# Strange Dinners **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 1, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dinners/818923 "2018-08-01T12:33:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dinners/818923/41 "2018-08-02T17:13:02Z")
> [@seal\_cleaner](#): > > Tombstone Pizza used to have a tuna and onion variety - I loved it. The tiny town where I spent my first 11 years was also the hometown of the local Tombstone distributor. They had the only house in town with a burglar alarm. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dinners/818923/42 "2018-08-02T17:41:33Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > The Verdict Is In! > > Hardly worth a mention. Probably started with a shitty, frozen pizza to begin with. Crust was too thin and crunchy. The clams were flavorless. May have used too much garlic (as if! Not! šŸ˜ƒ ) > > A Fail. Darn. I had high hopes for your pizza.šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dinners/818923/43 "2018-08-02T20:02:28Z")
Whatā€™s in a Southwest eggroll? Beans? Rice? Chili? šŸ˜• Right now, I have a pot of Irish coddle in the oven: pork chops, back bacon, onions, potatoes, carrot, swede, and turnip, stewing away in Guinness stout. Something else I havenā€™t made for donkeyā€™s. FTR, I \*love _green bean casserole. Ranks right up there with tuna casserole and hamburger hot dish as one of Americaā€™s great Depression_ foods! :o \*The economic upheaval, not the emotional state. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dinners/818923/44 "2018-08-02T20:18:11Z")
I stopped at the local Asian supermarket yesterday and bought some cans of exotic Spam: teriyaki, bacon, Sichuan, and garlic. Also got a can of Australian corned beef and curry. Canā€™t wait to crack them open and sample them! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dinners/818923/45 "2018-08-02T21:07:06Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Darn. I had high hopes for your pizza.šŸ˜‰ Well, thanks. Donā€™t worry 'bout me, though. I eat pretty well, pretty often. šŸ˜‰ Iā€™ve got pears outside for the first time in ages. My next trick will be a chicken/squash/pear stew. Did it years ago and it was fantastic! Just need to ripen a bit moreā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dinners/818923/46 "2018-08-02T23:00:38Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I once had a slice of tuna and corn pizza at a place in London (England). Not something Iā€™d care to try again. ā˜¹ A gourmet pizza place near here years ago had a white sauce, tuna, and corn pizza. It was very nice. I think Iā€™m the only one who ordered it though because it disappeared from the menu after a while. For a quick nosh I toss a tin of mackerel in a bowl along with chopped onion, hard boiled egg, pickled garlic (or pickled beet), salad cream, splash of vinegar, salt, pepper and mix it all up. Scoop up with corn chips. ---
**Author:** ![blob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blob/32/489_2.png) [@blob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blob)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dinners/818923/47 "2018-08-02T23:47:10Z")
> [@dwyr](#): > > I think Iā€™m the only one who ordered it though because it disappeared from the menu after a while. Thereā€™s a pizza place (sort of) near me (a bit of a drive, but worth it) that does lots of ā€œdifferentā€ (gourmet they call them) pizza toppings, but, although I am tempted, I have only gone for ā€œnormalā€ toppings so far. I suspect most places would sell a lot more ā€œnormalā€ pizzas than ā€œstrangeā€ ones. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dinners/818923/48 "2018-08-03T01:25:10Z")
We had something tonight that was strange for me - I got some meal kits, one of which was called Spicy Pork and Rice Cakes. I had an image in my head of [these type of rice cakes,](https://swirlsandspice.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/banana-rice-cakes2.jpg) but [we got these instead](https://mykoreankitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/5.-Korean-rice-cake-soup.jpg). It was a good meal, but those are some chewy weird things if you arenā€™t used to them. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dinners/818923/49 "2018-08-03T11:26:25Z")
