New Year's Eve dinner? What's cooking?

[ogneopasno]

Pesto ravioli in parmesan cream sauce for me, tater tot hot dish for Mr. Ogneopasno. And beer.

[Gormy Cuss]

1. Frutti di Mare

although not with the same mix of seafood listed here:

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Linguine-ai-Frutti-di-Mare-238646

[livetohike]

2. Cheese enchiladas, refried beans and a salad

sitting in front of the fireplace because it is 17 degrees F. here right now :-).

[ogneopasno]

4. Pfff..it's less than half that here! Plus wind chill!

I love cheese enchiladas.

[livetohike]

5. I lived in Eagan (outside of Mpls) for three winters

I can now handle anything :-).

[ogneopasno]

6. We live in the Arrowhead. We know for cold in MN, don't we?

:)

[livetohike]

8. I never felt cold like that in my life (or since)

You all are courageous and brave. I think northern MN is absolutely beautiful. My favorite place was Grand Marais.... :hi:.

[bif]

3. Lobster

At a friend's house. We couldn't afford a luxury like that.

[ogneopasno]

12. Enjoy! And happy new year.

[bif]

13. Thanks. You too!

[Burma Jones]

7. Lobster, Roasted Root Vegetables, Mache, French Bread, Proscuitto with Melon

And whatever the 2 year old wants......

[ogneopasno]

11. Heh...try the toddler on lobster, and check the reaction.

[bigwillq]

9. Nothing special.

Mom is making grilled cheese and Smilie Fries. We are being very low-key this year. I am staying home.

[ogneopasno]

10. Nothing better than a good grilled cheese.

[grannylib]

14. Tofu and veggie stir fry, cream cheese wontons, sweet sesame

buns, and fortune cookies :-)
Sarahbellum's vegetarian friend is spending the evening with us, so we're going meatless tonight.

[ogneopasno]

15. Sounds perfect! Enjoy!

[grannylib]

67. Thank you! It turned out really well. I was a little leery of Hubby's

reaction to the tofu; he's generally a 'dead flesh' kinda guy, but he loved it!
And the wontons were perfect. Waiting for the dough to rise now for the sesame buns; we're going to make the hats while that's happening :-)
Happy New Year to you and yours! :hug:

[redqueen]

16. Clam dip.

Yes, I'm having chips and dip for dinner.

[ogneopasno]

20. Chips + dip + beer = balanced meal.

Enjoy!

[DS1]

17. Chili

[Witchy_Dem]

50. Chili here, too.

[JackBeck]

18. Fillet Mignon, baby spinach and blue cheese salad, and scalloped potatoes.

[ogneopasno]

19. We usually do filet mignon, but didn't this year.

Enjoy!

[Patiod]

70. Filets here too

trying to eat more vegetarian for health, but filets, mushrooms and potatoes for tonight. Rare for me, medium for the Significant Other (it used to be Well Done, but in 16 years, I've taught him to appreciate the taste of un-charred meat).

[LeftyMom]

21. Country fried seitan (from scratch), gravy, garlic mashed potatoes,

spinach wilted in olive oil and garlic, corn.

[ogneopasno]

22. Seitan from scratch, or country-fried seitan from scratch?

[LeftyMom]

34. The seitan is from scratch.

It just went into the oven to soak up some broth.

[ogneopasno]

36. Fantastic. Enjoy.

[Rhythm]

23. Radiatore in meat sauce with homemade meatballs

OktoberKid is having a cousin sleeping over tonight, so we have Wall-E playing in the living room while they build stuff with Legos.

Not the exciting New Year's Eve of my youth, but feels good nevertheless.

[ogneopasno]

28. It sounds perfect.

There's a time for crazy NYEs, and there's a time for reflection. Enjoy!

[Roon]

24. I saw some TV dinners in Jason's freezer

we'll probably have that.

[ogneopasno]

29. Go to it.

Enjoy!

[Inchworm]

25. The "illegitimate child" of clam chowder

I swear the cookbook described it as that! I got a chuckle.

Manhattan style Clam Chowder. I had to use canned clams, but it was YUMMY! :9

:hi:

[ogneopasno]

30. Ha!

Enjoy!

[Inchworm]

38. Next I'll try the real chowdAH

But it'll have to be special because I never have milk in the house.

