What's for dinner?

Post by **Avatar** » Mon Jun 04, 2018 5:24 am

Dinner last night was tomato soup. Went pretty well, but next time less leeks.

--A

Post by **Skyweir** » Mon Jun 04, 2018 5:52 am

Made from scratch or popped open a tin

I used to love tomato soup and toast .. but my husband has an irrational aversion to red liquidy or goopy foods

so what was once a quick easy stand by .. is now no more.

I make my own sausage rolls .. and he hates tomato sauce .. so .. in fact it was literally banned from the house .. he hates it so much .. and me a Brit

.. so LOVE tomato sauce with sausage rolls ..

So Id sneak some in with the sausage mix ... and yum .. he loved it and was never the wiser .. still to this day I do this and he has absolutely no clue .. but how good is it??

You gotta be sneaky some times .. especially when dealing with an obstinate child who doesnt want to come to the party .. but once there

BINGO ... loves it

Also Brit ... love vinegar with my fish and chips .. doh??? He hates the smell of vinegar .. LOL .. so well thats hard to disguise LOL

.. so just eat it anyway .. but have to sit well away from him so he cant smell it .. LOL

ahhh the things we do for love

Sooo many sacrifices

Post by **Avatar** » Mon Jun 04, 2018 6:42 am

Made from scratch of course.

I love tomato sauce. Don't put it on much stuff, but I also cook with it. Always 2 bottles in my house...1 open, and 1 spare.

--A

Post by **Skyweir** » Mon Jun 04, 2018 8:40 am

Sooooo jelly

lol

but .. I keep my own secret stash .. that no one but me knows about

You ALWAYS gotta have BACKUP

Post by **Savor Dam** » Mon Jun 04, 2018 5:39 pm

Menolly wrote:The dry cooked green beans were good. Hyperception had perfected such a dish making frozen green beans in a saute pan. I had never gotten it down before I came out here. But it was a good flavor to be reminded of.

Now there's a name I've not heard in a long, long time. The last on-Watch reference was in 2016 in reference to a long-ago ice cube tray transgression of his. Ick.

Since he had a "perfected" version of the dry cooked green beans dish, I suppose I am honor-bound to attempt and improve on it. Game on.

Post by **Sorus** » Mon Jun 04, 2018 8:41 pm

So what is the gradation of meaning between "ick" and "eww"?

Post by **Savor Dam** » Mon Jun 04, 2018 10:09 pm

In a July 2010 chat, Menolly wrote:Eww denotes something perceived as distasteful, but which might possibly be considered.
Ick is an absolute dismissal, like flicking away a bug.

Post by **Skyweir** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 12:22 am

Didnt realise dried beans could have varying degrees of yumminess .. I mean I get ick and eww .. but after not bad .. do they incrementally increase their yummibility to perfection?

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 12:27 am

Savor Dam wrote:Since he had a "perfected" version of the dry cooked green beans dish, I suppose I am honor-bound to attempt and improve on it. Game on.

Not honor bound, IMO. But, if you insist I'll look forward to your attempts.

Skyweir wrote:Didnt realise dried beans could have varying degrees of yumminess .. I mean I get ick and eww .. but after not bad .. do they incrementally increase their yummibility to perfection?

The name is a little misleading, Sky. These are still fresh, or in Hyperception's case, frozen green beans. But instead of being steamed or boiled, they're sauteed in a skillet or stir fried in a wok, with a light sauce and seasoning added to them.

I don't think the ick or eww applied to the green beans, though. SD was making reference to something Hyperception once did, outside of cooking, per se...

Post by **Skyweir** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:28 am

The beans sound nice fresh .. heres a nice side dish

sesame oil in a wok .. add some chilli .. dried or fresh .. toss .. add finely shredded cabbage .. and thats it

Post by **Avatar** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 5:10 am

And dinner last night was...more tomato soup.

(I was lazy.) (As usual.)

--A

Post by **Skyweir** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 5:24 am

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

No judgement here .. I reside in an almost permanent state of .... I cant be bothered

YouTube · Post by **Menolly** » Tue Jun 05, 2018 4:51 pm

This sounds similar to what Hyperception did, but without the garlic chili paste (we didn't know what it was back then, and Beorn didn't do heat at all) or the mushrooms. I looked at other receipts, and he definitely did not use fresh chilies, mustard greens, or ground pork.

Post by **Avatar** » Wed Jun 06, 2018 5:21 am

Receipts huh?

--A

Post by **Skyweir** » Wed Jun 06, 2018 11:41 am

DAmn autocorrect

Post by **Sorus** » Wed Jun 06, 2018 11:17 pm

It's correct, though not a common usage nowadays. (Diana Gabaldon uses it in her books.)

Both recipe and receipt come from recipere. Receipt has been in use since Chaucer's time, if not earlier.

(Would you like some gratuitous etymology with that? See, gratuitous--)It's usually best not to get me started on these things.

Post by **Linna Heartbooger** » Thu Jun 07, 2018 12:21 am

Sorus wrote:(Would you like some gratuitous etymology with that? See, gratuitous--)It's usually best not to get me started on these things.

hehee...

Post by **Avatar** » Thu Jun 07, 2018 5:00 am

Haha, yeah, not wrong, just archaic. I believe however that it's still in fairly common usage in the South though.

--A

Post by **Skyweir** » Thu Jun 07, 2018 5:56 am

Sorus wrote:.....

(Would you like some gratuitous etymology with that? See, gratuitous--).

Yes, yes, a thousand times yes

Post by **Skyweir** » Thu Jun 07, 2018 6:03 am

My hubby prepared a delicious Welcome Home dinner .. we had chicken breasts wrapped in bacon and cheese, roast vegetables and steamed broccolini, spinach and fresh green beans. Served with a cheese sauce .. cos cheese

and a light dianne sauce

I LOOOOOVVVVEEE being home .. just sad to lose my kid goat the day I got back

Having home was soooo great. It was lovely to have him even for a short time. And I got to love him up big .. which was nice.

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