Topic: So...whats for dinner?

Jul 6, 2012 08:23 AM apple wrote:

wow Eric.. way to be a good spouse. 

I really like working with sourdoughs.  i try not to use the oven much in the summer but am looking forward to cooler weather.  Experimenting with sourdoughs has been really fun.  a loaf that has been 'working' for 3 days sure has a lot of texture and spunk.

and then the daughter says..'mom' can you just make white bread like everyone else eats? - i just buy her a loaf.

we used to buy those biscuits in cans, take a little lid and cut out the hole, the center and fry donutss for ourselves.  yum

Jul 6, 2012 11:00 AM LuvRVing wrote:

I just learned that today is National Fried Chicken Day!  Here's my favorite recipe:

1/2 cup flour

1 1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1 tsp paprika

1/2 tsp poultry seasoning

1 slightly beaten egg

2 tbspns water

2 1/2 - 3 pounds of chicken cut into pieces (cutting the breasts in half will make the pieces more uniform and help them cook in the same amount of time)

enough oil to fill your frying pan about 1/2 way

Combine the dry ingredients and put in a paper or plastic baggie

Combine the egg and water.

Dip the chicken in the egg mixture then shake in the flour mixture. 

Place in skillet with hot oil and cook over medium heat until nicely browned.  Turn the chicken over and repeat.  Test with a meat thermometer to be sure it's done.

This method takes a little longer than deep frying.  But pan-fried is the traditional method.

And you'll find all kinds of recipes that soak the chicken in buttermilk, add some hot sauce or other spicy seasonings, etc.  They are all good.  I have done one where I browned the chicken using this method then finished it in the oven - about 15 minutes or so at 375.  It was good, too.

My all-time favorite lunch when I was working - a trip to the local grocery store for one fried chicken breast and a nice fruit or veggie salad from the store's salad bar.

Jul 6, 2012 12:21 PM chabba wrote:

I started baking bread in jr  high school and except for the six years after I left home for college and until I married I've baked almost weekly.  That makes about 50 years of weekly baking.  I've probably made 50 or more different types but our favorites were always sourdough, my version of my family potato rolls and croissants.  also did several flat breads, including lefse, and tortillas.  Always found bread making therapeutic.

Jul 6, 2012 01:30 PM LuvRVing wrote:

Eric - one fried chicken breast...that can't be too terrible

I am good at quick breads (banana, zucchini, etc) but anything involving "rising" I leave to the experts!

Jul 6, 2012 09:11 PM Lacey12 wrote:

All those good bread posts got me thinking about dinner. Was supposed see a play tonight, but after spending the morning getting things ready to pick up for the Cape trip at the end of this weekend, then the drive up here (I am always the driver....better eyes....I see things like Bedo's brother does ;), I had no energy to drive another half hour over to Winnipesaukee and back...and I'm always the night driver these days. Being astutely observant of my fatigue
(I'd suggested he might want to heat up a Trader Joe's prepared meal for his dinner since I was not hungry but really tired), DH suggested he go to the play by himself. Music to my ears...I needed to get off this activity merry-go-round, and can live a full life w/o seeing this particular play, which he will probably enjoy.
Since I never did have dinner since I wasn't hungry when it was offered, I made a remnant dinner....a creation from leftovers. Sliced a couple of pieces of ciabatta bread and topped them with feta, sliced onions and some chopped walnuts, toasted them in the toaster oven for about 15 minutes, and sprinkled fresh chopped mint over while still warm. Odd but yummy. Also had a cup of the fruit salad I posted yesterday....and a little dessert....some chocolate dipped ginger cookies I'd left up here. Really yum!
Hopefully in the morning I can buy some plants to put in my deck pots. I am so darn far behind in getting any gardening done this year....and it is the longest growing season we've had in years A part of me feels like, just scrap it for this year.....too much going on and not enough hours in the day. But I so love my deck up here when it is colorful.....so I decided I will just really scale down what I do in terms of volume....and hope to get back to "normal" next year when I hopefully have fewer demands (no work transition) and more energy.

Eric,....Ditto on a Apple's comment....and your shoulder "coach" feeling blend is poignant.
I am also more of a "quick bread" baker except for pizza dough, and this wonderful (easy) french bread recipe I got from the Boston Globe years ago. When I post from home, I can include it.....if I remember. ;)

On an errand run this week, I bought a poof, and now can't recall the site that has the directions for making the poof falsie. If anyone remembers that, I'd appreciate the thread.
Thanks! Soon off to bed.....of course the neighborhood "firecrackers" may foil my best laid plans. Nite all.....

Jul 6, 2012 11:07 PM Moonflwr912 wrote:

Actually I made one of those and it looks pretty good. I haven't tried it on a suit though cause I haven't been swimming maybe ill have try it in the shower before I go out.

Jul 7, 2012 02:16 AM chabba wrote:

eric, have you searched on line.  I've had good luck at cooking.com.  They carry high quality products at reasonable prices.  Just checked them out, they have several styles, 20 choices at what looked like pretty reasonable prices. 

When you get a stone be sure you get a peel.  It makes getting things a lot easier to get on and off that hot stone.  I've used my stone a lot, love it for french bread and round loaves.