Tomorrow...

Corn beef and cabbage... lol any tips are welcome :P

:hi:

[grasswire]

47. have you cooked corned beef before?

we can help you over in the cooking forum if you need a hand.

[Inchworm]

54. Nope

I got the basics off the lady at the deli. She showed me the basics but hers called for canned corn beef. I just tweaked the idea a bit.

I have yet to even look up a recipe. I've been having internet woes.

I'll pop over to the cooking group for tips, thanks! :)

:hi:

[grasswire]

72. if you're cooking a corned beef...

...that you got from the meat department in a plastic bag, plan on about four hours of cooking time. It's very simple, though. Here's what I do:

Cover the hunk of beef with water in a kettle. Add a couple of carrots, a chunked bell pepper, an onion cut in quarters, some black pepper or peppercorns, a big handful of parsley, a stalk of celery and a clove or two of garlic. Also use the seasoning packet that comes inside the plastic wrapper.

Bring to a boil, then lower to a simmer. Cook for four hours or so. Let the meat rest out of the liquid for fifteen minutes before carving.

[Chan790]

26. Cheese Ravioli in homemade marinara

with a snowfall of Pecorino Romano. Oh...and a coca-cola.

[ogneopasno]

31. Is it wrong to eat a chunk of Pecorino Romano, rather than shaving or grating?

Because if it's wrong, I don't want to be right.

[Chan790]

45. No.

I do it from time to time with the nibs too small to grate. Yum.

[bicentennial_baby]

27. Chinese food, delivered, as follows:

Beef Udon
Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings
Scallion Pancakes
White Rice
Chicken Fried Rice
Beef Teriyaki

:9

[ogneopasno]

32. The best cooking of all: getting someone else to do it!

Enjoy, and happy 2009.

[TK421]

33. Just finished about a pound of dijon-glazed salmon, steamed asparagus

and brown rice....and I'm washing it all down with some Bass Ale :9

[ogneopasno]

35. Did you bring enough for the whole class, TK421?

[LiberalEsto]

37. I was baking all afternoon

so I gave myself a break and heated up two Trader Joe's frozen pizzas. To liven things up, we broke out a bottle of Trader Joe's sparkling cranberry juice. Wheeeeeee!


Earlier I made four kringels -- a sweet yeast bread with bits of candied fruit, shaped like a very large pretzel. An old Estonian tradition. One for each of my sisters-in-law, one for my father-in-law, and one for us.

[ogneopasno]

40. Head Uut Aastat!

[LiberalEsto]

44. Ja sulle ka!

Palju o~nne uues aastas.

Are you an Esto?

[ogneopasno]

48. Nope, just a language junkie.

[LiberalEsto]

77. Wow, I'm impressed

Estonian is extremely hard to learn if you don't learn it as a baby, like I did. Even though I was born in the U.S., I didn't learn English until I went to kindergarten, because my multi-lingual parents wanted me to be proficient in Estonian first.

[ogneopasno]

78. I'm very jealous! I wish I knew Estonian. I just know a few phrases. It's a beautiful language.

Have you been to Estonia?

[LiberalEsto]

79. Yes, once

I went a few years ago to visit my aunt, cousins and other relatives. Even though a few of them speak English, I managed to get by for 10 days speaking Estonian almost exclusively. My vocabulary is not as big as I'd like, but there's not much opportunity to use it here.

It's beautiful and mostly unspoiled. It's surprisingly flat, with very few hills except in the southeastern corner of the country. The capital, Tallinn, contains a walled medieval town with guild halls and cobblestone streets. I also visited the big university town of Tartu, where both my parents were law students before the war put an end to their studies. My cousins took me to my father's home town of Valga, on the Latvian border, to visit some second cousins in Viljandi, and to the seaside resort of Pa"rnu. Then we toured the big island of Saaremaa and visited Kuressaare Castle and the old windmills of Angla.

The coolest thing was seeing nesting storks on utility poles on the way back to Tallinn from Tartu. Their nests are as big as SUV tires, and each one had a parent stork standing watch on one leg, while the nestlings poked their funny beaked faces over the sides.

