June, 2016 * * Dinners We Fixed

bethk wrote:

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:
Looks great Beth!
BTW... got my order delivered from Tony Packos .... Love the whole pickled Hungarian hot peppers. So crisp. Have to try the hot ketchup yet!

The Wickles Pickles are easier to find down here....and a whole lot cheaper, too.  Found them on special at Fresh Market (usually the more expensive) on sale for $2.89/jar....usually $4.39.  I bought 3 jars!  LOL  I had the ketchup when we were still in Ohio....I wasn't overly impressed with it.  

Crybaby wrote:Happy Belated Birthday, Lore!  Loved what you said about growing older, too.  Though I have some health issues and both of our backs are bad (understatement for me), Brian and I consider ourselves blessed to still have one another and to be able to enjoy "retirement" together.  We, too, have all our marbles -- at least the ones we always had! -- and we laugh and enjoy one another's company every day.  I wish you a wonderful year and many more to enjoy after this one!  

Crybaby wrote:

Imelda wrote:It's my pleasure to cook for them, as you know I like cooking, and I'm so happy when I see them like my cooking, esp when they had second serving of it and were happy to keep the leftover for the next day  Very Happy

I smiled reading this, Imelda, as those of us who love to cook love seeing others enjoy our meals.  Good luck with the stuffed cabbage rolls.  That's something we usually don't eat.  Both of us would eat some but we just never crave them or even think of making them.  I'm curious to see how yours turn out, though, as I don't think I've ever seen a pic of something you made that I didn't want some!

I made some yesterday, they turned out good.. they are a bit plain for our taste, Dirk said they need some heat/hot sauce, but he is sure his parents will like them, they don't eat spicy food at all ( and no cilantro also ), my MIL doesn't add salt at all on her cooking, so I think my cabbage rolls will be perfect for them

I'm glad I added some chopped bacon, it cranks up the flavor, and a bunch of chopped jalapeno would be nice ( for us )

Imelda HL wrote:

Crybaby wrote:

Imelda wrote:It's my pleasure to cook for them, as you know I like cooking, and I'm so happy when I see them like my cooking, esp when they had second serving of it and were happy to keep the leftover for the next day  Very Happy

I smiled reading this, Imelda, as those of us who love to cook love seeing others enjoy our meals.  Good luck with the stuffed cabbage rolls.  That's something we usually don't eat.  Both of us would eat some but we just never crave them or even think of making them.  I'm curious to see how yours turn out, though, as I don't think I've ever seen a pic of something you made that I didn't want some!

I made some yesterday, they turned out good.. they are a bit plain for our taste, Dirk said they need some heat/hot sauce, but he is sure his parents will like them, they don't eat spicy food at all ( and no cilantro also ), my MIL doesn't add salt at all on her cooking, so I think my cabbage rolls will be perfect for them

I'm glad I added some chopped bacon, it cranks up the flavor, and a bunch of chopped jalapeno would be nice ( for us )

Imelda HL wrote:
I made some yesterday, they turned out good.. they are a bit plain for our taste, Dirk said they need some heat/hot sauce, but he is sure his parents will like them, they don't eat spicy food at all ( and no cilantro also ), my MIL doesn't add salt at all on her cooking, so I think my cabbage rolls will be perfect for them

I'm glad I added some chopped bacon, it cranks up the flavor, and a bunch of chopped jalapeno would be nice ( for us )

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NormM wrote:I got some chicken paella, added some andouille and more rice and a salad and called it dinner.

bethk wrote:Woo Hoo!!! Beth BEAT the rain tonight and got her wings cooked before the downpour.  My timing was perfect ~ 10 minutes after I took them off the grill to finish up in the sauce it started.  I love it when a plan comes together.

Jimmy, I thought of you when I munched on the incinerated wing tips ~ you know what I'm talkin' about.  The charred and crispy edges of the pointy part of the wing.  So good!

I put a sweet chili sauce/Sweet Baby Ray's combo on my wings.  His got a super spicy 'Kicker Sauce' that we brought back from Ohio.  He was happy.  I was happy.  It was a great meal!



Jimmy, if you were here I would have left the sauce off yours.  It would have been a bit spicy for you...maybe not.  But I'll bet you would have liked yours just plain.....

bethk wrote:I'm not a fan of the fiddleheads, either.  But I did have them in a salad one time and they were really good.  I think there's a real knack to knowing what to pick and how to fix.....

bethk wrote:interesting.

I've never seen them at any of the markets, not even in Ohio where I know they are available in the spring.  Guess I'm just not in the right area.

NormM wrote:Charlie had an egg and potato chip sandwich for dinner tonight and I had a fried Spam sandwich with potato chips on the side.  I can't figure out why we forgot to take pictures.

Imelda HL wrote:
I made some yesterday, they turned out good.. they are a bit plain for our taste, Dirk said they need some heat/hot sauce, but he is sure his parents will like them, they don't eat spicy food at all ( and no cilantro also ), my MIL doesn't add salt at all on her cooking, so I think my cabbage rolls will be perfect for them

I'm glad I added some chopped bacon, it cranks up the flavor, and a bunch of chopped jalapeno would be nice ( for us )