# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/61 "2007-01-10T00:26:02Z")
[QUOTE=Terrorcotta] 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’? [/QUOTE] Just had the Boursin Baked Chicken and the wild rice (with gravy!). It was so good I envied myself for getting such great food EVEN AS I ATE IT! The Spy Crumble is still in the oven. Guess I’ll be envying myself again soon … ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/62 "2007-01-10T01:45:24Z")
everybody at home is sick. Chicken rice soup it is. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/63 "2007-01-10T01:51:23Z")
Home-made chili tonight. Nothing like a bowl of red and a beer to settle down the stress of the day. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/64 "2007-01-10T02:11:11Z")
It’s lunchtime for me. I think a cheese and ham sandwich will hit the spot. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/65 "2007-01-10T02:23:29Z")
[QUOTE=LifeOnWry] Sure thing! … 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] Man, that DOES sound good! I might have to make that soon. Earlier today I read someone’s recipe for lamb curry burritos or something. It sounded very complicated, but the main thing I took away from it was BURRITOS. So I made myself a couple of tasty tasty black bean burritos for dinner. They were goooood! Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/66 "2007-01-10T02:58:38Z")
I just had the spy apple crumb cake washed down with mocha coffee. I AM ENVYING MYSELF LIKE A MOTHERRRFUCKERRRRRR!!! ---
**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 10, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/67 "2007-01-10T03:07:15Z")
[QUOTE=Evil Captor] I just had the spy apple crumb cake washed down with mocha coffee. [/QUOTE] I recall my beanie weenies, indeed, my Pad-Thai-From-A-Box, and curse beginning this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/68 "2007-01-10T03:26:35Z")
Leftover “scrambled amoeba”. 🙂 That’s my name for hamburger hash and mashed potatoes, all mixed up. It is my favourite meal of all. I bought some glorious new cookware at Costco on Sunday (stainless-steel pots and pans with copper/aluminum bottoms, and they’re quite heavy–my first new set ever!) and the first thing I did after getting them home and washing them was make mashed potatoes. I had the potatoes boiling in three litres of water and the handle of the pot was _cool to the touch_. I also took one of the frying pans, poured a thin layer of water in it, put it on the heat, threw in some diced onions, and dropped in a frozen lump of lean ground beef. As the beef cooked on the outside of the lump, I scraped it off and let it simmer. Eventually the lump was all gone, and the meat was all simmering. I have no idea whether there is a culinary name for that technique. So I had some of it on Sunday, and bunged the rest into the fridge. I went to the gym tonight after work, and on the way home, all I could think about was this food. ---
**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 10, 2007, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/69 "2007-01-10T03:52:12Z")
Thanks, Sunspace. I feel better. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/70 "2007-01-10T03:58:50Z")
If that avocado has softened enough by tonight, I’ll have the best cold chicken wraps the free world has ever laid eyes on. Chicken, avocado, tomato, onion, cucumber, salsa, possibly some garlic. Meow. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/71 "2007-01-10T12:41:37Z")
Tonight, at **mudgirl’s** request, we will be dining on French toast. When I make my menus on Sundays, I always ask for requests, and her request was “breakfast for dinner; we haven’t done that in a long time!” ---
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/72 "2007-01-10T15:23:38Z")
[QUOTE=Evil Captor] I just had the spy apple crumb cake washed down with mocha coffee. I AM ENVYING MYSELF LIKE A MOTHERRRFUCKERRRRRR!!! [/QUOTE] Ohhhh, so **that’s** what you were doing… :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/73 "2007-01-10T16:51:18Z")
[QUOTE=Terrorcotta] Ohhhh, so **that’s** what you were doing… :dubious: [/QUOTE] That’s my story and I’m sticking to it … 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/74 "2007-01-10T18:10:35Z")
Uh huh… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/75 "2007-01-10T23:03:11Z")
[QUOTE=Sunspace] I also took one of the frying pans, poured a thin layer of water in it, put it on the heat, threw in some diced onions, and dropped in a frozen lump of lean ground beef. As the beef cooked on the outside of the lump, I scraped it off and let it simmer. Eventually the lump was all gone, and the meat was all simmering. I have no idea whether there is a culinary name for that technique. [/QUOTE] I call it “Oh, Crap - I Forgot To Thaw Any Meat” and employ it rather more than I would like. Works a treat, though, dunnit? ---
**Author:** ![lokij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@lokij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lokij)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/76 "2007-01-10T23:28:04Z")
Dirty rice tonight with some andouille. ---
**Author:** ![badkittypriestess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8baadc/32.png) [@badkittypriestess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badkittypriestess)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2007, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/77 "2007-01-11T00:33:46Z")
breakfast for dinner sounds good…now do I want French Toast or eggs over easy with toast and grape jelly? Just posting this is making me hungry! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/78 "2007-01-11T00:47:12Z")
I asked my GF to take out some chicken for dinner. Dinner depends on which chicken ended up being defrosted. I’m hoping it’s boneless breasts + thighs, 'cuz I want to make my favourite chicken dish tonight: Chicken paprika. I have a ton of homemade yogurt that should be used up, and it’s a kick-ass way to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Squeaker\_Snow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Squeaker\_Snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squeaker_Snow)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/79 "2007-01-11T00:48:42Z")
I made my husband a chicken casserole. I cubed two boneless chicken breasts, sauteed them with a diced clove of garlic in olive oil, sprinkled on a little salt and pepper, then drizzled a little balsamic vinegar on top…cooked it until it was browned, then added a can of Campbell’s cream of mushroom soup, a half can of milk, some parsley flakes…uh, then mixed that up with some cooked noodles…put that in a casserole dish, covered the top with five slices of Velveeta cheese and covered that with bread crumbs. I popped it in a 350 oven for 20 minutes and the man nearly wept with joy!!! And to think I made it up as I went along with what was in the fridge and pantry. He actually said, “You should enter this in a contest.” My goodness…I’m Julia Child!!! ---
**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 11, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/387231/80 "2007-01-11T00:50:05Z")
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