# What's for dinner? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 9, 2007, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231 "2007-01-09T00:51:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/41 "2007-01-09T15:31:08Z")
I have no idea what to cook tonight, the only fresh veg I’ve got in the house is half a large sweet potato and a bag of kale. Hmm…could be interesting! ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/42 "2007-01-09T19:08:32Z")
[QUOTE=LifeOnWry] I made a big-ass pot of pasta e fagioli - enough to feed four people two meals each, a total cost of less than $5 including the loaf of Italian bread to go with, and no more skill required than the ability to boil water. [/QUOTE] If you’re still reading this, could you please give out the recipe? Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/43 "2007-01-09T19:44:08Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] Oh dear lord. The only hangikjot I’ve ever seen still had a face. Please tell me you don’t eat skata. [/QUOTE] I’ve never seen hangikjot look like anything but a smoked roast inside a boiling-friendly knit baggie. I think you’re thinking of seared sheep’s head, which I generally am not fond of eating. I think part of it is that the damned jawbone-- combination of smiling and visible teeth that bother me. I surely don’t eat skata, and I certainly don’t eat fermented shark meat or ram’s testicles. I do, however, eat rjupa (ptarmigan-- it’s kinda gamey) and lundi (mmmm, puffins!), but only while in Iceland. It’s difficult enough to import the hangikjot. I did, however, get a strange craving for an open-faced sandwich with cucumbers, butter, and sliced boiled eggs on it, so Icelandic “cuisine” has had a major influence on my list of palatable foods. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/44 "2007-01-09T20:02:00Z")
I think tonight we’ll have pancakes with fruit (probably strawberries and bananas, maybe blueberries) and whipped cream. ---
**Author:** ![Godfrey\_Daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Godfrey\_Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godfrey_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/45 "2007-01-09T20:05:00Z")
Last night was a salad, and a burrito with refried beans and chorizo; tonight will be baked chicken and leftover salad, maybe some brown rice. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/46 "2007-01-09T20:06:10Z")
I shall buy chicken and bean sprouts on the way home. If I can get into the house, I shall make Pad Thai. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/47 "2007-01-09T20:16:47Z")
[QUOTE=nashiitashii] I’ve never seen hangikjot look like anything but a smoked roast inside a boiling-friendly knit baggie. I think you’re thinking of seared sheep’s head, which I generally am not fond of eating. I think part of it is that the damned jawbone-- combination of smiling and visible teeth that bother me. I surely don’t eat skata, and I certainly don’t eat fermented shark meat or ram’s testicles. I do, however, eat rjupa (ptarmigan-- it’s kinda gamey) and lundi (mmmm, puffins!), but only while in Iceland. It’s difficult enough to import the hangikjot. I did, however, get a strange craving for an open-faced sandwich with cucumbers, butter, and sliced boiled eggs on it, so Icelandic “cuisine” has had a major influence on my list of palatable foods. [/QUOTE] We ate ptarmigan when I lived in the Arctic in Canada. A bit gamey for my liking. I think the only real Icelandic foods I care for are venar terta and lefse - but then, I didn’t grow up eating many other things. Mom’s family did, but Mom didn’t care to pass them along. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/48 "2007-01-09T20:20:05Z")
Probably leftover spicy tomato lentil soup. I got the recipe off a blog, and then didn’t follow it. I cooked two cans of diced tomatoes with four handfuls of green lentils, nigella seed, cumin, ginger, and cayenne. Quite yummy, especially with bread to dip. Huh. We’re out of bread. Maybe I’ll make some cornbread. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/49 "2007-01-09T20:26:16Z")
Last night was stuffed peppers (stuffed with sausage) and polenta. Tonight’s going to be Mexican pork (carnitas), homemade salsa, guacamole, tortillas and salad. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/50 "2007-01-09T20:34:59Z")
[QUOTE=GingerOfTheNorth] We ate ptarmigan when I lived in the Arctic in Canada. A bit gamey for my liking. I think the only real Icelandic foods I care for are venar terta and lefse - but then, I didn’t grow up eating many other things. Mom’s family did, but Mom didn’t care to pass them along. [/QUOTE] I have a love of lamb and [sub]sea creatures-- erm,[/sub] fish that is mainly the fault of my mother’s handing down of her particular favorites of Icelandic food. I like ponnokokkur (sp?), but my mom claims that she’s awful at making them. I’ll have to agree with the first five, though; they always end up tasting like rubber until she’s made about seven or eight of them. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/51 "2007-01-09T20:39:31Z")
Roast beef sandwiches, made from leftover roast beef from Sunday (Tuesday night suppers have to be quick, 'cause Mrs. Urquhart and I roll on Tuesday nights). ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/52 "2007-01-09T20:56:35Z")
Pot roast that’s been in the slow cooker all day with the veggies that were sitting around the fridge thinking about going bad. Not my favorite, but it only took a few minutes to throw together before work this morning, and if I’m lucky, I might get a few spare moments to read my book tonight! ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/53 "2007-01-09T21:02:32Z")
