# What's For Dinner Tonight: Episode 2021 – A New Hope **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [January 20, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015 "2021-01-20T19:38:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 58
**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:** [March 11, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/1141 "2022-03-11T14:32:53Z")
Rock Shrimp Risotto with a salad. Manhattans to drink.\* \*The Manhattans were props for a Face Time call to my gf’s 94 year old aunt. A Manhattan, up, in a chilled martini glass was always her go-to drink. Now she is in a nursing home. She sipped prune juice while we sipped Manhattans. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/1142 "2022-03-12T14:25:14Z")
I made Chana Masala and Curry Chicken. For the curry chicken I used dried hot peppers my Indian food truck friend gave me. It was 🔥 fire! Apple cider to drink for some odd reason. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/1143 "2022-03-12T23:16:16Z")
Tonight, imma do something I haven’t done for myself in a while: cook a proper homemade dinner. I just procured the necessary supplies for something my ex and I came up with together. We called them “Chicken Doo-Dads” and they’re chunks of boobies stuffed with pickled jalapeño and mozzarella, then wrapped in bacon (with a couple toothpicks to hold it all together) and pan-fried. If the chicken is roughly, I dunno, just a big bigger than a golf ball, then by the time the bacon is done - rolling every few minutes to sear all sides - the chicken is cooked through and the cheese is all melty. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/1144 "2022-03-13T00:00:28Z")
Ordering in meatball sandwiches from 24th & Meatballs. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/1145 "2022-03-13T01:13:42Z")
Finished product. Having a strawberry popsicle for dessert. [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/WBwCBGG.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/Yke9eGR) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/1146 "2022-03-13T04:44:21Z")
Looks and sounds quite tasty! We had fantasies about going out for dinner tonight, but by afternoon my dear had a headache and I had ganked my knee this morning, so we decided to stay home. She’d picked up some Carnegie Deli corned beef, and I had it on sourdough with mustard. A few El Chingons and a Stars loss for dessert. Tomorrow’s gonna be homemade fried cheeseburgers. MMMMMmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/1147 "2022-03-13T10:12:39Z")
What part gets fried? The patty? Or, like, the whole thing a la a Monte Cristo? ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/1148 "2022-03-13T15:18:42Z")
Hehehe, that’s a decadent idea! But no, it’s just a patty fried on a flat top. 😃 ---
**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:** [March 13, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/1149 "2022-03-13T16:41:08Z")
I got a pound of ground cow (they slaughter the animal and grind everything), so I’m grilling burgers tonight. I’m looking forward to it, the meat is beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/1150 "2022-03-13T21:14:08Z")
Man, everybody’s having burgers tonight! ---
**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:** [March 13, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/1151 "2022-03-13T21:15:07Z")
Bean and smoked hamhock soup with cornbread muffins. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/1152 "2022-03-13T23:16:08Z")
Fine, screw up the 'burger streak. (That soup sounds _good_ though!) ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2022, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/1153 "2022-03-14T05:27:19Z")
A glorious spring afternoon over at the BiLs , lots of grilled cow, chasing the pup arround, Malbec, tres leches cake for dessert, then a snifter of Lagavulin as we chilled in the early evening. Yay for teenager designated drivers. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOldKJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@GoodOldKJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOldKJ)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/1155 "2022-03-15T08:03:35Z")
Pork roast, Baked sweet potatoes and red beets with a white cake for dessert. Much coffee with the cake and afterwards. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/1156 "2022-03-15T10:47:49Z")
Stuffed poblano peppers with rice and refried beans. To drink, a big pitcher of sangria. My gf “complained” that I made too much sangria, then she eventually “complained” there wasn’t enough. ---
**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 15, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/1157 "2022-03-15T12:41:08Z")
Last night was cheesy cauliflower over a baked potato, with a grocery store rotisserie chicken. Tonight will be a mixed mushroom soup. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/1158 "2022-03-15T16:40:41Z")
Last night a korean pork stir fry thing , twas twas excellent. Not sure tonight, i suspect lentil stew. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/1159 "2022-03-16T01:29:18Z")
Chicken boobies baked in a “sauce” of minced garlic, apricot jam, and some Asian jarred sauce I can’t be arsed to look up. Nuked rice/pasta side to go with. Hey, it’s food! ---
**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:** [March 16, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/1160 "2022-03-16T11:46:06Z")
Faux Conch & Dumplings. One of our favorite restaurants on earth is Yvette’s, a neighborhood restaurant on a side street in the Quartier D’Orleans on the French side of Saint Martin. It’s difficult to find, but had a glowing review in Gourmet Magazine years ago. They gave us their conch recipes (Conch Ceviche and Conch & Dumplings), but the instructions begin with details on how to pick the best conch at the seafood market in Marigot. So, we substitute scallops for conch and dream. To drink I opened a bottle of St Angus, a sour brewed by Draai Laag Brewery. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/1161 "2022-03-16T20:46:10Z")
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