So...whats for dinner?
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Hello to everyone!! Welcome to all the new people, glad you have joined us!
I skim read the thread form when I was away. Loved all the talk about china patterns. I have 2 sets of my great grandmothers china (both sides of the family). I also have my grandmothers set. I was told 2 years ago the plates were too small on the great grandmothers set so I now use my grandmothers which I love. White with silver trim.
Carrie congrats on your new house, it is beautiful and you should be very happy there!
Our final camping weekend was fantastic. The food all came out wonderful and we actually had two picnic table full of food for the Patriots game which everyone contributed to. We had 10 kids and 15 adults! It never rained on us either! I am still recovering from all the late night fun. By not grilling and doing all dinners in the oven it seemed like I was cooking a lot. But the end result was worth it.
Tonight's dinner will be Debbie's Belgian Chicken. I have carrots from my fathers garden that I need to use up.
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Well, tonight will probably be smoked sausage and roasted potatoes. I managed to hit a deer in DH's truck on the way to Bible study this morning. He was napping b4 work and never heard the phone. Nice lady drove me home. Not hurt but truckie is. All radiator grill smashed. Passenger door jammed shut. Bottom bumper crooked. Driveable but hood loose. Towed to car dealer; DH worried might be front suspension damage so wants it checked out well. We still have his old truck he's been threatening to sell so bet I am driving it for local errands while he takes my car. I think if I'd hit deer in my Equinox it would have been in car with me. I think it was a buck. Need to take something to sweet lady who drove me home. Thankfully no one was behind me since I don't know how I got to side of road. Two lane and 55 mph coming into town. And it was raining. Geesh. Might be wine night tonight.
Welcome Keith. DH not much of a cook but after 37 years I guess I'll keep him.0 -
After spending most of the long weekend removing wallpaper in my bathroom, I managed to make an Eggplant Parmesan.
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deb, that looks MIGHTY tasty! Is that oregano sprinkled on top? *susan*0 -
Oh Deb that does look tasty. I love most anything with eggplant in it.
Got the smoked sausage in to simmer. Think it might not be cooked since I can't find "fully cooked" on the label. Potatoes in the oven. House smells yum. Enjoying a Samuel Adams pumpkin ale and waiting for hockey to start. Did I see that Boston won again?
Deb, do you do your own wallpapering? This house has old wallpaper in bathrooms beginning to loosen at seams and not our style. Not something DH and I have ever done.0 -
So, a food update. Been a few days since I have reported, I guess. Saturday was a Portuguese lamb stew with lots and lots of white beans. Very nice indeed. I did a little tomato salad with some grilled bread. Just needed a bit of crunch. Sunday was my birthday celebration, and we took a HUGE risk and went to a new restaurant in the neighborhood. This place has tons of buzz since the chef is Anna Sortun, one of the chef stars here in Boston. [Lacey, take note] This restaurant was actually worth the huge amount of money we gave them as we waddled out. It is meze-style restaurant with Mediterranean flavors. Some dishes seems slightly Turkish, or Greek, or Moroccan. Excellent! Monday we did the stew again. Tonight, we did an Inner Beauty chicken. Made some of this sauce last week and tonight was our first meal with it. Hot, spicy, flavorful, so good. Served with Indian lentils and rice.
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p.s. for local folks, the restaurant name is Sarma in Somerville.0 -
Deb and Susan, that all looks and sounds delicious! And a very happy birthday to you Susan!
The almond joy cookies were somewhat of a disappointment. They turned out to be pretty much a basic chocolate chip recipe with almonds and coconut added. If I were to make them again, and I might, I will use dark chocolate and more of it, more coconut and toasted almonds.0 -
Luv, glad you're ok after your deer collision. I hate driving at night around here because of the deer population. There have been lots of fatal accidents here even in broad daylight.
It takes a very special marriage to be able to wallpaper together lol! DH and I have done lots but it can be challenging ;-) Thankfully those days are over. After removing two rooms of wallpaper a couple of years ago, I never want to hang another piece. Ever.0 -
luvmygoats - glad you are ok! I was once hit by a deer - it ran out of the woods and ran into the side of my car, by the back passenger door, while I was driving to work. Fortunately it just stunned the deer and nobody coming behind me in traffic hit it - after it got its bearings it went back in the direction it came from. My hands were shaking for an hour, but the car/deer were not hurt, so it was all good. You wouldn't think there are big deer here in FL but there are - right in my neighborhood in the Tampa 'burbs - some of the biggest I have seen, and I have lived in upstate NY, WA, and VA.
