# What is (was) for dinner tonight? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 26, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-for-dinner-tonight/629506 "2012-07-26T23:25:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-for-dinner-tonight/629506/1 "2012-07-26T23:25:29Z")
I decided to make a chicken casserole found on YouTube [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvSYLJysbPg&feature=relmfu). Basically, it’s a bed of white rice in a cooking dish, then 3 chicken breasts (seasoned with salt & pepper), then cream of celery soup with water and a packet of onion soup mixed in, then an onion cut into chunks and placed on top of the chicken. Then cook at about 325 for 2 hours. I have to say my place is smelling absolutely awesome! I have about 40 minutes left and really can’t wait to try it. So what did others have for dinner? ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-for-dinner-tonight/629506/2 "2012-07-26T23:28:14Z")
I have a date. I plan on ordering chicken schwarma from a Med place. 😃 I heart free food. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-for-dinner-tonight/629506/3 "2012-07-26T23:30:45Z")
> [@Farmer\_Jane](#): > > I have a date. I plan on ordering chicken schwarma from a Med place. > > 😃 > > I heart free food. It’s funny: I spent 3 months in Israel recently and really didn’t care for the food. There’s a new Mediterranean place near work and I’ve been eating the beef shawarma there quite a bit. Weird. Oh, and good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-for-dinner-tonight/629506/4 "2012-07-26T23:31:07Z")
Shredded chicken, black beans and rice in a mole/chipotle sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-for-dinner-tonight/629506/5 "2012-07-26T23:33:02Z")
Refried black beans, hamburger, sour cream, shredded mexican cheese mix and taco sauce on large flour tortillas. The cheese and (of course) sour cream put on cold after the rest was heated. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-for-dinner-tonight/629506/6 "2012-07-26T23:36:40Z")
Its too hot to cook, so: antipasto salad. Chunked peppers, tomatoes, salami, cheese (aged cheddar & fresh mozz), olives, and pickled carrots. All stirred together with a little oil & vinegar. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-for-dinner-tonight/629506/7 "2012-07-26T23:40:09Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > Its too hot to cook, so: antipasto salad. Chunked peppers, tomatoes, salami, cheese (aged cheddar & fresh mozz), olives, and pickled carrots. All stirred together with a little oil & vinegar. It’s too hot here, too, and I couldn’t even summon enough energy to fix a salad. I ate raisin bran. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-for-dinner-tonight/629506/8 "2012-07-26T23:40:34Z")
> [@Hello\_Again](#): > > Its too hot to cook, so: antipasto salad. Chunked peppers, tomatoes, salami, cheese (aged cheddar & fresh mozz), olives, and pickled carrots. All stirred together with a little oil & vinegar. That sounds really good. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-for-dinner-tonight/629506/9 "2012-07-26T23:41:38Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > It’s too hot here, too, and I couldn’t even summon enough energy to fix a salad. I ate raisin bran. That sounds bad. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-for-dinner-tonight/629506/10 "2012-07-26T23:43:03Z")
Too hot to cook here too! I had a big tomato from the farmer’s market with cottage cheese and black pepper, some summer squash salad (chunks of zuchini, yellow squash and patti-pans, red onion, black olives and feta marinated in Tuscan dressing), and a Skinny Cow ice cream sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-for-dinner-tonight/629506/11 "2012-07-26T23:50:58Z")
Oh man, just a little longer. Seriously, my place smells so good, I could eat the leather couch I’m sitting on. :drool ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-for-dinner-tonight/629506/12 "2012-07-27T00:22:14Z")
Green salad with sauteed shrimp. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-for-dinner-tonight/629506/13 "2012-07-27T00:24:32Z")
Company just left so I’m sick of cooking nice meals. My husband is having an arthritis flare-up and has no appetite. Soooo… I ate some leftover chicken wings and broccoli. My husband will probably have a leftover hamburger later this evening. I gave our daughter baby oatmeal, green beans, and milk. She’d had cheese and peaches just 90 minutes earlier, because it’s been a surreal day and her schedule is shot. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-for-dinner-tonight/629506/14 "2012-07-27T00:37:15Z")
I just took it out of the oven and the chicken is fall apart greatness. The onion chunks have a good snap to them when bitten. It could have used way more salt, so I salted it up while it’s cooling, then mixed a bit. In about 5 minutes, I’ll be in heaven. ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-for-dinner-tonight/629506/15 "2012-07-27T00:44:59Z")
A dill pickle and ice water with a bit of grated pear in it. ---
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-for-dinner-tonight/629506/16 "2012-07-27T00:45:11Z")
Another dinner from the Med place! It’s the cook’s night for self-injection, so he (ok, I) skipped cooking tonight. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-for-dinner-tonight/629506/17 "2012-07-27T00:46:39Z")
Frozen pizza ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-for-dinner-tonight/629506/18 "2012-07-27T00:49:42Z")
Leftovers! Vermicelli with my stewed beef and veggies sauce. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-for-dinner-tonight/629506/19 "2012-07-27T00:51:21Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > I just took it out of the oven and the chicken is fall apart greatness. > > The onion chunks have a good snap to them when bitten. > > It could have used way more salt, so I salted it up while it’s cooling, then mixed a bit. > > In about 5 minutes, I’ll be in heaven. I gotta try that - do you think some mixed frozen veggies in there would work? ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-for-dinner-tonight/629506/20 "2012-07-27T00:53:29Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > I just took it out of the oven and the chicken is fall apart greatness. > > The onion chunks have a good snap to them when bitten. > > It could have used way more salt, so I salted it up while it’s cooling, then mixed a bit. > > In about 5 minutes, I’ll be in heaven. That was the greatest dinner I have ever had. The chicken was way too undersalted, but everything else was over salted. How do I get the two to mix properly? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-for-dinner-tonight/629506.md?page=2)