[Nickster]

39. NY Strips, baked potatoes, salad, and cold shrimp. Yummy!

[ogneopasno]

41. Enjoy! And happy new year.

[Diana Prince]

42. Snack foods until midnight

We usually just snack all night long and then at midnight we have black eyed peas & greens.

[femmocrat]

43. Pasta primavera and spinach chef's salad. n/t

[Forkboy]

46. Nyquil, but yours sounds much, much better.

:)

[Lisa0825]

51. Here too...

along with Cold Eeze and chicken soup.

[Forkboy]

52. The soup sounds good.

Here's hoping we're both feeling better soon. :)

[ogneopasno]

53. Tater tot hot dish is good for what ails ya!

Hope you feel better soon. :)

[Lisa0825]

57. Tomorrow I will buy a family-sized serving of Chinese Hot and Sour Soup.

It is a miracle cure for sinuses. Of course it s only temporary, but to be able to breathe for an hour is heavenly.

I have never heard of tater tot hot dish. It sounds intriguing. :)

[ogneopasno]

60. You don't want to know.

It's Minnesota comfort food.

1 lb. ground beef
1 package frozen tater tots
1 package frozen onion rings
2 cans condensed cream of mushroom soup

Brown ground beef. Remove from heat; mix in one can of soup and frozen tater tots. Spread in 13x9 baking pan. Arrange onion rings on top. Spoon other can of soup over it all. Bake at 350 until it's bubbly.

Hey, I never said it was good! Nor did I say I was eating it!

[Lisa0825]

62. Comfort food rules! :-)

I may seriously try this soon. I think cheese on top would be good too, or does that ruin the authenticity?

[ogneopasno]

65. Nothing is ever ruined by adding cheese.

However, I have to say, if the soup is spread over it all properly, it achieves a processed-cheese-food-like smoothness after the baking. The first time my MIL made it, I thought it was covered with cheese. But no, it was the cream of mushroom soup.

[Lisa0825]

66. mmmmmmmm

sounds lovely :) Next time we get a cold front down here, it's gonna be on the menu.

[av8rdave]

49. Homemade salsa (made by me), queso, and Modelo Especial

A Cabo New Year's Eve.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

55. Italian hoagie.

And a just finished nap. Ice water for the evening, there were beers after work.

[Patiod]

69. That was lunch - a Wawa hoagie

Dinner is slightly more upscale

[SalmonChantedEvening]

71. I have been so meaning to ask this, but first...

Happy New Year Patiod :hi: :hug: :loveya: :pals:

OK so, Dresher.

Am I posting to a fellow Flying Cardinal?

[Patiod]

73. Cardinal and Gray

Leading the Way
Onward to Victory!

I had to sing that once to get into the Anchorage Bar in Somer's Point (the bouncer was the brother of a classmate)

Happy New Year Salmon
:hi:

[SalmonChantedEvening]

74. WooHoo!! UDDU!! :)

That's so cool! Class of 1976 here.

:toast:

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[Patiod]

75. 1978!

So we were wandering the halls at the same time!

They're re-building the whole place - I drive by there every Sunday on the way to my parents', who still live in the same house.

The bouncer I had to sing it for was Johhny Orens' brother - who might have been about your age....

[SalmonChantedEvening]

76. So do I

I am up in Ambler at least every other week.

My brother is a '79 grad, so you can say the same for both of us. :)

I don't know the name, but I might know the face.

Go Cards! :D

[RFKHumphreyObama]

56. Nothing

We went to our Pastor's house for dinner and had a lovely meal there

[bac511]

58. Homemade pizza ala kids and beam and coke.

[SeattleGirl]

59. Chicken parm from Costco

Good stuff.

[Franzia]

61. Frozen pizza and Shiner Bock.

[BarenakedLady]

63. Nada really

I ate a late lunch. Made some mac & cheese for the kidlets. I ate some veggie bird's nest appetizer thingies awhile ago. I'm trying not to eat too much.

[cmf]

64. Bacon and potato pizza

Just call us carb nuts. My husband has the flu, so we are taking it easy and kicking it at home. Watching a concert movie. I plan to be in bed long before midnight.

[LostinVA]

68. We had a junk food night

Pizza rolls, spinach/cheese hor'dorves thing, mozzerella sticks, buffalo wings (for me, Haruka doesn't eat meat).