Deb - yummy pic!
susan - happy b-day to a fellow Libra! Glad you had a delish dinner!0 -
Happy Birthday Susan! And thanks for the Sarma tip! Sounds like it's definitely worth a trip to 02143.
We returned from NH tonight...definitely an advantage of being retired....not having to fight the traffic heading home Monday in time for school or work.
Last evening we ate at the local (NH) diner. I had a turkey club sandwich and DH had a delicious spinach pie with Greek salad. Tonight at home, we had the kale/ sausage soup that I made Friday and left in the fridge here..... and the flavors definitely improved since then.
Welcome Keith! Love that you are here bumping up our thread diversity!!0 -
Deb and Susan all that food sounds delish. Susan Happy Birthday.
Luvmygoats, so happy you are ok. Lots of deer around here. And I have hit them too. I hate the dream that wakes you up the night after. Sigh...
Lacey,soup sounds good too. But then so did the diner good. I keep meaning yo roast the califlower I have sitting there might just make soup.
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Happy Birthday Susan!0 -
Susan Happy Birthday! that dinner sounds awesome.
Welcome Keith Chicken piccata is one of my favorites. One of our local restaurants does it very well. Can you share how you make yours?
Bedo That's a lot of work to get wine!! But probably well worth it lol Tell us more of your adventures in Alaska I am fascinated.
Luv sooo scary hitting deer...they can be very damaging and it scares me to death. Our lake road is notorious for deer crossing to go down to the lake to drink and are always getting hit. Glad you are ok.
I wish there was a magic moving fairy that would come and pack up my house and magically transport us to NC. ha ha We will be moving very slowly and keep our house here for awhile. We also still have a business to sell, so we will be here probably through this winter.
Last night haddock in butter caper sauce and leftover mac n cheese. Gotta make something chocolate for bosses day at work tomorrow.0 -
Thanks for the welcome everyone! Bedo, I'm originally from Virginia - I can skool u on makin a still if need be
Carberry here you go:
Chicken Piccata
Ingredients:
3 skinless boneless chicken breasts cut in half, and butterflied or sliced all the way through
1 egg
Salt & Black pepper shakers
Plate of flour - about a cup
1 stick of butter cut in 8 pieces for melting ease
A little less than 1/2 cup olive oil, or 3/8th cup
8 oz. mushrooms, diced fine
1 can artichoke hearts, quartered, and undrained
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup chicken stock
1/2 cup capers and juice together
1/2 cup rhine / white wine
Directions:
1. Add lemon juice, stock, wine, mushrooms, artichoke, capers and half of butter in one bowl.
2. Dry chicken with paper towel, then dredge in egg, season with salt and pepper, and dredge
in flour.
3. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt the other 1/2 a stick of butter in olive oil.
When butter and oil start to sizzle, add chicken and cook for 3 minutes, till chicken is lightly
browned, then flip and cook other side for 3 minutes. Remove chicken.
NOTE: for thinner chicken slices use 2 minutes each side.
4. In the pan, add bowl with lemon juice, et cetera. Bring to a boil on high, then set on med-hi
and simmer to reduce liquid volume.
5. Return all the chicken to the pan, ladel liquid on it, then cover and simmer for 10 minutes on
med.
6. Remove chicken to platter, serve over pasta and garnish lightly with parsely or italian spices.0 -
I figured I'd better break this up, lest posting control if any kick in.
Luvmygoats, real good thing you were in something large instead of a small car; you'd have had that deer riding shotgun or worse.
SpecialK you're right about down here some of the deer are surprisingly large. We're out between Tampa and Orlando, down by Sebring, so wild hogs are the menace here. A lady I worked with had the entire undercarriage of her GMC Jimmy wiped out when she hit one on US 27 going about 65 - the truck not the pig, though I expect the pig was moving quite fast by then too.0 -
I think Bedo needs some wine making supplies. Are those confiscated as well in Alaska? Aren't blueberries plentiful there but not exactly their season now. Um blueberry wine. Or beer making supplies.
I don't think I've ever made Chicken Piccata. How does one tell a good caper from a bad one? I only bought a jar one time and didn't like them. What would you sub for mushrooms since DH wouldn't eat them (but that would mean more for me)?
