So, whats for dinner tonight?

Happy 10th Fins!! That sounds like so much fun-we don't have anything like that here :cry: karen

What is everyone's favorite food?

I get to have my favorite tonight. I am going to my parents' house and we are watching a movie and ordering Pizza Hut pizza. Pan crust with pepperoni and mushrooms. Yummy! I can't wait!

Tonite hubby was a doll & made me Eggo's. I love Eggo's. My sciatica was acting up all day, I slept like crap last nite & was tired all day-so he made me dinner!

Wow..Pan pizza from Pizza Hut..along with cheesesticks..that's in my to 5. I think my absolute favorite is really good BBQ. Not the yankee crap they make up north, but the REAL stuff from back home down south. And then..Chi-chi's fried ice cream. YUM!! Remember that? Other Mexican places try to do it..I've even had it in Mexico! But no one has ever come close to Chi-chi's.

I miss Chi-Chi's. Are there ANY still around? The ones in NJ went away years ago. In its place? Fudruckers....I can't stand that place.

Oh, Chi-Chi's... I totally forgot about that place. Yeah, the fried ice cream was awesome! I don't know about anywhere else, but I'm in South Dakota and ours was closed about 10 years ago. :(

I think ours closed about 7 years ago. Was vacant for the longest time.

Tomorrow hoping the hubby bakes Chicken for me!

yep, all the Chi-chi's in America closed by 2001. Chi-chi's was owned by legendary Green Bay packer WR Max McGee. He sold a bunch to The Outback, then closed the rest of them after a nasty hep. outbreak in 2000. I miss them!!

Went to Johnny Carino's last night...ugh!! I had calamari and cedar salmon....the calimari was cooked to high temp too fast and was like eating a rubber band and the salmon was ckked too long and was dry.hubby had chicken parm and he did not like it...which I wondered why he ordered it..he has never had chicken parm he liked other than mine. Anyway..shoulda gone to Wendy's or McD or BK.

Went to Johnny Carino's last night...ugh!! I had calamari and cedar salmon....the calimari was cooked to high temp too fast and was like eating a rubber band and the salmon was ckked too long and was dry.hubby had chicken parm and he did not like it...which I wondered why he ordered it..he has never had chicken parm he liked other than mine. Anyway..shoulda gone to Wendy's or McD or BK.

Oh I hate when calimari gets screwed up! I also hate when it's not breaded right.

Wasn't going to go there. The manager came and asked how the dinner was and when I told him the calamari was frozen and that they cooked it at too high a temp and it was chewy he just looked at me like I was crazy. I should know better than to order things I know how to cook.

That totally sux Rox! Hate when i spend good money to get yuck food! I'd rather stay home and cook it myself!
They sure make some of their dishes on the commercial look delicious! (the one named after their mom, maria something or other looks awesome!)
Guess u know not to go back there!
:(
Ang

I have a good old fashioned pot roast in the crock pot since 9 this morning with potatoes, onion, carrots, fresh green beans,and a little burgundy...smells fantastic!!

That was the first and last time Ang.

Morning..that sounds yummy..comfort food.

Oh yum Morningstarr, that sounds delicious! I'm having home made bean and ham soup and grands biscuits.

Okay, I had a Rally burger. I broke down and spent $1.

CAnnr...I would share if you were here!!!! Drive up ...I have left overs...

Morning..I was going to ask if you had any doggie bags..

Ang, know what I'd like? Pistolettes, fried, and then stuffed with something like dirty rice. Nothing else like it. I don't know why, but you can only get pistollettes (sp?) in Louisiana. That ranks up there with Natichotes pies in my book.

I have two link of Andouille and two links of Chorizo in the fridge. I think I will make a spicy something to serve with rice tonight. Those Pistolettes sound awsome. I wish I could get Boudain sausage around here.

Pistolettes are a lot like the meat pies except they have seafood in them.... and the bread is different... not sure why u can't get them other places!
Also, we have places here that serve plate lunches, it's a homecooked meal served for one! I've also never seen those any other places i've visited!
ANy of u?
Ang

It is like New Jersey is full of Diners that are open 24 hours and you can get almost anything at anytime. Most of them are Greek owned. In Florida and other places I have been you hardly ever see them.

I don't think we have ANY diners open 24 hours here! We do have a few breakfast places that stay open late, like 3 or 4am.... also taco bell is open till that time but NO kinda rest or diner!
Weird how diff parts of the country have diff things!
Ang

The old diners were made in factories and resembled RR dining cars. They were transported to the site very often in one piece. They are classic Art Deco and Art Moderne structures. Some still remain and many have been moved to other states. Rosies Diner from the Bounty commercial was the most famous. It once sat on Rte 46 in Little Ferry NJ and now is in the midwest somewhere. The new ones a big and shiny mega versions of the old ones with huge menus. Everything comes in flash frozen.

Oh wow now that is TOO COOL!
We dont' have anythign like that around here!!
Thanks for sharing that Frogman!
:D
Ang

Frogman, Im a Jersey girl! And when I used to live there, I loved going to the diners! It was the best place to go anytime of the day/night. The food was great, plus they give you huge portions at cheap prices. Boy do I miss diners! I moved to Ohio earlier this year and cant find a diner NO WHERE!

