# What's for Dinner/ **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 23, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/785102 "2017-04-23T22:57:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/785102/162 "2017-05-18T16:41:58Z")
Sounds great. I love having non-“breakfast” food for breakfast. For me the height of luxury is sitting down with a halved ripe avocado, a salt shaker, and a spoon. It’s the avocado-based equivalent of eating a ripe summer tomato out of hand while standing over the kitchen sink. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/785102/163 "2017-05-18T17:32:41Z")
Pierogies tonight…:smack: just realized I need to stop and get sour cream on the way home. ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/785102/164 "2017-05-18T17:53:19Z")
Eating late after swimming. A big green salad with herb baked chicken, strawberries, blueberries, pecans and feta with balsamic dressing. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/785102/165 "2017-05-18T23:46:55Z")
Sauteed onions and poblano peppers in chopped Polish sausage and bacon, with eggs lightly scrambled in. Buttered toasted slices of Italian bread. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/785102/166 "2017-05-19T04:03:55Z")
Cuban _ropa vieja_ on three fresh corn tortillas for me, and leaves of Romaine lettuce for the Ukulele Lady. Plus a plate of sliced ripe avocados with salt and fresh lime juice. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/785102/167 "2017-05-19T04:05:19Z")
Fettucine alfredo, three small rounds of garlic bread, ice water. ---
**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 19, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/785102/168 "2017-05-19T20:48:44Z")
Tonight I’m planning on Cajun salmon. I’ve just mixed up a jar full of rub. Mac’n’cheese, and green beans on the side. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/785102/169 "2017-05-19T21:23:48Z")
Simon & Garfunkel chicken, rice pilaf and Asian chopped salad, plus pudding parfaits… we’re having company. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/785102/170 "2017-05-19T21:28:16Z")
I got a pile of banh mi I picked up at lunch. Got a couple to take home to the wife and a couple extra for myself for dinner and late-night snacking. They were only $3 a piece and they gave me the 6th one free. I love that place! ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/785102/171 "2017-05-19T22:24:02Z")
It’s a gorgeous day here in the PNW, perfect temperature, sunny and blue. Calls for grilling, so I’m taking the easy way out. Strip steak rare with a potato baked on the grill with more grilled asparagus from the garden and a green salad with homemade balsamic dressing. A glass of good Cabernet Sauvignon. Rhubarb crumble for dessert if I feel ambitious and nothing if I don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/785102/172 "2017-05-19T23:53:59Z")
Nathan’s dogs on the grill, shrimp salad and some doctored up Bush’s beans. And a Breakside IPA. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/785102/173 "2017-05-20T00:17:59Z")
We made a Hello Fresh meal. Berebere chicken and rice. It was very good! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/785102/174 "2017-05-20T01:28:09Z")
Oxtails and broad beans, peas and rice, jerk chicken and sweet plantains. Take out-- too hot to cook. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/785102/175 "2017-05-20T02:06:29Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Oxtails and broad beans, peas and rice, jerk chicken and sweet plantains. Take out-- too hot to cook. _drool_ Been far too long since I had a proper Caribbean dinner. Looks like there’s a trip to _El Gran Castillo de Jagua_ on Flatbush Ave in my near future. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/785102/176 "2017-05-20T02:11:47Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I got a pile of banh mi I picked up at lunch. Got a couple to take home to the wife and a couple extra for myself for dinner and late-night snacking. They were only $3 a piece and they gave me the 6th one free. I love that place! We finally started getting _bahn mi_ storefronts in Park Slope about five years ago, but the sumsbitches charged $6-8 per sandwich. I can still get them for around $3 in Chinatown, down in Sunset Park, but it’s a schlep. Bahn mi explanation for th’ poor bastards in flyover country: [Bánh mì - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1nh_m%C3%AC) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/785102/177 "2017-05-20T04:06:15Z")
Tossed salad, calamari, filet mignon, chocolate torte, a good glass of Cabernet, ice water and decaf. ---
**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 20, 2017, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/785102/178 "2017-05-20T17:20:14Z")
Chicken piri-piri, potato salad (unless I change my mind and do a green salad instead), grilled vegetables. ---
**Author:** ![CatandMouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@CatandMouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatandMouse)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/785102/179 "2017-05-20T17:29:22Z")
Veggie & bean soup. With veggie broth, carrots, potatoes, cabbage, tomatoes, onion, green pepper, garlic, green beans, corn, peas, celery, and cannellini beans. Served with Kashi Garlic Pesto Pita chips. That’s going to be my lunch all week long. ---
**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 21, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/785102/180 "2017-05-21T15:40:20Z")
Tombstone pepperoni pizza. See, I wanted to use some of that mint I planted, and I had a bag of small limes, so I decided to try my hand at daiquiris and mojitos. Ended up drinking 9 ounces of 80-proof alcohol (six drinks by legal definition) and couldn’t be arsed to actually cook. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/785102/181 "2017-05-21T15:54:20Z")
Chicken and garlic cheesy rice casserole tonight. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/785102.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/785102.md?page=10)