# What's for dinner tonight? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 6, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652 "2011-01-06T20:36:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 43
**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:** [May 30, 2011, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/843 "2011-05-30T12:29:10Z")
Tonight my husband is making pizza, thank og. I’ve pulled out all the stops this week. Grilled steak with fried potatoes and asparagus Grilled pork chops with mashed potatoes and cole slaw Black beans and rice with cole slaw Falafel and warm tomato salad Hamburgers, tabbouleh, zucchini salad, and homemade raspberry ice cream Fish tacos with homemade guacamole and pico de gallo, homemade rhubarb pie ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/844 "2011-05-30T13:44:37Z")
I didn’t do the Cajun rub. I pulled the ribs out of the marinade and thought, ‘Wait. Cajun rub is a dry rub. This isn’t going to work.’ They did take longer to cook than when I’ve thrown them over the coals, but they still cooked more quickly than I wanted. I’ll have to experiment a bit. Roomie pronounced them very good, and she liked the bottled sauce I used. She must have liked them, because she ate two ribs to my on and a half. I used those leftover potato wedges. I just fried them in olive oil with some salt and pepper. I had some sour cream on mine. I also made some corn. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/845 "2011-05-30T17:00:50Z")
Today’s menu includes cream of mushroom-bacon soup, and a dish I make where I cut up bratwurst into pieces and cook it with potatoes, green peppers, onions, and onion soup mix. Last night I made fusilli pasta with blue cheese, toasted walnuts, and balsamic vinegar. I could have sworn I saw Giada make this on the tv, but I couldn’t find her recipe, so I winged it. It was very good, but my 12 year-old, who likes _everything_, didn’t like it. Oh well, more for me. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/846 "2011-05-30T20:55:40Z")
Plan for the upcoming week (short, because of Memorial Day:) pesto shrimp, soba noodles, salad steaks, fried potatoes, salad pulled pork bbq, cornbread, cole slaw chicken stir fry pork chops, ratatouille salmon, beets, salad ---
**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:** [May 30, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/847 "2011-05-30T22:53:48Z")
Memorial Day, so that means simple and grilled: burgers, potato salad, cole slaw, beer. Lagunitas “Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ Ale” to be precise. Tomorrow will be fried chicken. Out for Thai Wednesday. Carnitas Thursday. Friday who knows? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/848 "2011-05-31T01:25:57Z")
Porcupine meatballs. They’re simmering now. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2011, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/849 "2011-05-31T01:35:49Z")
Hot dogs! And mac and cheese. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/850 "2011-05-31T01:58:15Z")
Pork chops and broccoli. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/851 "2011-05-31T02:14:26Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Pork chops and broccoli. You should have said, ‘Pork chops and apple sauce!’ A friend called me from Seattle today. She was at Saigon Deli and wanted to know if I wanted a bánh mì. Unfortunately, today’s a holiday I wasn’t in Seattle. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/852 "2011-05-31T02:37:51Z")
Today it was fajitas (specifically, skirt steak) and Cornell chicken, both on the grill, of course. Also, grilled asparagus and corn on the cob. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/853 "2011-05-31T02:40:46Z")
mac and cheese with broccoli tonight. I was out of town most of the weekend and didn’t bother trying for something holiday-ish. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/854 "2011-05-31T23:13:20Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > I had _every_ intention of making roasted rosemary chicken with red potatoes for dinner tonight; even had the chicken thawed! But the afternoon was _beautiful_ and **mudgirl** asked if we could _please, please, please_ go to the park. I knew that if we went to the park, I wouldn’t have time for roasted chicken. But going to the park on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon takes precedence over dinner plans, IMHO. So I put the chicken in the fridge (I’ll cook it tomorrow) and took them to the park, came home and made beanie weenies for dinner! 🙂 I’m glad you went to the park, Norine. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/855 "2011-05-31T23:30:13Z")
Tonight it was gazpacho with shrimp; tomorrow, a new chili recipe. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/856 "2011-06-01T01:11:09Z")
Seared tuna and arugula. I’m not sure have the heart for this without **norinew** … ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/857 "2011-06-01T01:56:47Z")
> [@Alpine](#): > > Seared tuna and arugula. > > I’m not sure have the heart for this without **norinew** … I feel ya, **Alpine**. _HUGS_ ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/858 "2011-06-01T16:18:32Z")
Almond apricot chicken and grilled fruit skewers. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/859 "2011-06-02T01:36:36Z")
Roomie sent an email saying she’s planning on making pizza. I assume that means heating the one I saw in the freezer. But she’s asleep now, so who knows what dinner will be? ---
**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:** [June 2, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/860 "2011-06-02T03:22:44Z")
Seared scallops, dry-aged NY strip and asparagus, served with a butter-garlic-lemon-thyme sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/861 "2011-06-02T23:59:51Z")
We didn’t have pizza last night. I don’t remember what I scrounged. Today has been Leftover Day. Or more to the point, Human Garbage Disposal Day. Breakfast was the last BBQ country pork rib leftover from Sunday. Lunch was the rest of the potato wedges from last Thursday. (I made ‘fry sauce’.) I was poking around the fridge and I found dinner: Soy chorizo leftover from who-knows-when, mashed potatoes I’d made to eat with the chorizo, and corn from… Sunday? Mixed it all together and nuked it. There’s still some bean soup from a couple of weeks ago, and pho from last week. I think those are just going to be tossed. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652/862 "2011-06-05T00:13:41Z")
Thai chicken lettuce cups. Ground chicken with fish sauce, basil, hot chili, etc. etc. wrapped in butter lettuce. The store now sells ground chicken which will make this much easier to prepare. We’ll see how the texture comes out. I expect it will be better with a more uniform grind than we can produce at home. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/566652.md?page=44)