Dinner Tonight

wyo-cat · Post by **wyo-cat** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 9:01 pm

I had a private dinner at Pizzeria Bianco downtown Tucson tonight. We had the place to ourselves, and the food was all that AND a bag of chips!

That place is going to help put Downtown on the map.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 9:37 pm

That pizza remains my favorite in the world .

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:16 am

Sunday night I tried to make carne seca from the recipe above, although I used pablanos instead of green chilies, and used a ball tip roast since that's what I had in my freezer.

also some tomatoes from my garden:

Bear Down Vegas · Post by **Bear Down Vegas** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:44 am

Last night we had dinner at Stack inside The Mirage because we had friends in town. It was fantastic.

Yellow Tail Sashimi
King Crab & Jalapeno Tacos
Chilean Sea Bass with Lobster Risotto & a shellfish broth

I enjoyed it so much I kept thinking, "this will be my first post in the dinner thread"...haha

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:49 am

Leftover chicken over the sink.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:06 am

Merk, that makes my mouth water and I want to eat it all for breakfast.

BearDown89 · Post by **BearDown89** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 9:10 am

Longhorned wrote:Merk, that makes my mouth water and I want to eat it all for breakfast.

Merk, looks tasty in the photo. How was it?

Oh, pb&j with bbq chips last night. That's all I had in me.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 4:50 pm

I bought some obscure ocean fish called Dab, which doesn't sound appetizing, so at least my expectations are in check. I'm going to broil it with olive oil, lemon, pancetta, pine nuts, and kalamata olives. A variation of a Jamie Oliver recipe: http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/fish ... -style-dab

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 7:53 pm

Eating Dab is good for the environment. Leave it to the virtues of the UCLA fans.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:01 pm

Grilled cheese tonight.

Lando05 · Post by **Lando05** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:08 pm

azgreg wrote:Grilled cheese tonight.

A classic that I have been eating more often lately. Love a good grilled cheese

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:11 pm

There are some things that are as good as a grilled cheese sandwich, but few things better than a grilled cheese sandwich.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:12 pm

Longhorned wrote:There are some things that are as good as a grilled cheese sandwich, but few things better than a grilled cheese sandwich.

On a cold day with tomato soup...mmmmm.........

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:15 pm

Grilled cheese sandwich with cream of tomato soup is one of the great triumphs of humanity.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:20 pm

Yes it is.

PieceOfMeat · Post by **PieceOfMeat** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 8:57 pm

I hate tomato soup.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 10:13 pm

I also vote for the tomato soup grilled cheese combo.

Post by **UAdevil** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:13 am

Not this:

https://www.minds.com/blog/view/3427934 ... omach-acid

WATCH What Happens When You Dunk a McDonald’s Cheeseburger in Stomach Acid

[youtube]NddZ5ftQb0Q[/youtube]

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:20 am

Growing up in the upper midwest there was no better comfort food during winter than grilled cheese and tomato soup.

BearDown89 wrote:
Longhorned wrote:Merk, that makes my mouth water and I want to eat it all for breakfast.
Merk, looks tasty in the photo. How was it?

It was very good, truly. It was a little 'wetter' than I thought it was going to be, so therefore not very authentic but everyone loved it.

Last night my son asked me to make quesadillas with the leftovers.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:21 am

UAdevil wrote:Not this:

https://www.minds.com/blog/view/3427934 ... omach-acid

WATCH What Happens When You Dunk a McDonald’s Cheeseburger in Stomach Acid

[youtube]NddZ5ftQb0Q[/youtube]

Looks normal to me. Isn't your stomach supposed to turn food into poop?

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:46 am

Merk, those quesadillas look fantastic.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:54 am

Boom!

Post by **UAdevil** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:55 am

I want those 'dillas right now. lol.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:58 am

I want those 'dillas right now,
I want those 'dillas with a cow,
I'd eat those 'dillas upside-down,
I'd eat those 'dillas with a clown.

