Dinner Tonight

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 4:40 pm

By request from the wife: a “bachelor dinner bowl” of rice, beans, hot sauce, grated cheese, and a fried egg. She claims that was her go-to before we met. Seems like a reasonable standard for the thin times we’re in.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 4:59 pm

For all you housebound and terrorized parents running out of meal ideas may I suggest a modest proposal?

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 5:01 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote:For all you housebound and terrorized parents running out of meal ideas may I suggest a modest proposal?

Go ahead.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 5:14 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote:For all you housebound and terrorized parents running out of meal ideas may I suggest a modest proposal?

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 5:53 pm

Having a prosciutto, fig and goat cheese quiche from Roma Imports that's been in the freezer. It is delicious.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 6:46 pm

Longhorned wrote:By request from the wife: a “bachelor dinner bowl” of rice, beans, hot sauce, grated cheese, and a fried egg. She claims that was her go-to before we met. Seems like a reasonable standard for the thin times we’re in.

Okay, that might be the best thing I've ever eaten.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 7:00 pm

Longhorned wrote:
Longhorned wrote:By request from the wife: a “bachelor dinner bowl” of rice, beans, hot sauce, grated cheese, and a fried egg. She claims that was her go-to before we met. Seems like a reasonable standard for the thin times we’re in.
Okay, that might be the best thing I've ever eaten.

This could very well be tomorrow's dinner. Have everything. What beans did you use?

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 7:26 pm

Spicy BBQ Mi Goreng ramen from Lee Lee's Market

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 7:37 pm

scumdevils86 wrote:
Longhorned wrote:
Longhorned wrote:By request from the wife: a “bachelor dinner bowl” of rice, beans, hot sauce, grated cheese, and a fried egg. She claims that was her go-to before we met. Seems like a reasonable standard for the thin times we’re in.
Okay, that might be the best thing I've ever eaten.
This could very well be tomorrow's dinner. Have everything. What beans did you use?

My three year-old's choice (she threw a fit when I resisted, so I gave in): Rancho Gordo Flageolet. She was right, I was wrong. I honestly think any beans would work equally well. I cooked them in a little oil and garlic and then mashed about 1/3 of them to make them creamy.

I wonder if this matters, though: the hot sauce. I used Sriacha. The slight sweetness was so perfect, I wouldn't want to mess with it.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 7:51 pm

I just have canned black beans and dried great northerns at the moment. Might pressure cook the white beans and use those.

Also I have about 10 kinds of hot sauce so I could experiment.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:07 pm

scumdevils86 wrote:I just have canned black beans and dried great northerns at the moment. Might pressure cook the white beans and use those.

Also I have about 10 kinds of hot sauce so I could experiment.

FWIW the wife says in response canned black beans are historically the beans of choice for this bachelor bowl.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:10 pm

Good to know. Contemplating saving the white beans for a good old ham hock and white bean soup.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:29 pm

You should. Besides, canned beans are underrated.

ByJoveByJingle · Post by **ByJoveByJingle** » Sat Mar 21, 2020 11:57 am

I don’t want to open this thread because it evokes in me feelings of general failure as a human being. But I can’t stay away.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sat Mar 21, 2020 7:14 pm

ByJoveByJingle wrote:I don’t want to open this thread because it evokes in me feelings of general failure as a human being. But I can’t stay away.

Pull your weight and give us some UAE dinner-at-home porn.

Arctic char, flour-dusted and pan-sauteed
Roasted potatoes
Sauteed spinach with balsamic

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Sat Mar 21, 2020 7:23 pm

Baked ziti

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sat Mar 21, 2020 7:28 pm

Grilled cheese sammichs.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 2:15 pm

Jamaican beef stew from serious eats. It's so good. Spicy, rich and beefy, acidic, a little sweet. Wife is making coco bread, a Jamaican type of slightly sweet bread/roll.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 3:56 pm

Luxury stretched thin with random filler:

A 1-pound Nieman Ranch prime rib eye steak for the whole family, pan-seared
Grilled onions with barley
Sauteed spinach

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 4:10 pm

Just pulled some home made potato bread out of the oven. Smells great.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 4:10 pm

Ordered in Chinese food.

Fuck the racists.

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 4:28 pm

Breakfast for dinner: Oligarch omelette.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 4:58 pm

dovecanyoncat wrote:Breakfast for dinner: Oligarch omelette.

Breakfast for dinner is way underrated.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 5:04 pm

Chicat wrote:Ordered in Chinese food.

Fuck the racists.

What did you get? A bunch of stir-fried vegetables? Or the good stuff?

dovecanyoncat · Post by **dovecanyoncat** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 5:12 pm

azgreg wrote:
dovecanyoncat wrote:Breakfast for dinner: Oligarch omelette.
Breakfast for dinner is way underrated.

Especially the red beers and Bloody Marys.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:10 pm

Mmmmm. Steak. I like steak.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:18 pm

Longhorned wrote:
Chicat wrote:Ordered in Chinese food.

Fuck the racists.
What did you get? A bunch of stir-fried vegetables? Or the good stuff?

I live in Indiana. There is no “good stuff”.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:29 pm

My sister and brother in law picked up 5 Guys.

First meal not from our shelter in place stash in 10 days.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:30 pm

Chicat wrote:
Longhorned wrote:
Chicat wrote:Ordered in Chinese food.

Fuck the racists.
What did you get? A bunch of stir-fried vegetables? Or the good stuff?
I live in Indiana. There is no “good stuff”.

You never know. Best Chinese food I ever had was in El Paso, go figure.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:38 pm

UAEebs86 wrote:
Chicat wrote:
Longhorned wrote:
Chicat wrote:Ordered in Chinese food.

