October, 2017.....What's for dinner?

Crybaby wrote:

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:The dough....is rising in the bowl P I Z Z A ..... on the menu tonight.
Cool enough outside, to fire up the ovens inside.
Toppings????  ..... I guess peppers diced for Tina. Onions and Anchovies for me. Pepperoni for Tina.  

Peppers for Tina, Jimmy?  Are you talking green bell peppers or other peppers?  I love 'em all but even green peppers tend to bother the stomach of some people.  Just curious.

Mmm, homemade pizza sounds really good to me right now -- I'm sitting here thinking peppers, onions, pepperoni and even a bit of anchovies.  I love the flavor of anchovies and I'd even eat them on an occasional pizza if they were cut up in small pieces.

I do love the flavor of them and occasionally use both anchovy paste and a "smushed" canned anchovy or two when making certain dishes.  Of course, I don't let Brian see me use 'em!!!  He caught me once years ago using them in something, I think it was my stuffed Anaheim chile peppers -- but I talked some sense into him and told him he loved them and I'd always used anchovy paste when making them.  

I convinced him to eat them anyway, and I became convinced that I needed to be sneakier when using them...

Bell peppers, the green, but she can tolerate them.
Believe it or not, she can eat the sausage, and spicy, as long as it's pork,
but anything beef is a No No!
I didn't use the anchiovies, because it would be too salty, and I would be up all night drinking. .... And like a kid, I would probably piss the bed!

bethk wrote:The whole chicken cooked in the Instant Pot was cooked in about 35 minutes....but we all agreed it was a 'fail' due to the texture of the meat.  It was almost 'spongy'....not a nice mouth feel at all.  I ended up putting the sliced pieces under the broiler to dry it out a bit and firming up the meat.  Thank goodness I made a sauce from the drippings....but don't even ask about the skin ~ YUCK!

It got eaten, however, and it did taste like chicken.  But it won't be one to be repeated.

bethk wrote:Break time before the 5:00 wedding in the park.....it poured this morning but the rain has stopped now and it's just overcast, about 73 degrees.  Robin's getting her hair done and Ben's at the park decorating the gazebo where they will have the outside ceremony.  We have back-up umbrellas and a rain coat to share if necessary.  

This morning Robin, Andrea & I made 3 boutineers and 3 bouquets....Just the bride, groom & their 3 children get flowers.  I was sweatin' it for fear we'd screw it up but Robin was pleased with how they all came out.  Then Andrea & I had to go to the bakery to pick up their 2-tier wedding cake and take it to the restaurant where the wedding feast will be ~ I just prayed it would get there without any incidence or a thumb in the side of it.  But, mission accomplished without a problem.

Now it's just 1 hour till we leave to go to the park.  Keep your fingers crossed for us!

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:Wings and bread loaves look awesome.
I have those baking loaf pans, and never used them.

NormM wrote:

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:Wings and bread loaves look awesome.
I have those baking loaf pans, and never used them.

That is the kind of bread i make so often I don't have to look at a recipe anymore. I use them all the time.

bethk wrote:Since I cannot post pics here, please check my Facebook post for pics of the wedding....

Tonight, since Robin & Ben are on their short 'honeymoon' trip to Southern Ohio, Jake had a friend come to hang with.  We reheated leftovers from the wedding supper ~ Prime Rib, Fried Lake Erie Perch, Twice Baked Potatoes and dinner rolls.  It was a 'reheated feast'!  I sliced and wrapped the wedding cake for them to enjoy later.  We got most of the pre-wedding lunch stuff finished up earlier today.  Just about everything is back to normal here at the house.

Hopefully we'll have a chance to go to brunch with friends tomorrow before we leave on Monday morning.

bethk wrote:Aw, Jimmy, yer just blown' smoke......We know you'd give her the shirt off your back (IF it needed to be washed......)

LOL

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Robin & Ben got back from their mini-honeymoon and texted to have us meet them at a restaurant down the road.  We just had snacky stuff because we had gone out for brunch with friends and none of us were really hungry for a meal.

Hopefully Dane & I will hit the road early tomorrow and we'll be home at a decent time on Tuesday.  It's been a great weekend and a wonderful wedding celebration but we both want to get back to our own house and our own bed!