Non-American Dopers, post a "normal" homemade dinner!

Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie face, great chieftain o’ the puddin-race!

This is pretty accurate, except that there is, of course, no such thing as a haggis; that is a myth, most likely concocted by Scots to make the rest of the world fear them.

Well, a common everyday meal here are milanesas (couldn´t find a translation) and french fries (doesn´t need one :smiley: ).
Milanesas are made cutting a slice of beef, (no more than 1 cm thick usually) and sloshing it on egg (white and yolk) with a bit of parsley and garlic; then embeding the beef on grounded bread (two or three days old bread down the mixer untill it looks like sand) ; then you fry it on a pan with enough oil to cover it completely or, alternatively, it may be grilled or prepared in the oven without oil.
French fries receipe omitted…
A little mayonaisse and a quarter lemmon round up the dish.

I’m not a Brit, but I cook for one… Last night, I made chicken with frozen egg noodles with sliced onion, carrot & celery and chicken Bisto (Ahhhhh Bisto). Tonight, the Scotsman has requested one of his new American favorites- microwaved Whitecastle cheeseburgers.

What he eats a lot of the time: Chips, chips & more chips. I’ve resigned myself to the prospect of losing him to a heart attack one of these days. His favorite meals include fried eggs with Spam & chips, tatties & mince, beef pasties with tatties OR chips, shepherd’s pie, and more friggin’ potatoes cooked in various fashions. He’d kill for some proper haggis and tatties today!

thanks for the splanations, everyone

Beef Schnitzel. At least that’s what it’s called in Australia.

Last night we had salmon & potato cakes with Cesar salad. You boil some taters, and mash when cooked. Simmer some salmon fillets in milk until just cooked. Flake the salmon, mix with the tater and form into patties. Dredge in flour, then shallow fry until crunchy onna outside.

The night before was ready frozen fish fillets with spinach and Ainsley Harriot’s risotto-in-a-pouch.

Another Kiwi here. Last night, my flatmate made a simple macaroni and cheese, with bacon bits, courgettes, and capsicums. It’s really annoying that he doesn’t like mushrooms, cos they would have been a splendid addition.

My turn to cook tonight. Not sure what I’ll make. There’s mince in the freezer, so I’ll probably make spaghetti bolognaise (or some other bolognaise, depending on what shape pasta we have). I’ll chuck in whatever vegetables I can find.

Glossary
Flatmate: Roommate, someone you share a house with to save on rent
Courgette: Zucchini
Capsicum: Bell pepper
Mince: Ground meat, usually beef

“Beef Schnitzel”?, “Beef Schnitzel”!!???

Gee… you really learn someting new every day. :smiley:

For furiners who always seem to be curious about Chicken fried steak, It’s pretty much the same damn thing. Just start with a pounded round steak, and a white gravy on top.

Italian chicken and veal parmesan are also extremely similar to the milanesa and schnitzel. At my family’s favorite Cuban restaurant in Miami, La Carreta, we often order bistec milanesa, which is thin steak prepared the same way, and topped with tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese and then baked to melt the cheese. It comes with white rice, black beans, and maduros, which are sweet fried plantains. Delicious.

I’m Canadian. Does that count? Last night, we had ribeye steaks, with my specialty sliced potatoes, fried in butter, with a whole diced onion and a heap of garlic, seasoned with garlic salt and ground pepper (these are why my wife won’t leave me!), with seasoned green beans.

Tonight we had fettucine alfredo with cubes of browned chicken in the sauce.

Tomorrow we may have chile con carne.

Canadian here - but we eat like Americans. Sorry.

:dubious: You people put maple syrup on baked beans. Are you even human?!

Mmm, that sounds GOOD.

Last night was some grilled chicken, with a salad of lettuce, mushrooms and capsicum and some steamed rice.

Sure. To serve 2:

[ul]
[li]4 medium eggs[/li][li]half a small onion [/li][li]splash of milk[/li][li]1 teaspoon of dhana jeera – a blend of roughly, half and half ground cumin and corriander seeds (you can buy it in any South Asian grocery shop, and at least in Britain, in most major supermarkets)[/li][li]salt and chili to taste[/li][/ul]

Chop the onion finely, and sautee in a non stick pan, into which a little bit of sunflower oil has been added. Meanwhile, crack the eggs into a bowl, add the milk and spices, and whisk together. Once the onions are soft, add the eggs, and stir continuously, until the eggs are done. Serve. I tend to eat it on toast and it takes about 5-10 minutes to make from start to finish.

Canadian living in America. I’m Acadian, and some of the recipes I immediately worked into normal rotation after first moving out here were tourtiere, fricot, rappie pie, cornmeal cake, fish cakes, and several desserts like pecan tarts, nanaimo bars, sucre a la creme, la tire, etc. I was astounded when my husband claimed to have never tasted them before. He finds most of the desserts far too rich or sweet. He’s insane!

Recent health issues don’t allow me to eat that good stuff as often.

And Christmas just isn’t Christmas without my old neighbouring town’s local Chicken Bones. They have to be made by Ganong’s, or not at all.

And why do Timbits simply not exist out here?! They made a great quick dessert or pot luck offering! :smiley:

:frowning:

~homesick.

Pasta with pesto.

I’ve never heard that term before in Australia.

Well chicken schnitzel with flattened chicken breast perhaps, never heard of crumbed beef at all.

Tonight - beef and red wine sausages; mashed butternut; onion, leek, capsicum and chili stir fry.

Last night - barbecued pork fillet (hoi sin really) with chinese greens and rice.

Previous night - chili chicken thighs baked in the oven. Turned out I had no vegetables to have with them so ate all the chicken instead of half.