Hmmmmm, either Adult Beanie Weenie (Made with Turkey smoked sausage and baked beans seasoned with brown sugar, onions, mustard and BBQ sauce, covered with a layer of bread crumbs and parmesan cheese, baked in the oven until crusty on top) or I might Italian fry (I use olive oil) some boneless chicken breasts shaken in a flour, garlic powder and pepper mix) with some scratch aromatic white rice. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/54 "2007-01-09T21:07:15Z")
Chicken somethin’. I think maybe I’ll do perogies and green beans with it. ---
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/55 "2007-01-09T21:12:12Z")
Looks like it’s Boursin Baked Chicken and wild rice tonight. Maybe I’ll use some of those Spy apples to make a ‘Spy Crumble’ for dessert. Or would that be a ‘Brown Spy Betty’? ---
**Author:** ![Nightsong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightsong/32/3083_2.png) [@Nightsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightsong)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/56 "2007-01-09T21:32:43Z")
Hm. Last night it was at a Italian restaurant ($25 off of a $35 minimum purchase coupon): shrimp and scallops with sun dried tomatoes, artichoke hearts, and fresh mushrooms over fettuccine with a sherry-cream sauce. (My SO got the orange-garlic mahi mahi with risotto.) Tonight? Still a toss-up: have two more coupons to use but it’s the SO’s turn to work late tonight, so there is a chance he’ll get off work late enough to make dining out impractical. In which case, the default will be thawing some chicken and making Pad Thai or perhaps [this](http://tinyurl.com/ybehx9) recipe for Thai peanut soup I found. * * * \<\< Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard, be evil. \>\> ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/57 "2007-01-09T21:38:39Z")
I’m having a Restaurant Week dinner with some friends at [Acadiana](http://www.acadianarestaurant.com/dinner.html). Perusing the menu, I think I’ll be getting the barbeque shrimp. Mmmm, barbeque shrimp. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/58 "2007-01-09T21:39:11Z")
[QUOTE=LavenderBlue] Quote: Originally Posted by LifeOnWry I made a big-ass pot of pasta e fagioli - enough to feed four people two meals each, a total cost of less than $5 including the loaf of Italian bread to go with, and no more skill required than the ability to boil water. If you’re still reading this, could you please give out the recipe? Thank you. [/QUOTE] Sure thing! Boil a big pot of water with a little salt in it. Throw in a pound of ditalini noodles (or elbow noodles, or small shells, or chili mac noodles, or broken-up mostaccioli noodles…) and cook according to package directions until _al dente_. Here comes the important part: drain off only enough water that you still have about a half-inch to an inch of water covering the noodles in the pot. Add a 15 ounce can of Great Northern Beans, a 12 ounce can of tomato paste, and a 28 ounce can of petite diced tomatoes and stir thoroughly until the tomato paste is well distributed throughout. Add minced garlic to taste (you can use the kind that comes in a jar or you can garlic-press your own) and a handful of finely chopped parsley - fresh is better but dried will do just fine. Make sure it’s all well-stirred and hot throughout, and serve. If you’re vegan, you can eat this as-is. If not, you can do as I do and throw loads of parmesan cheese on your serving, and have crunchy Italian bread and butter with it. The best thing about this recipe is that it’s pretty flexible. You can use more or less beans, or skip the diced tomatoes, or use tomato sauce instead of paste (but in that case you will want to drain all the water off the noodles), replace the parsley with basil, whatever. I sometimes have a bit of leftover spaghetti sauce from one meal or another and I throw that in, too. ---
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/59 "2007-01-09T22:19:30Z")
Tonight we’re having brined, bone-in chicken breasts on the grill, roasted garlic-rosemary potatoes, and a salad. Kinda summery, but we loves us some chicken on the grill! ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/60 "2007-01-09T22:42:41Z")
[QUOTE=LifeOnWry] Sure thing! Boil a big pot of water with a little salt in it. Throw in a pound of ditalini noodles (or elbow noodles, or small shells, or chili mac noodles, or broken-up mostaccioli noodles…) and cook according to package directions until _al dente_. Here comes the important part: drain off only enough water that you still have about a half-inch to an inch of water covering the noodles in the pot. Add a 15 ounce can of Great Northern Beans, a 12 ounce can of tomato paste, and a 28 ounce can of petite diced tomatoes and stir thoroughly until the tomato paste is well distributed throughout. Add minced garlic to taste (you can use the kind that comes in a jar or you can garlic-press your own) and a handful of finely chopped parsley - fresh is better but dried will do just fine. Make sure it’s all well-stirred and hot throughout, and serve. If you’re vegan, you can eat this as-is. If not, you can do as I do and throw loads of parmesan cheese on your serving, and have crunchy Italian bread and butter with it. The best thing about this recipe is that it’s pretty flexible. You can use more or less beans, or skip the diced tomatoes, or use tomato sauce instead of paste (but in that case you will want to drain all the water off the noodles), replace the parsley with basil, whatever. I sometimes have a bit of leftover spaghetti sauce from one meal or another and I throw that in, too. [/QUOTE] That sounds delicious. Thank you! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231.md?page=4)