounce:

[NMDemDist2]

42. I'm in!!

but I gotta warn ya, my stepmother is the bomb and she'll be in a couple days to help

and it won't be Iron Chef without Husb2Sparkly (aka Stinky) we'll have to pry him out of GD_P for this one

:rofl:

[sniffa]

46. i think this could be great

and hopefully a running event for us. :)

i suggest starting this either the weekend before xmas, or new year. that should give us plenty of time to spread the word, and make the rules, and decide how to judge, etc..

and i can't stress enough how awesome a DU cookbook would be. :bounce:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7252217

[NMDemDist2]

50. cool, anyway in answer to the original question, we're having

Bertolli Garlic Shrimp and Cherry Tomato Dinner for 2

:woohoo:

as for the cookbook, it's a nightmare, many recipes are copyrighted and we'd be in danger of a lawsuit

[Nicole]

31. Chili with jalapeno cornbread.

It was good. :9

[1gobluedem]

32. Beef Barley soup, biscuits, and coleslaw

Quick and easy thanks to Progresso and Pillsbury. I've been decorating and doing laundry all day and have to cook a magnificent meal for SO's b-day tomorrow; he always requests meatloaf (mine is really good) and the au gratin potatoes I make with Black Diamond cheese. So I'm doing the easy dinner tonight.

[hisownpetard]

35. 'Beef Barely" soup! Does that mean you only put a teensy-weensy amount of beef in?

[1gobluedem]

41. Oh, yuck, no!

Thanks for catching that! Beef BARLEY soup. Barley soup without lots of beef would be barely edible.

[hisownpetard]

69. Don't you just hate it when you make a snarky comment about a typo in someone's post,

and then they go and correct it, so you look like a MORAN?

Beef 'barely' - gone!

[1gobluedem]

74. LOL....sorry

It's the English teacher's daughter in me....can't leave a typo uncorrected!

[tigereye]

34. um, paella!

great for a night when the cold winds howl outside!

[bigwillq]

37. I am having chicken tenders

that's it. Just brought in three chicken tenders. I wish I had a veggie or starch.

[Writer]

38. Floundah.

:9

[Amerigo Vespucci]

56. GOD, do I MISS flounder.

When I lived in Massachusetts my family and I used to go to The White Cap in Ipswich. I'd often get flounder and onion rings. The restaurant is family-owned, and they also own a boat. I don't know what percentage of their fish they catch themselves, but it is unbelievably fresh. The shrimp was killer too...it was sweet. In California, "prawns" are nothing like the shrimp I got in Massachusetts.

They also adhere to the "fresh oil plus correct temperature equals non-greasy fried food" rule.

There used to be a Dairy Queen right down the street. We'd eat at The White Cap and then drive to DQ for dessert.

[SeattleGirl]

39. An early Christmas dinner with our daughter and son-in-law:

Turkey
Gravy
Twice-baked potatoes
Green beans
Carrots
Stuffing

[Inchworm]

40. I just shoved 5 McDonald's DBBL Cheeseburgers down my neck

I need to keep the fire lane open in case of emergencies. :P

:hi:

[AngryAmish]

45. Duck, potatoes roast in duck fat, apple and celery root puree

and bread I baked today.

[RetroLounge]

47. Ordered a pizza...

Lo-Fi tonight...

RL

[hippywife]

51. Angel Hair with

homemade mushroom marinara. That's it. I was too tired tonight to make anything else.

[raptor_rider]

52. Chicken Parmesan

with penne pasta and artichoke hearts.

[lost-in-nj]

58. Risotto

with chicken, cheese, peas in a champagne sauce.....

yummy


lost

[Amerigo Vespucci]

64. Do you actually make your risotto the "official" way...

...adding a little liquid at a time, stirring constantly, adding a little more once it's absorbed? I've never found myself with the patience to make it that way. I like it...I just like it better when someone else has prepared it.

[hisownpetard]

71. Hell, I like ANYTHING better when someone else has prepared it!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

73. Color me SHOCKED!

PB&J sandwiches, coming right up!

:evilgrin:

[SOteric]

61. Pan-seared Hawaiian Butterfish with a blonde miso glaze

steamed gai lan and a jasmine rice pilaf.

[Seashell Eyes]

63. Soup and salad from Sweet Tomatoes

:9

[Political Heretic]

68. lol mac and cheese

I don't have time for anything better tonight.

[mike_c]

70. potato-parmesan gnocchi with pesto and a caesar salad....

My mouth is doing the garlic dance.

[hisownpetard]

72. Rack of lamb with herbed parslied potatoes and poached pears with melba sauce!

(Oh, who'm I kidding? I had a Lean Cuisine for dinner, and the broccoli was still frozen in the center. Yuck, big time).

A girl can dream, can she not?

[meegbear]

75. Broiled chicken breasts marinated in balsamic vinegrette ...

and topped with sliced tomatoes and feta cheese, the toppings added the last 2 minutes of broiling.

Having that all week with some veggies TBA.

[Rhythm]

76. I made a batch of my soon-to-be-famous chicken strips!

They're made with hand-cut boneless breasts. I let them swim for a while in a bowl of buttermilk, beaten eggs, garlic, pepper, paprika, and Old Bay... then they get double-coated in House Autry "chicken breader", and fried nice and golden.

I made a ton of them, because if i don't we never have leftovers, and served them up with a savory rice and beefy mushroom sauce, and some green beans cooked with butter and bacon.

Yeah... gonna die from clogged arteries before i'm 45... and it won't be a pretty corpse, either.
But it'll be smiling, and probably licking it's fingers.

[bif]

77. Coq au vin, mashed potatoes, salad & homemade baguette

[sasquatch]

78. Texas chilli

no beans but I ate it with rice.