BTW...we're having wheat pasta with organic pasta sauce for dinner with garlic bread.

Sounds yummy amin! I stuffed some green peppers with my new crab n shrimp stuffing!
Easy!
I'm all about easy....
(or lazy huh?)
;)
Ang

I am making stromboli tonight..REALLY easy.

I'm gonna try ur recipe u posted over in the Recipe thread fins! Sounds yummy!
And i'll post my recipe for tater soup soon!
:D
Ang

OMG...That recipe is soooo good!

I am looking for a recipe for beer and potato soup..

BEER?? wonder if u could just use beer in place of some of the water???
Hummm.... beer tater soup! Interesting. THe other day i saw Emeril use beer in gumbo! I had never seen that before...
Ang
P.S. Now i HAVE heard of drunken chicken!
:D

i have decided after overeating the past months that starting tomorrow i am going on a diet. or better yet, cut down on my eating. since i have been unemployed, all i do is eat, eat, and eat. i discovered that i eat under stress and boredom. so what i am going to do to overcome the boredom, i am going to look for a job everyday. i would go walking, but starting in the morning it is going to turn cold. (good reason) :lol:

Good Luck on your job hunting Granny!!
I will keep my fingers crossed for ya!
:D
Ang - i've also been over eating lately, too much candy!

I will be overeating on Saturday night, when we go out for our anniversary!!

I am going to take a pic of the giant grill so you guys can see the ambiance!

Oh i can't wait to see it!! Take a pic of u cooking ur steak k?
:D
Have fun Fins and Happy Anniversary!
:D
Ang

lol, yes, I will have my husband take a picture of me cooking my steak! You can see me all dressed up! :D

I can't friggin' WAIT!!

Frogpatch, I've been to a diner in NJ. It was confusing at first, because they had listed a "Califoria burger". I joked with the waitress, and got a laugh or two from her, then learned that it's a burger with lettuce, etc. In California, I guess we should have NJ or NY burgers LOL.

California burger is a NJ term. I do not know where it came from. Here are some others. Taylor Ham, Regular Coffee, Hard Rolls, and Black and White Soda. Down at the shore a Pizza used to be called a Tomato Pie. There is a place called Vics in Bradley Beach that still has a neon sign that says it. Great pizza by the way!

I've heard the term Tomato Pie and also Regular Coffee and Hard Rolls, but not the other two....

What is regular coffee??
:?
Ang

I am making a BIG pot of stuffed green pepper soup right now. It will go good with the day, very windy and 39 out right now, they are talking snow for this afternoon :shock: I wanted to grill out but it is too windy, I had to go running after the garbage can this morning. So no grill only soup today with some nice warm crusty rolls on the side :)

Hmm, nice warm soup
I'd love some of mom's warm tomato soup about right now, puts Campbell's (even painted by Warhol) to shame

What's stuffed green pepper soup-sounds yummy!! Snow :shock: it's colder here today, so far about 40 degrees, but no snow!!..karen

If you like stuffed green peppers this is kind of like it. I used ground beef, onion, diced tomatoes,green peppers, minute rice, tomato juice and beef broth. I had the soup once and just made it how I thought it should be and the whole family loves it. I don't have it measured out or written down, i'm sorry. But here is the way I make it. I have a huge pot I make it in, so I use a ton of the ingredients :oops: But then I freeze some and the family eats it for a couple of days lol.

Fry up your ground beef with the onion, season to taste, add your diced tomatoes and chopped green peppers, tomato juice and a couple cans of beef broth ( you don't want to add too much tomato juice) then while that is simmering I cook the rice (if you don't it will suck up all your juices) then add the rice and simmer a little longer. You can add more tomato juice and beef broth if it gets too thick for you.

Thanks Puddl!!It sounds great- will have to try it soon!!You cook like I do- I never measure anything and add what I think it looks like it needs!!

People ask for my receipes, but I can't tell you how much of anything to use!!I too, ccok in a huge pot- I cook for me,hubby,son that is disabled, mom, and now my brother and sis-in-law since she had a stroke-so it takes alot! If I cook beans, I cook about 5 pounds!!..karen

Going back aways, regular coffee is just coffee with milk and sugar. Taylor ham is pork roll made by the Taylor company of Trenton. A black and white soda is chocolate soda with vanilla ice cream and a hard roll is a kaiser roll that is very crisp on the outside and light and airy on the inside. Anyone want a chocolate egg cream?

I do I do...I love egg creams. We used to get them when we would go to this old drug store that had an an old time soda fountain. I used to love to go there and sit at the counter. ( I think I was 5 or 6) I thought I was a big shot becuas I got to sit on the stool all by myself.

lol Roxy

I loved the soda fountain, we used to live in Colorado and we would drive up in the mountains to a little mining town called central city and they had the old fashoned soda fountain and my mom used to order the things from when she was younger. They were so yummy. I miss Colorado and playing in the mountains :cry: