# What's for dinner tonight? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 6, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/549412 "2010-08-06T16:10:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/549412/121 "2010-08-15T21:24:09Z")
It’s so hot here that I can’t even think about cooking. I’m thinking Caesar salad. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/549412/122 "2010-08-15T21:52:43Z")
It’s 100° out - but I’m gonna grill up some beef fajitas. Shouldn’t take too long. 🙂 With peppers and onions, refried beans and guacamole. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/549412/123 "2010-08-15T22:21:59Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Julia Childs’ _coq au vin._ Holy shit, did _that_ come out great! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/549412/124 "2010-08-15T22:46:35Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Where was that place with the spicy Thai food? A place called **Thai Chili** in Calimesa. Tonight is too hot to cook, so like **Delores** we are breaking out the wok. Stir-fry is the name of the game, with fresh peppers and tomatoes from the garden. ---
**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/549412/125 "2010-08-15T22:58:03Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > > [@Chefguy](#): > > > > Julia Childs’ _coq au vin._ > > Holy shit, did _that_ come out great! You really use a rooster? ---
**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:** [August 15, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/549412/126 "2010-08-15T23:16:01Z")
> [@Huerta88](#): > > > [@Chefguy](#): > > > > Holy shit, did _that_ come out great! > > You really use a rooster? No, but it was something to crow about. In all it’s buttery butterlike buttering goodness. ---
**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/549412/127 "2010-08-15T23:35:35Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > No, but it was something to crow about. In all it’s buttery butterlike buttering goodness. This the one? > **[GMA - Good Morning America](https://www.goodmorningamerica.com)** > > GMA is your source for useful news and inspiration on how to live your best life. Your community and guide to relationship advice, the latest in celebrity news, culture, style, travel, home, finances, shopping deals, career and more. I may have to give that a go. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/549412/128 "2010-08-16T00:40:13Z")
> [@Huerta88](#): > > > [@Chefguy](#): > > > > No, but it was something to crow about. In all it’s buttery butterlike buttering goodness. > > This the one? > > [GMA - Good Morning America](http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/recipe?id=7113750) > > I may have to give that a go. No, I used her cookbook, but [this one](http://whatscookingamerica.net/Poultry/CoqAuVin.htm) is pretty much verbatim. The one you linked to has some significant differences, including a whole tomato instead of a small amount of tomato paste, and frying the chicken in only bacon fat. Also, the amount of _buerre manie_ is less than in the other recipe. It’s probably fine, but the one I linked to is a known quantity at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/549412/129 "2010-08-16T00:43:46Z")
For the second damned time in a row dinner was a failure. Mark Bittman, I’m sorry, but your Minimalist Cooks at Home book is going back to the library. Two seriously gross dinners, so I’m still making Dinner Round 2 tonight. (Sherried tomato soup with cheese muffins.) It was supposed to be a pasta sauce with meaty bones - what it was was _nasty_, and it weren’t my fault. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/549412/130 "2010-08-16T00:46:06Z")
Cool here today, and gave the kids the decision as to what to have. All they wanted was macaroni and tomatoes, which is fine, because it doesn’t take too much to turn the leftovers into chile. ---
**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/549412/131 "2010-08-16T02:40:19Z")
Three tubs of Greek yogurt. Ate too much last night (Indian feast), too lazy to go out, cleaning out refrigerator before next big grocery trip. Oh, and a bottle of Pol Roger NV (I’m classy!). In a similar vein, minus the Pol, breakfast tomorrow is . . . deconstructed cheese curds diablo (which is what I’m going to call it when I melt my aging bar of red Leicester cheese from Costco in the microwave with hot sauce and a little bit of tamari, and eat the molten mess with a spoon). ---
**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:** [August 16, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/549412/132 "2010-08-16T15:53:42Z")
We were gonna have two Cornish hens tonight - roasted, seasoning details still TBA - but the damn things aren’t thawing fast enough, so we’ll probably counter-thaw them the rest of the way tonight, season them, let them sit overnight with the rub, and roast them tomorrow night. We’ve been very, very good about our grocery budget lately, so for tonight, I’m thinking: steak. We have some lovely tomatoes, so sliced 'maters on the side. That’s about as far as I’ve gotten. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/549412/133 "2010-08-16T19:11:20Z")
Tonight SHOULD be chicken thighs, bell pepper, onions cooked in madras curry served over rice. BUT I’ll probably be too tired for that and end up with a can of soup. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/549412/134 "2010-08-16T22:18:08Z")
I’m going to a party, so I don’t plan on cooking. Husband and daughter can eat leftover “halousche” (haluski) and make burritos with supermarket rotisserie chicken, refried beans, pico do gallo, and guacamole. And they can duel to see who can add the most hot sauce. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/549412/135 "2010-08-16T22:27:12Z")
grilled marinated lamb kebabs curried rice stir-fried with diced cashews, scallions, raisins, tomatoes and a dash of cinnamon steam-sauteed green beans a glass of Rioja red wine ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/549412/136 "2010-08-16T22:33:45Z")
I’m attempting a cheese souffle. At worst, accidental cheese soup. Can’t be that bad! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/549412/137 "2010-08-16T22:53:06Z")
Looks like a Thai basil stir-fry is in the cards today. I have a metric assload of Egyptian blue basil in my backyard (which is somewhat reminiscent of Thai holy basil flavorwise) and Thai chiles which need to be used, and what better way than this. Lots of garlic, shallots, fish sauce, chiles, and basil. Simple and sublime. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/549412/138 "2010-08-16T23:12:04Z")
Grilled steak and a green salad. I plan to do a spicy rub on the steak, but I have to check with the other diner first. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/549412/139 "2010-08-16T23:18:39Z")
Purple, red, and white flesh potatoes from the garden with pepper and salt. A few scraps of roast beef in gravy from earlier. I’ve been craving these potatoes for over a week. ---
**Author:** ![Bean\_Wrangler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de053/32.png) [@Bean\_Wrangler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bean_Wrangler)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/549412/140 "2010-08-17T00:02:04Z")
Tonight I was looking around for a vegan dish, and behold the internet suggested Indian, which quickly then suggested [Aloo Matar](http://vegetarian.about.com/od/maindishentreerecipes/r/aloomatar.htm) which is a fancy way of saying Potatoes, Peas and Onions with lots of sices. The house which I live in has a lot of spices (sorted by letter) and so the ingredients for an impromptu [Garam Masala](http://www.ochef.com/r75.htm) was right around the corner. The version I made was strickly ground spices, about a quarter teaspoon of the 6 main spices all tossed together. A delishous and **filling** dinner, both cheap and healthy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/549412.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/549412.md?page=8)