Jul 7, 2012 09:16 AM SelenaWolf wrote:

carberry... I've used a number of souvlaki recipes from this website.  And souvlaki is so good to make on the barbeque!!

 www.souvlaki-recipes.com/

 Last night: miso soup, spicy salmon handroll with seaweed wrap, and a sushi- and sashmimi sampler platter.  It was "date night" at a local, Japanese restaurant #solovesushi

Jul 7, 2012 02:06 PM, edited Jul 7, 2012 02:07 PM by bedo

Here is a pic of my grand-dog, Nellie, AKA Smelly, AKA no wee wee on the rug AKA Belly

I'm not going out there until it's time to see Magic Mike, it's too hot!  Belly and I are watching trash tv.

I am afraid to go back for LFTs, I hope that being off arimidex will make them OK. They have always been good until recently

Oh, well can't post a bigger pic.

Jul 7, 2012 03:57 PM debbie6122 wrote:

The fried chicken recipe sounds good Michelle i do add franks hot sauce to mine i like the 'kick' to it.

All the bread and pizza talk is making me hungry. I have made some bread and pizza from scratch but found i would rather buy the pizza dough and the bread freshly baked from a bakery. 

So remember how excited i was when i passed my test? Well i got a letter in the mail yesterday from DMV saying my license is NOT valid and i need to return it to the DMV no explaination nothing. Im so upset and can not figure out what could be the reason for it. They are closed today so cant call until Monday to find out. So pissed! Back in 1987 i got a DUI  while riding my bicycle i had got in a fight with my then husband and decided to go to a bar down the street thinking i will be ok because im on my bike. When i walked out of the bar i saw the cop and thought "Haha" you cant get me but sure enough he red lighted me he said have you been drinking? I grined and said yep still thinking he cant do anything about it, wrong he handcuffed me and took me to jail lol! I paid my fines got my license reinstated. Years later they said i had fines to pay did not have any record of me paying them. All these years later i have got different DL in many states with no problems even i oregon after that. so. 2 years ago they took over $800,00 out of my husbands taxes he was so mad because we werent even together then and they made him responible he even had to pay an extra hundred and something by check to pay everything off. When i went to the DMV last week i had to pay an extra $75.00 for a re-instatement fee which i asked them why and she couldnt give me a good answer i told her since my Dui back in 1987 i have had a license in Oregon with no problem so now this is happening DH is so made and said if they say we owe them more he will get a lawyer. I haven't even had so much as a parking ticket no accidents nothing since way back then. What the hell could it be? Anyways i needed to vent and if anyone knows what the problem could be i could sure use some kind of idea. Plus i didnt think they could go back that far. Hmmmm!

Kind of funny though when i had to go to court on this i told the judge, Your honor i was not drinking and driving he said, I dont care if you were on a horse we would call it a huai or if you were on a bike we call it a buai of course everyone in the court room laughed i was so imbarrassed. Needless to say i have never rode a bike or horse or car drunk again! LOL!

Jul 7, 2012 04:36 PM Moonflwr912 wrote:

Hey Deb, it wasn't very long ago you passed. Perhaps this letter precedes your passing the test? Kinda crossed in the mail? Just thinking.

Jul 7, 2012 05:16 PM luvmygoats wrote:

Hey Moonflower - Enjoy the crab. And GCs are the bestest!!  Too hot to cook here.  My backporch said 102 a while ago but showers popping up.  Might make a pizza.  Have the prepackaged MaMa Mia's crust.  That's as close to homemade as I get and enough time for the oven on though I must admit for a regular electric oven (8 years old) this one is pretty well insulated.

Do most local pizza places sell dough?  Have a Mr. Jim's, Pizza Pro and a local shop.  On another note, does anyone still use a bread machine?  I have one I used to use often.  Motor very ragged last time I used it.  I have made kneaded bread but not in years.  Really kinda short to do it effectively; can't get the arm strength down on it and that was b4 BC.  Bought a really nice bread board last year and it's just collecting dust on the counter with other junk piled on top.  I guess I need to haunt some junk, Goodwill shops for one.  Need to try the ritzy side of Ft. Worth see who has cleaned out during the summer.

Oh, well, back to paperwork.  Never ending.

Jul 7, 2012 06:05 PM debbie6122 wrote:

Thank-you both Bedo and moonflwr- But They didnt even know i was in Oregon because i had a ky license that was still good untill the 11th of this month. So puzzled though!! For crimeaney sakes wish dmv would get there S..t together!

Jul 7, 2012 06:08 PM debbie6122 wrote:

Just finished a late breakfast so will call it brunch! bacon, hashbrowns cheese omelet with hollandaise sauce. Someone mentioned the hollandaise sauce the other day and been wanting since them. Made from scratch and was delicious!

Bedo- Your GD Nellie/Smelly is cute lol!

Jul 7, 2012 06:58 PM, edited Jul 7, 2012 07:03 PM by apple

Eric.. this is for you.. Carl's friends.

this starter was really interesting.. i just kind of make my own now.  it was delish and particularly delicious if you let the bread work for 2 or 3 days.   it was pretty delicious, chewy and flavorful just with a local flour.  .. and in Kansas there are a lot of those.

carlsfriends.net/

it's really interesting to click on the phots and read about the different methods 'customers' have used.  pick a loaf, any loaf.