# What's for dinner? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 31, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/262338 "2004-08-31T01:07:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [August 31, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/262338/1 "2004-08-31T01:07:59Z")
Y’know? Sometimes I like to eat. Usually I just grab “whatever”. It’s just fuel. (Don’t get me wrong; I’m a very good cook. I usually just don’t bother.) Tonight I put three small red potatoes and an ear of corn on the boil. Then I heated the crab that, yesterday, I caught, killed, cleaned, cooked, and de-shelled. Olive oil marg on everything. Mmmmm… Dinner! What did you have? ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/262338/2 "2004-08-31T01:09:47Z")
Brown sugar pop tarts. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/262338/3 "2004-08-31T01:31:34Z")
Beef-a-roni made with whole wheat macaroni elbows, and fried apples. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/262338/4 "2004-08-31T01:36:34Z")
Homemade Nachos: Chips, cheese, refried beans and guacamole. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/262338/5 "2004-08-31T01:36:51Z")
Salad of leaf lettuce, tomato, cuke, celery, red onion, bit of colby jack cheese, a few chick peas, HEB Three Cheese Ranch dressing. ---
**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/262338/6 "2004-08-31T01:48:59Z")
Free-range Chinese chicken wings, sticky rice and steamed green beans. Yummy. ---
**Author:** ![Necro\_Romancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/50afbb/32.png) [@Necro\_Romancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necro_Romancer)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/262338/7 "2004-08-31T02:34:03Z")
Oven roasted turkey breast, gravy, and a green bean casserole. The roommates had frozen dinners. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/262338/8 "2004-08-31T02:47:58Z")
I threw some red wine, minced garlic, sliced onion, buttery butter, two boneless, skinless chicken breasts, some fresh spinach and whole mushrooms in a pan to simmer for about an hour and served it over shell macaroni. Nummy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/262338/9 "2004-08-31T02:49:15Z")
A box of Pizza Rolls, a handful of tortilla chips and salsa con queso, and two mini-brownies. You _had_ to ask on my junk food night! :o ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/262338/10 "2004-08-31T03:52:33Z")
I went out to eat at a Mongolian Grill and pretty much tried everything they had sans the seafood. The mutton with lime and broccoli was good but I didn’t really care for anything else. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/262338/11 "2004-08-31T04:41:29Z")
Pad Thai and pineapple fried rice. Oh, and golden bags. ---
**Author:** ![gfloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gfloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gfloyd)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/262338/12 "2004-08-31T04:48:27Z")
Sag Paneer and tofu and peas in an onion curry coconut sauce. One of the few benefits of being stranded at my parents for a week is the food. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/262338/13 "2004-08-31T04:57:38Z")
Chinese chicken salad with ginger dressing from the place down the street. ---
**Author:** ![Toddly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@Toddly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toddly)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/262338/14 "2004-08-31T05:15:23Z")
Lemon chicken in a white wine sauce with garlic and capers, mashed potatoes and green beans with pine nuts. Nothing was left. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/262338/15 "2004-08-31T07:03:57Z")
Chicken wings, white rice, and broccoli. > [@that\_darn\_cat](#): > > Free-range Chinese chicken wings, sticky rice and steamed green beans. Yummy. Sticky rice for dinner??? That’s more of a _dim sum_ dish, ainnit? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/262338/16 "2004-08-31T14:14:45Z")
Peanut butter sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/262338/17 "2004-08-31T15:05:04Z")
Why am I reading this with still an hour left to go before I can eat lunch? Gee, thanks people–now I’m REALLY hungry. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/262338/18 "2004-08-31T15:14:04Z")
Spaghetti with meat sauce. Lots of garlic. I had hummus and pita for lunch, too. Anyone want me to breathe on them? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/262338/19 "2004-08-31T16:40:41Z")
Last night was herb-roasted chicken stuffed with homemade herb-parmesean breadcrumbs, and a baked potato loaded with sour cream. Tonight…well, I don’t know…_in theory_ I have a date, but there are no details and I have a suspicion it might be canceled. if it is canceled, then I’ll probably either finish off the rack of ribs I made sunday, or defrost and cook a steak. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/262338/20 "2004-08-31T18:27:52Z")
[Beef](http://www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com/), it’s what’s for dinner. Actually, I can’t believe that this thread has gone this far without that smart assed answer. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/262338.md?page=2)