Thanks for everyone thinking about me. DH afraid truck may be totaled out. It is 10 years old 110,000 miles but still a very good vehicle. Bummer. No word yet from Ford dealer.
Leftovers tonight. DH working late. I may make me some salmon later. I have 2 pkgs. (3 lbs) frozen.0 -
Luv,
Technically, mushrooms and artichokes don't actually belong in a piccata. When you add mushrooms it is called Forrestier, and when you add artichokes it is called nothing.. maybe piccata with artichokes. Names don't really matter, to be honest, but you really don't need mushrooms to make this a delicious dish. Capers are briny. The capers cured in salt are higher quality, but much more expensive. Either way, make sure that you rinse them well before using.
So relieved that you weren't hurt in the deer collision, but it is sad to loose your truck.
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keith - we have the hogs here too, they occasionally are seen trotting down the main throrughfare right off I-75 - we live on a preserve so we also have gators - sometimes in the driveway, really big snakes - a 6 foot eastern Diamondback rattler got into the next door neighbor's pool cage - my daughter, her boyfriend at the time, and two Tampa police officers killed it - snake was as big around as a large man's forearm, a panther, bobcats, river otters (cute, but surprisingly mean!), coyotes, and assorted small rodents and reptiles. Whenever I am outside I am constantly on the lookout!0 -
OMG! Snow is sounding better and better ALL the time!
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No kidding, I thought it was Wild Kingdom here!0 -
Lol! DH was the one who wanted to come back to FL for his last military duty station, not me! So, we have all these critters along with the stifling humidity and heat from April to October - I am not a fan!!!0 -
Roasting bones for beef stock that will become vegetable beef soup for dinner later today.
Also in the oven roasting are some beets for a roasted beet, walnut and feta salad, recipe from the penzey's catalog.0 -
Just made a yummy tuna melt - trying to restrict my calories to 1200 daily, anything more than that and I gain weight, ugh! Thank you aromatase inhibitors! - but it sure was good! Tonight will be Bolognese on brown rice pasta and salad, I may just eat the sauce and not the pasta. I am off to get my port flushed!0 -
I have a tooll bar finally!Can I paragraph?
Does spell check work? mizspell
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Not perfect but an improvement.0 -
Susan- Happy Birthday!
Luvmygoats- That is so scary! I hope I never hit an animal of any kind. Hope the insurance company takes care of you with the truck.
Keith- Thanks for sharing the recipe, sounds very good and easy.
Bedo- Maybe we could mail you wine?
SpecialK- OMG!!!!!!! I would move today if there was diamond back rattle snakes and gators around me- HOLY CRAP! I also had a tuna melt for lunch and it was great. Great minds think alike!
Tonight is meatloaf mashed potatoes and peas. Dh just left with both boys to head to soccer practice....can you hear the silence? It is wonderful! Very busy day today running around and working.
Hope everyone had a great day.
As always thinking of Michelle and her family.0 -
laurie - great minds is right! Yes, the wildlife around the house is a bit crazy, but I have adapted. I am always, always looking for snakes though! I went out my front door not long after we moved here and luckily the dog was on his leash in front of me because when I opened the door a snake fell off the ledge right above, and landed on the dog! If I had been out first it would have landed on me! Fortunately it was a garden snake - but still! We have had a pygmy rattler (very venomous) in the pool too!0 -
We have the occasional copperhead that likes to hang out around the front porch, garter snakes and other assorted non poisonous , but mostly black snakes. They do keep the rodent population in check, but I have a rule about no snakes on the porch. Woe to the snake that violates The Rule. I swing a mean broom.
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I couldn't handle the snakes! Even after 68 years I still freak out at the sight of one. When I was 3 Mom took me with her to a Laidies Aid meeting at my cousins farm. I was outside whith her boys (9 and 10 years old) who were supposed to be taking care of me. I was wearing oneof those dreses with a sash around th waist--doublr tied so it wouldn't come loose. They decided to stuff a buncy of garter snaekes down my neck. Just writing about it, I can still feel them writhing around my waist.
To make matters worse, when I ran into the house screaming for help someone untied me, the snakes fell on the floor and all the ladies started screaming.
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We litteraly have tousands of deer living within the city limits. A lot of them actually stop and look both ways before crossing the street.
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