# What's for dinner? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 4, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139 "2018-02-04T00:53:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**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:** [March 11, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/322 "2018-03-11T00:40:14Z")
Today it was a surprisingly good fish chowder from the leftover fish from the fish fry we went to last night. (Onions + potatoes + celery + corn + a little carrot + a little garlic + broth + milk + leftover fried fish, diced up.) ---
**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:** [March 11, 2018, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/323 "2018-03-11T03:22:18Z")
_oof_ Mrs. L.A. took us out for Mexican tonight. Carne asada, pollo asado, camarones, arroz, frijoles, soft corn tortillas, jalapeño poppers… and we each had two 20 oz. ‘Cadillac margaritas’. I’m stuffed like a demon. And there are leftovers. Incidentally, the corn and chicken was good last night. I put it in a casserole over slices of polenta, and sprinkled the cotija cheese on top. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/324 "2018-03-11T04:04:03Z")
Oh. I seldom drink. I’m feeling those margaritas. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOldKJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@GoodOldKJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOldKJ)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/325 "2018-03-11T04:07:19Z")
I made a crock pot full of Chilli. 2.5lbs Hamburger, dark and light red Kidney beans, black beans, pintos, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, and my secret spices. We will be at it all week with whatever else added in as the week goes along. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/326 "2018-03-11T19:05:05Z")
It’s a beautiful 60s spring day in Portland, so I’m thinking the year’s first grilled hot dogs, a bowl of potato salad and some doctored up Bush’s beans. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/327 "2018-03-11T20:06:39Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > It’s a beautiful 60s spring day in Portland, so I’m thinking the year’s first grilled hot dogs, a bowl of potato salad and some doctored up Bush’s beans. Sounds good. My MIL has taken to sending my Wife and I a box of Omaha steaks for Christmas and birthdays and such. The steaks are OK. BUT their hot dogs are probably the best I’ve ever had. It’s kinda weird. Made a burrito mix today. We’ll have enough leftover for a few days. It’s really all about the toppings. Lettuce (must be ice burgh, sliced, not chopped) tomatoes, cheese, onions and sour cream. The jalapenos go right into the mix. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/328 "2018-03-11T20:10:01Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Sounds good. My MIL has taken to sending my Wife and I a box of Omaha steaks for Christmas and birthdays and such. The steaks are OK. BUT their hot dogs are probably the best I’ve ever had. It’s kinda weird. > > Made a burrito mix today. We’ll have enough leftover for a few days. It’s really all about the toppings. Lettuce (must be ice burgh, sliced, not chopped) tomatoes, cheese, onions and sour cream. The jalapenos go right into the mix. Hebrew National for us, consistently rated tops in retail hot dogs you can find everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/329 "2018-03-11T20:21:46Z")
Pork shoulder with a maple syrup- mustard glaze under pineapple slices. Going to make a tahini yoghurt lemon dressing for a salad. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/330 "2018-03-11T22:07:52Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Sounds good. My MIL has taken to sending my Wife and I a box of Omaha steaks for Christmas and birthdays and such. The steaks are OK. BUT their hot dogs are probably the best I’ve ever had. It’s kinda weird. I just ordered some of their gourmet franks. I’ll try to remember to let you know what I think. With shipping, they’re about $3.00 each, so I hope they’re good. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2018, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/331 "2018-03-11T23:34:05Z")
Leftover Mexican food tonight. Probably in about an hour or so. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/332 "2018-03-11T23:56:42Z")
Cowboy supper tonite. Steaks on the grill. Steak fries, cowboy beans and cornbread. Everything is ready but the steaks. They come off at the degree of doneness you like, I am always last. Well-well done for me. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/333 "2018-03-12T00:27:16Z")
Hebrew National franks are very good, but I prefer Nathan’s Famous (also all-beef) for a supermarket hot dog. Nathan’s started out in Coney Island; are their products available out there in America where everybody is? I would cheerfully buy Chicago’s Vienna Beef if I could get it here. For a special treat, I stop in at Schaller and Weber on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and buy their hand-made frankfurters…plus their bratwurst and bauenwurst. Tonight we had a veggie dinner from Anna Jones’s A MODERN WAY TO COOK. I would burn that book, but the Ukulele Lady would only buy a new copy. This was pretty good, though: A potato-carrot roesti with grilled scallions, sauteed fresh spinach, first rate cottage cheese from a fancy-schmancy local dairy, and one fried egg apiece. (Roesti is like a huge potato pancake, cooked in a 10-inch skillet. I usually make it with potatoes only, Swiss-style, but adding carrot didn’t hurt it and added Vitamin A. I can see for miles and miles now.) ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/334 "2018-03-12T00:46:44Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Hebrew National for us, consistently rated tops in retail hot dogs you can find everywhere. Or Nathans for grocery store brand - I almost cried the day they stopped making Hebrew National. Luckily for me though I’m not too far from the Vienna Beef factory outlet store where you can get dogs like they use at Chicago hot dog stands and I’ve never seen in a grocery store. Tonight is Greek style lamb chops and potatoes (olive oil, lemon, oregano) courtesy of Pere’s Fresh Market - at $7/Lb. hot and ready to eat I really can’t help myself. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2018, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/335 "2018-03-12T01:02:19Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Or Nathans for grocery store brand - I almost cried the day they stopped making Hebrew National. Luckily for me though I’m not too far from the Vienna Beef factory outlet store where you can get dogs like they use at Chicago hot dog stands and I’ve never seen in a grocery store. > > Tonight is Greek style lamb chops and potatoes (olive oil, lemon, oregano) courtesy of Pere’s Fresh Market - at $7/Lb. hot and ready to eat I really can’t help myself. Hebrew National is alive and well, unless they went out of business in the last six months. [Website](http://www.hebrewnational.com/). Otto’s, a local butcher, makes very good dogs that have gotten high ratings nationwide. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/336 "2018-03-12T01:08:20Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Hebrew National is alive and well, unless they went out of business in the last six months. [Website](http://www.hebrewnational.com/). > > Otto’s, a local butcher, makes very good dogs that have gotten high ratings nationwide. You’re absolutely correct - I was thinking of Best’s Kosher ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/337 "2018-03-12T01:47:02Z")
Beef and broccoli stir-fry tonight, based on this version: > **[Restaurant Style Beef and Broccoli](https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/191156/restaurant-style-beef-and-broccoli/)** > > This beef with broccoli is Chinese stir-fry food at its best. It's quick and easy to make, delicious served over rice, and can be made with chicken. … with some rice for my I.T. Guy and flat rice noodles for me. It was really good! The sauce is particularly tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/338 "2018-03-12T02:34:56Z")
Crab tacos, couscous and steamed veggies (including tri-color carrots). For dessert - the most important part of any meal, imo - vegan chocolate pie with a cashew nut crust. And all of it was really, really good. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/339 "2018-03-13T01:41:49Z")
Falafel in pita pockets, with lettuce, tomato, homemade tzatziki, and feta. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/340 "2018-03-13T02:18:24Z")
Meatballs and schpagootz, and a green salad. Ukulele Lady had roasted eggplant, kumatoes, and onion over edamame fettuccine. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner/808139/341 "2018-03-13T03:20:48Z")
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