BearDown89 · Post by **BearDown89** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 10:16 am

Merkin wrote:Growing up in the upper midwest there was no better comfort food during winter than grilled cheese and tomato soup.

BearDown89 wrote:
Longhorned wrote:Merk, that makes my mouth water and I want to eat it all for breakfast.
Merk, looks tasty in the photo. How was it?
It was very good, truly. It was a little 'wetter' than I thought it was going to be, so therefore not very authentic but everyone loved it.

Last night my son asked me to make quesadillas with the leftovers.

Funny, I made quesadillas with the leftover London Broil from the grill the other night.

As to the Carne Seca, excellent! I think you just dry it out further in the pan by reducing the liquids down. I notice that the moisture content can vary from restaurant to restaurant. When I make some sort of shredded Mexican protein in the crock pot, I usually toss some leftovers in the frying pan and dry it out for a carne seca-ish variation.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 11:09 am

I always give up on any place that serves me a burrito that, when I hold it up to my mouth to take a bite, it starts dripping out the other end and makes a pond on the plate.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 11:55 am

Had chicken with a homemade mango/lime/jalapeno/honey salsa on a bed of chimichurri rice. Delicious.

Speaking of delish...Anyone go to Blanco? Most amazing corn dish Ive ever had:

“ESQUITES GRILLED MEXICAN STREET CORN - Cilantro, Lime, Onions, Cotija Cheese $3"

$1.50 during happy hour

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 1:17 pm

I'm going to get some soul food take-out tonight. I'll be proud to report back.

I'm thinking along the lines of fried okra, collard greens, mac and cheese, fried chicken, black-eyed peas. That kind of thing.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 5:27 pm

fried chicken (thighs and legs)
wings
cole slaw
mac & cheese
fried okra
greens with smoked turkey

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 7:02 pm

Just going to snack out of the fridge tonight.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 7:31 pm

I'm just so proud, I'm gonna post a link to the place I got this amazing take-out from:

http://theseaboat.com/Home/tabid/117/la ... fault.aspx

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 7:40 pm

I hate diets...

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 7:40 pm

I did make some great sliders on the grill tonight...

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 9:19 pm

Too lazy tonight to cook for real...egg salad sammich over the sink watching tv. You can tell the gf wasn't around this evening

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 9:29 pm

scumdevils86 wrote:Too lazy tonight to cook for real...egg salad sammich over the sink watching tv. You can tell the gf wasn't around this evening

What is it with this whole eating over the sink thing? Isn't it just as easy to put it on a plate and sit on the sofa and eat in comfort?

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 4:08 am

Seriously, I picture the twins hunkered over the sink after a fresh kill and long day at work voraciously wolfing down whatever can be thrown together from the fridge. Ranks order comes into play if its only one sink instead of a double - Who came from the womb first?

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 7:12 am

A sink is a basin in which to store dirty pots, pans, and dishes. Eventually, all of one's dishes fill the sink and overflow onto the counter. Should one require a clean eating implement, one must rummage through the sink to find it, and then proceed to wash its contents over and onto the other dirty dishes, which fills with dirty dishwater that doesn't drain, leaving the germ-filled, fermenting accumulation to marinate. Once a month or so, a kind of inspiration will seize the inhabitant, suddenly causing the inhabitant to clean and dry all of the dishes and put them away. He may even wipe down the counters almost half-way at this point. And then the accumulation begins again. With neither a functioning sink, nor any readily usable pots and pans, cooking becomes too ponderous a task to begin, leading the inhabitant to simply remove items from the refrigerator and consume them while hovering over the marinating accumulation and dropping their crumbs and drippings into it.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 9:21 am

CalStateTempe wrote:I did make some great sliders on the grill tonight...

Just food semantics, but I don't consider mini-hamburgers to be sliders.

I prefer the White Castle type of hamburgers as sliders:

http://www.thedailymeal.com/how-make-yo ... -slideshow

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:13 am

Merkin wrote:
CalStateTempe wrote:I did make some great sliders on the grill tonight...

