What Did You Have for Dinner?

[SfanGoch]

That there sounds good.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Chicken (leftover) enchiladas with roasted tomatillo & chili salsa, yellow rice. Was gonna have black beans too, but they just never got tender. I've had a run of hard black beans. Must not be living right. 

Probably dump everything leftover from this (way too much for one person) into a big pot of chili for the weekend.

Edited November 1, 2018 by Ace-Garageguy

[SfanGoch]

That sounds good, too. I go the easy route and get Goya Black Beans and Rice and toss in a packet of Sazon Goya to turn the rice yellow.

[Ace-Garageguy]

I've got Vigo Black Beans and Rice in the cupboard. I'll try that next time. Actually, I have Vigo yellow rice too. The Vigo stuff is OK, not great. My real rice came out fine, and when I could actually cook beans, they cost almost nothing and get nice and creamy. Lately I've been doing something wrong. We have some Goya products down here, but mostly canned goods.

Edited November 1, 2018 by Ace-Garageguy

[ewetwo]

57 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

I've got Vigo Black Beans and Rice in the cupboard. I'll try that next time. Actually, I have Vigo yellow rice too. The Vigo stuff is OK, not great. My real rice came out fine, and when I could actually cook beans, they cost almost nothing and get nice and creamy. Lately I've been doing something wrong. We have some Goya products down here, but mostly canned goods.

Hey, we should all open a restaurant. 

Edited November 2, 2018 by ewetwo

[SfanGoch]

Vigo's not bad. Vitarroz and Carolina are good, too. If you use the Goya canned black or red beans, cut up some bacon, chopped onion, garlic and add a little tomato paste with the red beans. Do the same with the black beans, minus the tomato paste. Throw that down on some yellow rice and yer set.

[SfanGoch]

3 minutes ago, ewetwo said:

Hey, we should all open a restaurant. 

Bro, I've had thoughts about doing that. Regular old 1950's-1960's greasy spoon type with counter service, serving up real chow that people in my neighborhood grew up eating, with swivel stools, Jet Spray Beverage Dispensers and a jukebox in the back.  No artisanal, handcrafted c_rap here. Just need the 100 large to get it together.

Cesar Ramirez, the clown who operates the Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare, in Hell's Kitchen, hates my guts; but, even he complimented me on my cooking. He still hates me, though.

[StevenGuthmiller]

57 minutes ago, SfanGoch said:

Bro, I've had thoughts about doing that. Regular old 1950's-1960's greasy spoon type with counter service, serving up real chow that people in my neighborhood grew up eating, with swivel stools, Jet Spray Beverage Dispensers and a jukebox in the back.  No artisanal, handcrafted c_rap here. Just need the 100 large to get it together.

Cesar Ramirez, the clown who operates the Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare, in Hell's Kitchen, hates my guts; but, even he complimented me on my cooking. He still hates me, though.

If you come to my neck of the woods, I've got a lead on an old drive-in/ ice cream shop that's up for sale right on highway 10.

The express way between Fargo ND and the Minnesota lakes country.

I thought that it would be a great place for a good old fashioned, greasy spoon BBQ joint.

The Fargo/Moorhead area doesn't really have a good BBQ joint that I know of.

 

Steve

[SfanGoch]

Heh, the commute would be murder.

[StevenGuthmiller]

1 hour ago, SfanGoch said:

Heh, the commute would be murder.

Yeah, and I can't think of a really good reason to move here!

 

Steve

[OldTrucker]

For the first time in a couple decades FREID PORK CHOPS!!!

Mashed taters with gravy made from the pork chop leavings, and brussel sprouts in butter sauce!

[ewetwo]

Rigatoni with homemade spaghetti meat sauce and sausage. I use ground turkey and turkey link sausage in this one. And a romaine tossed salad and Italian bread. . 

[StevenGuthmiller]

Tonight, my wife will be eating prime rib at Texas Roadhouse.

I will be eating frozen pizza at home.

 

Steve

[Tom Geiger]

1 hour ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

Tonight, my wife will be eating prime rib at Texas Roadhouse.

I will be eating frozen pizza at home.

 

Steve

How the heck does that happen?!  

Us? We live in the fast lane.  My wife brought home half a salad they had a work today.  I have one piece of store bought fried chicken from last night (ate 2 pieces for lunch since I worked from home today) and I checked the cabinet and found a bag of gummy  bears.   With beer of course.

[StevenGuthmiller]

My son is the kitchen manager at a Texas Roadhouse about 80 miles from home.

She goes to visit him about once a month, and he works constantly, so the only place that she can visit him is at work.

Sometimes I accompany her, but today, she wanted to leave early so that she could return early.

She left before I was off from work.

 

Steve

[Rob Hall]

Had Skyline Chili for dinner...it's a SW Ohio thing, but there is a restaurant here in the Cleveland area with it.  Tasty.    I've been using DoorDash and UberEats for restaurant delivery a lot lately..very convenient when working from home..

Edited November 2, 2018 by Rob Hall

[oldnslow]

roasted pork pad thai , spring rolls , soup and iced tea .

[Ace-Garageguy]

Jus' had me 'bout the best gol durned bowl of cowboy chili ever. I don't mean no danged highfalutin recipe-book chili neither. I mean every dang leftover I had jus' throwed in the pot, and adjusted with cumin and onions and garlic and coffee and maple syrup and chocolate. Powerful good.  

[SfanGoch]

Pardner, that kind o' grub reminds me of the good ole days ridin' the range

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

^^^  Only downside is the danged stuff turned into 'bout enough methane to drive from here to Tulsa. Desert wind indeed. 

Edited November 3, 2018 by Ace-Garageguy

[ewetwo]

Just now, Ace-Garageguy said:

^^^  Only downside is the danged stuff turned into 'bout enough methane to drive from here to Tulsa.  

Beano. LOL

[Ace-Garageguy]

Made a pan of cornbread to go with the last of the chili, itself subsequently modified and stretched with the addition of half a bottle o' leftover sghetti sauce and half a can o' corned beef hash...both probably within hours of sprouting the first fuzzy tufts of mold...all re-tied together with a masterful blend of spices, and cooking down until almost burned.

Hard to beat a steaming bowl of sweet-hot chili and a slab of coarse butter-slathered cornbread after a crisp fall day in the woods.  

[ewetwo]

Rosemary parmesan scalloped potatoes with boneless centercut pork chops baked on top with glazed carrots as a side. Apple cranberry crumb topped pie for dessert. 

[StevenGuthmiller]

Not the prettiest meal ever, but it was pretty tasty.

Linguine with mushrooms & tomatoes in a Parmesan cream sauce.

Topped with crispy fried onions & ricotta cheese.

 

 

 

 

I'll let that digest for a while & then top it off with a great big slab of chocolate cake with peanut butter icing!

 

 

 

Steve

[ewetwo]

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