# I'm hungry. What's for dinner? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hungry-whats-for-dinner/395800 "2007-03-13T21:45:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hungry-whats-for-dinner/395800/81 "2007-03-15T01:46:34Z")
On further thought, I shall shove this over to our food forum, as opposed to our mundane forum. Moved from IMHO to CS. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hungry-whats-for-dinner/395800/82 "2007-03-15T02:20:23Z")
Good decision. There is nothing mundane about a fine meal. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hungry-whats-for-dinner/395800/83 "2007-03-15T02:38:34Z")
The SO was all excited about Steak & BJ day until I reminded him that he totally fluffed off V-Day, didn’t even send me a dirty SMS or anything–so it’s roasted corned beef sandwiches with sweet hot mustard and swiss on marble rye. If he blows me, I might blow back… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hungry-whats-for-dinner/395800/84 "2007-03-15T09:09:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Jodi > What the hell is “swede,” anyway? [QUOTE=Frank] Potato. Please, don’t ask me why, can’t answer that one. [/QUOTE] Nope. [Rutabagas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutabaga) ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hungry-whats-for-dinner/395800/85 "2007-03-15T10:00:58Z")
[QUOTE=Jodi] It’s late afternoon here and I’m getting a little hungry. No idea what to fix for dins though. So what’s for dinner, guys? Maybe I’ll drop by your house. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Today its my day to make dinner, so I’m woking reindeer scrapings with fresh veggies (cauliflower, onions, chili, red peppers, lime, ginger, bamboo shoots, mushrooms and leek) served with steamed rice with mais. I always have to make dinner for six persons, so theres lots of food to squize you in, so please, dig in! ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hungry-whats-for-dinner/395800/86 "2007-03-15T12:34:55Z")
Once again for us, it’s a “no-dad” night here at casa de new (he comes home on Thursday or Friday, on alternating weeks; this is a Friday week). So tonight, it’s grilled cheese sandwiches and soup: cream of tomato for me and little **mudgirl** , who, quite rightly, has pronounced grilled cheese dipped in cream of tomato to be “Proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy”; chicken noodle for **EtherealFreakOfPinkness** , who believes the very existence of tomato soup proves that Satan is alive and well. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hungry-whats-for-dinner/395800/87 "2007-03-15T12:46:21Z")
My version of spanakopedia and a salad…it’s Greek to me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hungry-whats-for-dinner/395800/88 "2007-03-15T13:41:48Z")
[QUOTE=Quiddity Glomfuster] Nope. [Rutabagas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutabaga) [/QUOTE] Huh. Learn something every day. Now I only need to hope that the 20 years of having it wrong can be overcome! ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hungry-whats-for-dinner/395800/89 "2007-03-15T15:24:20Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] … What’s for dinner? I dunno. I can make spaghetti; tuna noodle casserole; a ham and feta omelette with tater tots; grilled american cheese and soup. First, I gotta get my clothes out of the dryer! [/QUOTE] Not to be pushy or anything but most people get better results cooking their food in some type of oven, or on a stove. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hungry-whats-for-dinner/395800/90 "2007-03-15T15:29:23Z")
[QUOTE=Laughing Lagomorph] Not to be pushy or anything but most people get better results cooking their food in some type of oven, or on a stove. [/QUOTE] Now, not so fast there! If you put rice or noodles in the dryer _with_ a dryer sheet, at least it comes out nice and fluffy! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hungry-whats-for-dinner/395800/91 "2007-03-16T00:26:06Z")
[QUOTE=Laughing Lagomorph] Not to be pushy or anything but most people get better results cooking their food in some type of oven, or on a stove. [/QUOTE] I have heard of people using automobile engines, dishwashers and of course the old ‘I can’t have a hotplate in the dorm, but I’ve found an iron works quite well.’ This is the first time I’ve heard of the dryer being used… ---
**Author:** ![uglyduckling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e99b99/32.png) [@uglyduckling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uglyduckling)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hungry-whats-for-dinner/395800/92 "2007-03-19T06:38:02Z")
[QUOTE=Dinsdale] Pork chops and apple sauce. It was good! Just finished off my bowl of Starbucks mocha almond fudge ice cream. [/QUOTE] Sounds like the Brady Bunch episode HA HA ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hungry-whats-for-dinner/395800/93 "2007-03-19T15:18:48Z")
Spaghetti with meat sauce and a small tossed salad. Glass of water, glass of merlot. Maybe have a leftover Christmas peppermint stick or two for dessert. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hungry-whats-for-dinner/395800/94 "2007-03-19T18:38:33Z")
Chicken fried steak, mashed taters, cream gravy, and peas. Why yes, I am from the south. How did you know? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hungry-whats-for-dinner/395800/95 "2007-03-19T19:23:02Z")
You warm up cans of food in the dryer the same way you dry your boots, either using a rack that fits into the door, or the Ranger Way [sup]tm[/sup] [http://www.therangerdigest.com/Tips\_\_\_Tricks/BOOT\_DRYER/body\_boot\_dryer.html](http://www.therangerdigest.com/Tips___Tricks/BOOT_DRYER/body_boot_dryer.html) So as not to interfere with the tase, it is best not to use the dryer for food and boots at the same time, unless, of course, you like HP sauce, which is in fact self replicating boot dribble. And remember to puncture the cans first, so they don’t go kablooski in the dryer. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hungry-whats-for-dinner/395800/96 "2007-03-19T19:27:47Z")
Tonight is turkey breast and gravy, with mashed potatos and carrots. Yummers! I just loves me basic food! And I’m not even using the dryer! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hungry-whats-for-dinner/395800/97 "2007-03-19T19:31:57Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] Chicken fried steak, mashed taters, cream gravy, and peas. Why yes, I am from the south. How did you know? 😉 [/QUOTE] I very much enjoy fresh peas in a butter sauce or even frozen/reheated peas, but canned peas make me gack on the floor, and there is nothing quite so lonely as that. Please tell me that you are not eating canned peas! ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hungry-whats-for-dinner/395800/98 "2007-03-19T19:35:25Z")
I always make Redneck Green Beans™ with my CFS. Yum, I think I may have to make that this weekend, when I’m done running the finals gauntlet. But I’m having leftover Irish stew and champ tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hungry-whats-for-dinner/395800/99 "2007-03-19T19:40:22Z")
I’m north of the Yankees, so forgive me for asking, but is there much of a difference between CFS and wiener schnitzel (other than one being steak and the other being veal)? I’ve never had CFS. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hungry-whats-for-dinner/395800/100 "2007-03-19T19:46:30Z")
AFAICT, they’re pretty similar, though I’ve never had wiener schnitzel. I make my CFS with saltine cracker breading and then pan fry in butter/veg oil. Others prefer to batter their CFS, but I’m always afraid it will press charges. 😉 I think the big difference lies in serving it with cream gravy. That’s pretty much Southern. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hungry-whats-for-dinner/395800.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hungry-whats-for-dinner/395800.md?page=6)