> [@dwyr](#): > > For a quick nosh I toss a tin of mackerel in a bowl along with chopped onion, hard boiled egg, pickled garlic (or pickled beet), salad cream, splash of vinegar, salt, pepper and mix it all up. Scoop up with corn chips. Mmmmmmmm. And speaking of pickled garlic, I have a few big jars in my fridge. I saw it at our local farm market and it sounded too good to pass up. But what do you do with pickled garlic? I did a search and found thousands of hits. Most of those hits were people saying theyā€™d bought a few jars and weā€™re looking for ideas for using it. > [@Gatopescado](#): > > Iā€™ve got pears outside for the first time in ages. My next trick will be a chicken/squash/pear stew. Did it years ago and it was fantastic! Just need to ripen a bit moreā€¦ We have a pear tree. Every year the same thing happens. The pears stay rock hard for a long while as they increase in size. I occasionally try one and it is rock-hard. Then one day they are all perfect! The next day they are all overripe. I think itā€™s a combination of the pear variety being finicky and me being very particular about pear ripeness. ---
**Author:** ![flaming\_yawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cab0a1/32.png) [@flaming\_yawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flaming_yawn)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dinners/818923/50 "2018-08-03T12:33:38Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Mmmmmmmm. > > And speaking of pickled garlic, I have a few big jars in my fridge. I saw it at our local farm market and it sounded too good to pass up. > > But what do you do with pickled garlic? I did a search and found thousands of hits. Most of those hits were people saying theyā€™d bought a few jars and weā€™re looking for ideas for using it. Ways I eat pickled garlicā€¦ straight from jar with a ham and cheese sandwichā€¦ mixed(finely diced) with cottage cheese on crackers ā€¦ and all time favorite slice thin and put on bagel with creamcheeseā€¦yum ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dinners/818923/51 "2018-08-03T16:03:11Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Whatā€™s in a Southwest eggroll? Beans? Rice? Chili? šŸ˜• > > Right now, I have a pot of Irish coddle in the oven: pork chops, back bacon, onions, potatoes, carrot, swede, and turnip, stewing away in Guinness stout. Something else I havenā€™t made for donkeyā€™s. > > FTR, I \*love _green bean casserole. Ranks right up there with tuna casserole and hamburger hot dish as one of Americaā€™s great Depression_ foods! :o > > \*The economic upheaval, not the emotional state. South Western eggrolls have the usual, chopped chicken, peppers, onions, corn, maybe black beans, cheese, and chili/cumin seasonings. Wrapped up tight in an eggroll wrapper, deep fried, served with salsa or some other kind of dipping sauce. ā€¦The Irish coddle sounds great, Iā€™ve made versions of that in my slow cooker using various meats and seasonings. The Guiness stout pushes it over the edge from ā€˜fillingā€™ to ā€˜fantasticā€™. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dinners/818923/52 "2018-08-03T17:38:59Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > South Western eggrolls have the usual, chopped chicken, peppers, onions, corn, maybe black beans, cheese, and chili/cumin seasonings. Wrapped up tight in an eggroll wrapper, deep fried, served with salsa or some other kind of dipping sauce. ā€¦The Irish coddle sounds great, Iā€™ve made versions of that in my slow cooker using various meats and seasonings. The Guiness stout pushes it over the edge from ā€˜fillingā€™ to ā€˜fantasticā€™. So a Southwestern eggroll is basically a chimichanga with an Asian twist. Sounds good! :o With my coddle, I think I actually went overboard on the Guinness. The vegetables and gravy came out somewhat bitter. Iā€™m going to add a bit of dark brown sugar when I reheat it to see if that makes any difference. A couple of years ago, I got tired of corned beef and cabbage for St Patrickā€™s Day, so I put the corned beef in a baking pan and covered it with chopped carrots, onion, dark brown sugar, and Guinness. Then I stuck in in the oven at 300 F for an hour or so. \*That \*turned out to be absolutely delicious, especially when served with colcannon or champ! Iā€™m hoping dark brown sugar will do the trick with the coddle too. If you want to try making coddle, I recommend you use just a little water. When itā€™s done baking (when the vegetables are soft), try adding Guinness (or a Guinness reduction with dark brown sugar) to your taste. The only seasoning I used was salt, pepper, and parsley. Keep the coddle covered while itā€™s cooking. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dinners/818923/53 "2018-08-03T22:46:59Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Mmmmmmmm. > > And speaking of pickled garlic, I have a few big jars in my fridge. I saw it at our local farm market and it sounded too good to pass up. > > But what do you do with pickled garlic? I did a search and found thousands of hits. Most of those hits were people saying theyā€™d bought a few jars and weā€™re looking for ideas for using it. ā€¦ Honestly, I mostly eat it from the jar like olives. Itā€™s good on/in sandwiches or homemade pizza too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-dinners/818923.md?page=2)