September, 2014..What's Cooking For Dinner??

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:Tina made frozen large stuffed shells from Sams Club.
My sauce and meatballs from the other day.

She baked a Paula Deen Butter Pound cake.

All was good..... and we all ate the same thing today.

bethk wrote:Heck, I'd buy 'em just for the packaging !!

Too cool.

bethk wrote:

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:Tina made frozen large stuffed shells from Sams Club.
My sauce and meatballs from the other day.

She baked a Paula Deen Butter Pound cake.

All was good..... and we all ate the same thing today.

Jimmy - I've got a 16 oz. container of my manicotti filling and marinara in the freezer.  You just gave me the idea to use it to stuff some shells.  It should be just enough for a good sized casserole dish.

Thanks for lettin' me steal the idea!

You didn't steal the idea Beth.
The idea has been there all the time....and all you had to do is,"Click your spatula's together ten times, and say," I wish I had stuffed shells with my filling!"

bethk wrote:All the talk about sauerkraut had me still hungry for it.....so supper was grilled brats with a side of sauerkraut (I ate about 1/3 of it straight out of the pan on the stove) and I also sautéed some onion with yellow summer squash.

bethk wrote:Do you take the leftovers to Mike just to taunt him???

Nah, only a mean person would do that!

Looks like a Shepherd's Pie with a sub of biscuits for the mashed potatoes.

bethk wrote:Yes, Jimmy, I think you are correct....Shepherd's Pie is made with lamb.

However, that being said, those of us who do not care for lamb take 'poetic license' with the name and make ours with beef.....

And since a certain lady chef (not May but J _ _ _) is not here to tell all of us how wrong we are, you can make the dish with whatever you'd like and call it Shepherd's Pie or Bovine Bowl.  Nobody here is gonna give you heck.

LOL

one of the sites I just checked for a 'recipe' on had this to say:

"Shepherd’s Pie comes to us from England, and is traditionally made with lamb or mutton. Here in the states we are more of a beef eating culture than a lamb eating one, and when one is served “shepherd’s pie” here, it is most often made with ground beef. In England (and Australia and New Zealand) they would call the beef dish a “cottage pie” and the lamb dish “shepherd’s pie”.

Regardless of what you call it, a shepherd’s pie is basically a casserole with a layer of cooked meat and vegetables, topped with mashed potatoes, and baked in the oven until the mashed potatoes are well browned. When you dig in you get a spoonful of mashed potatoes, some crispy bits, meat, and vegetables all in one bite. It’s pure comfort food."


Read more: http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/easy_shepherds_pie/#ixzz3E0nuC56b

Thanks for the info Chef B _ _ _ !!!

So, what do you think about making the pie; whatever, with the little rolls??

There was a guy on the OLD c.com site that made the shepherds pie with the tater tots. It was (user name ) OldBay I think? No?
I think You Beth, used the coin type tater tops on one if I'm not mistaken??
Or was it Norm! Ha Ha Ha Ha ..... my memory is kicking in....I just thought of the thread "Swedish Meatballs" ..... Haaaaaa.... Remember all the rants on that thread? OMG.... all the B/S like They don't use this or that in the meatballs, and
They are not authentic if you add ground raisins or whatever.
That was some thread.

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:
Thanks for the info Chef B _ _ _ !!!

So, what do you think about making the pie; whatever, with the little rolls??