Just food semantics, but I don't consider mini-hamburgers to be sliders.

I prefer the White Castle type of hamburgers as sliders:

http://www.thedailymeal.com/how-make-yo ... -slideshow

Good point. Mine were more of a gastropub mini-hamburger.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 5:25 pm

Tonight, peanut butter and jelly sandwich for sure. With grape jelly. The classic. For me, that or plum. Or strawberry if I'm slumming it.

My wife will eat a peanut butter and lingonberry jam sandwich. That's basically cranberry sauce. All kinds of wrong. Even makes me a little mad.

BearDown89 · Post by **BearDown89** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:18 pm

Longhorned wrote:Tonight, peanut butter and jelly sandwich for sure. With grape jelly. The classic. For me, that or plum. Or strawberry if I'm slumming it.

My wife will eat a peanut butter and lingonberry jam sandwich. That's basically cranberry sauce. All kinds of wrong. Even makes me a little mad.

I did the classic pb and grape a couple of nights ago. The only little kid jelly we had. Tasted like I was 7 again.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 10:21 pm

CalStateTempe wrote:Seriously, I picture the twins hunkered over the sink after a fresh kill and long day at work voraciously wolfing down whatever can be thrown together from the fridge. Ranks order comes into play if its only one sink instead of a double - Who came from the womb first?

Lmao that's good. I've been really good about meal planning and shopping on Sundays lately so I've been cooking 5/6 nights a week. But truly I do end up at home alone a couple times a month without the twin or gf around and end up eating a sammich or leftovers over the sink.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 11:14 pm

What do you think of a restaurant with sinks instead of tables?

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 11:16 pm

I could not enjoy a quality, well planned meal over a sink

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 11:48 pm

Ok but I'm thinking more like a restaurant serving cold meatloaf and leftover mexican food and stuff.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Fri Aug 22, 2014 5:55 am

Longhorned wrote:What do you think of a restaurant with sinks instead of tables?

No that, but we did have an idea about a restaurant called "Mom's". All the tables are TV trays with lounge chairs all facing a giant screen TV. The hostess would be an older woman in a long flower print dress with an apron and her silver hair up in buns.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Aug 22, 2014 8:05 am

azgreg wrote:
Longhorned wrote:What do you think of a restaurant with sinks instead of tables?
No that, but we did have an idea about a restaurant called "Mom's". All the tables are TV trays with lounge chairs all facing a giant screen TV. The hostess would be an older woman in a long flower print dress with an apron and her silver hair up in buns.

"What's this?"

"What's what, honey?"

"This. On the ice cream."

"What? You don't like freezer-made protective coating?"

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 2:27 pm

Too f'ing hot to cook.

Bread, cheeses, tomatoes, olives, prosciutto, white wine, pears.

Unfortunately, this simple little dinner for two set me back $79 plus tax. After all, those tomatoes -- which are made out of water -- cost a man $5 each.

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Bread: baguette ($4)

Cheese: some pretty amazing local cheese that's as stinky and gooey as a nice epoisses ($14), and a regional age cheddar from Iowa ($6). The quantities are so small that some would argue that they don't exist.

Tomatoes: locally-grown heirloom ($10 for two tomatoes)

Olives: "estate kalamatas", castelvaltrano, Mt. Pelion blonde ($15)

Prosciutto: La Quercia - my favoite ($9)

White wine: 2013 Vermentino Toscano ($16)

Pears: two Asian pears ($6)

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I can't afford this. It would be much cheaper to let the air conditioner battle against my oven cooking meatloaf.

Now that I'm done for, what's a Mamwich?

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 2:35 pm

We had Manwichs last night made with ground turkey.

devilswin99 · Post by **devilswin99** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 2:37 pm

Going to Joe's Seafood on Saturday in Vegas. One of the better restaurants in Vegas and a awesome location in the Forum Shops. Cannot wait!

http://www.joes.net/?loc=vegas

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