# What's for dinner tonight?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 6, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183 "2015-08-06T19:37:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/1 "2015-08-06T19:37:06Z")
I’m hungry, cutting calories, and would rather think about food than get my work done right now.
Tonight we are having swordfish, wasabi mashed potatoes, and asparagus. Husband cooks the fish…I’m pretty sure he just coats it in sesame seeds and bastes it with hot olive oil. YUM!
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### Author:  [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2015, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/2 "2015-08-06T19:42:21Z")
I’m gonna finish the rest of that 12 pack I have sitting in my fridge and then follow it with a ribeye and some buttery garlic rice.
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### Author:  [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/3 "2015-08-06T20:01:58Z")
Thursday is pizza night! Beer may also be involved.
Wasabi mashed potatoes. You interest me strangely…
Regards,
Shodan
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/4 "2015-08-06T20:22:10Z")
Oh man, try it. Do the usual mashed potatoes (salt, butter, milk, sour cream maybe) and add a couple teaspoons wasabi paste. It’s righteous.
Beer sounds good, too, but we’re winos. We’ll kill another bottle of red tonight.
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### Author:  [@littleAl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/littleAl)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/5 "2015-08-06T20:30:19Z")
We had burgers and chips tonight. I can’t decide whether tomorrow night will be cottage pie or mince and dumplings (which I haven’t had for ages)
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### Author:  [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/6 "2015-08-06T20:32:44Z")
Beef stroganoff. It’s time to use up that sour cream.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/7 "2015-08-06T20:33:16Z")
The SO has requested salmon cakes and lemon-dill Béchamel sauce. I’ll knock off work in a couple of hours and go to the store for ingredients.
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/8 "2015-08-06T20:47:41Z")
Pork chops, likely off the grill. Don’t know what else. Not my turn to cook. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/9 "2015-08-07T15:03:11Z")
Tonight…leftover pizza unless the kids have eaten it already!
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### Author:  [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/10 "2015-08-07T15:17:43Z")
Dinner last night was spaghettini with a red wine herb tomato sauce, italian sausage meatballs, sprinkled with fresh grated asiago and parsley,some lovely Portuguese multi grain buns and butter with a homemade gamay to wash it down.
FWIW, for mashed potatoes we add sea salt, pepper, plain greek yogurt, a dash of shredded old cheddar or gouda and a generous dollop of horseradish. Skins on.
Supper tonight is going to be rare reverse seared rib eyes, broiled baby potatoes with garlic, rosemary and olive oil, and grilled asparagus. Beverage will be either a nice pinot noir or Fowl Mouth extra strong bitter.
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### Author:  [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/11 "2015-08-07T15:21:56Z")
Not sure yet but I’m really in a mood for Tex-mex. Enchiladas sound proper at this moment but we’ll see what happens when I actually get into the kitchen.
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### Author:  [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/12 "2015-08-07T15:45:44Z")
Tonight will be grill-smoked buffalo chicken wings made with a mix of Srihacha and [Pain 100%](http://www.originaljuan.com/hot-sauces/pain-100-hot-sauce). Eyes will be watering, tongues will be numbed. Other than that, we’ll just be emptying out leftovers.
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/13 "2015-08-07T15:46:46Z")
Supper last night was at a neighborhood pub, fish & chips with cole slaw. I may not have ever ordered anything else from there and no longer even look at the menu, it’s that good.
Tonite we’ll grill ribeyes and this weekend smoke a brisket and Boston butt that’ll provide meals for much of the week.
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/14 "2015-08-07T15:56:20Z")
> [@lieu](#):
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> Supper last night was at a neighborhood pub, fish & chips with cole slaw. I may not have ever ordered anything else from there and no longer even look at the menu, it’s that good.
Back home, it was always a dilemma whether to choose the fish & chips, or the bangers & mash. They were both that good.
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### Author:  [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/15 "2015-08-07T18:08:29Z")
Tonight will be BLTs
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### Author:  [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/16 "2015-08-07T18:12:31Z")
It’s Friday in Wisconsin so it can’t be anything but Friday night fish fry, which is pretty much mandatory at any bar that serves food here. Just need to choose between perch, bluegill or walleye. But there’s a 12 pound turkey going into a brine in a few hours that will spend a couple hours on my Weber with some hickory chips tomorrow.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/17 "2015-08-07T20:23:35Z")
Visitors arriving this afternoon. We’ll probably kill a bottle of Portuguese Douro before heading out for dinner at an Ethiopian place nearby. Supposed to be excellent.
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### Author:  [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/18 "2015-08-07T20:31:43Z")
Long overdue steaks on the grill, with sauteed broccoli and garlic and a Trader Joe’s pasta side. Life has been too miserable to eat much more than snacks the last few days. We’re miserable and defeated and need some damn food.
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### Author:  [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/19 "2015-08-07T20:38:41Z")
Dunno. Stopping to do some grocery shopping on the way home. Will probably just be some fruit and some ice cream.
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### Author:  [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2015, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight/727183/20 "2015-08-07T22:41:26Z")
Going out to dinner with some work colleagues and an employment candidate. don’t know what I’ll be having.
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