Fuck the racists.
What did you get? A bunch of stir-fried vegetables? Or the good stuff?
I live in Indiana. There is no “good stuff”.

You never know. Best Chinese food I ever had was in El Paso, go figure.

I want to go Mexicali for Chinese food. Chinese food along the U.S./Mexico border is amazing. In Mexico City, it's out of this world.

Worst Chinese food I've ever had is in Illinois. There was one really great place in Champaign, until the one person responsible for it moved back to China, and the whole place went to pot. I've never tried it in Indiana.

I love Chinese food all up and down California, and in Seattle. And of course, New York. Chicago, which is awesome for almost everything, is just sort of okay for Chinese food.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Mon Mar 23, 2020 6:43 am

Chicat wrote:
Longhorned wrote:
Chicat wrote:Ordered in Chinese food.

Fuck the racists.
What did you get? A bunch of stir-fried vegetables? Or the good stuff?
I live in Indiana. There is no “good stuff”.

My Indytucky relatives would disagree.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:35 am

When I used to have to drive 2 hours to Indianapolis to shop at Trader Joe's, the employees would urge the customers like me to go out and try one of those sandwiches. They said they're amazing. I never did.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Mar 23, 2020 6:53 pm

Risotto with made with beef stock and parmesan (never ever make a risotto using chicken stock)
Pork shoulder chops
Crisp brussels sprouts with balsamic

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Mon Mar 23, 2020 7:06 pm

Crock pot chicken noodle soup with that homemade potato bread.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue Mar 24, 2020 7:16 pm

Bacon
leftover pearl barley and flageolet beans heated in the pan with bacon fat
kale cooked in bacon fat
Srichacha for the barley and beans
Balsamic for the kale

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue Mar 24, 2020 7:39 pm

My sister made moussaka. First time I've ever had it - pretty tasty.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Tue Mar 24, 2020 7:51 pm

UAEebs86 wrote:My sister made moussaka. First time I've ever had it - pretty tasty.

Real depth with that unctuous, savory layered eggplant. You'd also love Pastitsio, but it's one of the few things Roma Imports doesn't really do well.

ASUCatFan · Post by **ASUCatFan** » Tue Mar 24, 2020 9:54 pm

Longhorned wrote:
UAEebs86 wrote:My sister made moussaka. First time I've ever had it - pretty tasty.
Real depth with that unctuous, savory layered eggplant. You'd also love Pastitsio, but it's one of the few things Roma Imports doesn't really do well.

Roma's might not be the best, but Fronimo's is awesome.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:51 pm

I love Roma. Went there the week before all this shit hit the fan and am dying to go back.

ByJoveByJingle · Post by **ByJoveByJingle** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 7:27 am

I made something approaching a cheesesteak sandwich last night. On Arabic bread. Didn’t really enjoy it. Apartment smelled like a greasy spoon diner dumpster for the better part of a day. Back to salads and ordering out.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 8:50 am

ByJoveByJingle wrote:Apartment smelled like a greasy spoon diner dumpster for the better part of a day

That's how you know you made a real cheesesteak. In Philadelphia we used leave our coats at home on a freezing cold day, so as not to let cheesesteak smell ruin our gear for the rest of winter.

ASUCatFan · Post by **ASUCatFan** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:12 am

I made spare ribs on the smoker. They were the best thing I've ever made on it. Makes me wonder why I've been buying baby backs.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:59 am

ASUCatFan wrote:I made spare ribs on the smoker. They were the best thing I've ever made on it. Makes me wonder why I've been buying baby backs.

What recipe did you use? I might smoke some stuff this weekend.

ByJoveByJingle · Post by **ByJoveByJingle** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 10:59 am

Longhorned wrote:
ByJoveByJingle wrote:Apartment smelled like a greasy spoon diner dumpster for the better part of a day
That's how you know you made a real cheesesteak. In Philadelphia we used leave our coats at home on a freezing cold day, so as not to let cheesesteak smell ruin our gear for the rest of winter.

I bet you enjoyed it, too.

I think that cooking ranks pretty high up there on my long list of inadequacies. Can’t cook, can’t dance, can’t sing. But I can social distance like a bitch.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 11:13 am

You'd be a fan of https://old.reddit.com/r/shittyfoodporn ... top&t=year" target="_blank

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:42 pm

1. Season and pan-sear two thick pork collar chops to medium rare
2. Serve
3. When your wife cries at the dinner table, set pork chops aside and refrigerate for two days
4. Carve pork chops to separate fat, meat, and bones
5. Dice fat and meat
6. Render lard from fat, reserve with chitterlings
7. Place two tablespoons of hot lard in pan with chitterlings, meat, bones, strained tomatoes, chili peppers, and a whole peeled onion cut in half
8. Simmer until fat separates from tomatoes
9. Mix with a pound of spaghetti and serve with freshly grated parm

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:45 pm

Tuna melts

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:48 pm

I'm drinking my dinner tonight.

ASUCatFan · Post by **ASUCatFan** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 12:53 pm

scumdevils86 wrote:
ASUCatFan wrote:I made spare ribs on the smoker. They were the best thing I've ever made on it. Makes me wonder why I've been buying baby backs.
What recipe did you use? I might smoke some stuff this weekend.

I just used some olive oil, a store bought dry rub I had and slathered a store bought sauce 20 minutes before I pulled them off of the smoker. Smoked over mesquite since it's free to cut up at my Dad's house.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Thu Mar 26, 2020 1:15 pm

I'm almost out of mesquite but I like mixing it with a little apple or Cherry

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