"DINNER" ... ((FEBRUARY 2015 ))

Bugster2 wrote:Barb, that looks incredible! I have never even heard of chicken strudel. Copy and paste your recipe and will give it a try next week.

Another day at the beach for DH. He will be home late so it will be honey bbq wings from Costco with a pasta salad.

I think I finally found a recipe for a near perfect chocolate chip cookie. It is from The Food Lab and has just the right amount crunch and chew.

Bugster2 wrote:I think I have tried dozens of recipes for CC cookies and this one is the closest to perfect so far. A little more complicated than the usual recipe but that is ok if the results are good. The worst part of making cookies is forming the dough balls. For some reason I hate doing it.

Bugs... I hate making the balls with anything such as meatballs / matzo balls  / etc.
I bought us a ccomplete set of scoop ballers. 2 inch...1-1/2" ... 1"...3/4" and even 1/2" inch... They were not cheap; like 5 bucks each, but we love them.
DD ( The one with behavior issues ) uses them when she makes cookies, and she loves them. At least there are no cookies flying against the wall if she gets in a fit of rage.  

I love them too. My meatballs have to be all the same size.    

I'm sure you had seen them bugs....you scoop and squeeze the handle, and the wiper inside scrapes the filling / whatever, and drops on the cookie sheet.

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:

Bugster2 wrote:I think I have tried dozens of recipes for CC cookies and this one is the closest to perfect so far. A little more complicated than the usual recipe but that is ok if the results are good. The worst part of making cookies is forming the dough balls. For some reason I hate doing it.

Bugs... I hate making the balls with anything such as meatballs / matzo balls  / etc.
I bought us a ccomplete set of scoop ballers. 2 inch...1-1/2" ... 1"...3/4" and even 1/2" inch... They were not cheap; like 5 bucks each, but we love them.
DD ( The one with behavior issues ) uses them when she makes cookies, and she loves them. At least there are no cookies flying against the wall if she gets in a fit of rage.  

I love them too. My meatballs have to be all the same size.    

I'm sure you had seen them bugs....you scoop and squeeze the handle, and the wiper inside scrapes the filling / whatever, and drops on the cookie sheet.

bethk wrote:Going to a community bowling tournament today.  I'm competing for 'lowest score' ~ wish me luck!

Bugster2 wrote:This time I just used a spoon and a scale. The dough had to sit overnight in the fridge and even though I brought it to room temp, was still very stiff and impossible to use with a scoop. I ball up the dough, throw it into a Ziplock bag and throw it into the freezer and pull out what I need, which is about 6 cookies at a time.

NormM wrote:Cassie is making a cake for someone this afternoon and Charlie is going to make dinner so I made some more sourdough bread this morning.

Bugster2 wrote:I too, cooked a meal I could not eat: wild Scottish salmon with an herbed wine sauce. DH and roomie were in heaven eating it. I don't like fish. I steamed some artichokes, slathered on some Caesar dressing and grilled those. They were edible.
My DH brought home some awful looking alcoholic beverage. It came in a tall thin bottle. It was Koolaid purple and has something in it that made it shimmer. It tasted like vodka and grape Koolaid. I almost gagged but DH and roomie finished the bottle.

Tina is not a fish / seafood eater either.
Maybe one or two shrimp. She likes those stuffed clams only because the bread crumb filling.

Tomorrow, will be a Massive seafood dinner. We are celebrating DD's birthday a day before her actual date. Darn, i'm getten old for sure. The Baby is gonna be 37. God Bless Her. God Help Me! LOL

I was pi_ _ ing my pants laughing the other day. I said to Tina. "See the young cat "Dolly" over there?" and she said,"Yeah, so what!" I said, That soab is probably gonna out live me at the rate I'm Going!" .....
Boy, did I get a tongue lashing!....