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

Bugster2 wrote:I can make a decent fry with a recipe I got from Norm. It is a McDonald's copycat. Good but time consuming. My husband prefers that type of fry. I am not familiar with frozen brands so that Is why I was asking. I guess I will try the Ore-Ida brand and see what he thinks.

Imelda HL wrote:Hello all, I'm back...I've been away for so long... I went back to see my my for more than a month, came back home 2 weeks ago.. and just log in now

I haven't read all the unread post yet, only this thread.. I want to wish a belated happy birthday for Cyndi, wishing you all the best

Jimmy, I'm glad you and Tina are doing okay now, I was worried when I read the news that you were in the hospital.. take god care of yourself and Tina

I have to watch my food intake too, my cholesterol is way too high, but my sugar is good on my last blood test.. I need to cut down my red meat which is so hard, I like to eat fatty food, meat with fat, chicken thighs with skin on

I came back to celebrate Dirk's birthday on the 7th, last Sunday we had a small gathering ( 6 couples ) at house with our friends from church, it was a good party, everybody enjoyed the food and the company.. I cooked Indonesian food, yellow rice molded in cone shape, special food for celebrations

cone yellow rice with spicy beef, potato ball fritters, spicy fried tofu, boiled eggs in spicy sauce, cut omelet


fried noodles with boiled quail eggs


chayote squash and long bean in curry sauce, it was a hit, they like the spiciness


the birthday boy was cutting the top of the coned rice

NormM wrote:I did not know it was supposed to be pre seasoned.  I wiped it with flax oil and baked it in the oven at 450 for about an hour.  After I used it, I cleaned it, baked it with oil again and put it away. I am using the one that came with the stove now too.  The cast iron one is in the oven waiting to be used again.  I cooked a piece of sausage on the flat side and decided the flat sided aluminum one was just as good. I'll save the other one for some time when I want the grooved side.

NormM wrote:The cast iron griddle is not as smooth or non stick as is the one that came with the oven. I did notice that the same stove as the one i got except it's the one higher up the price scale comes with the cast iron one as standard. The aluminum one does not get as hot but it heats up quicker than the cast iron one.

NormM wrote:We also had chicken wings for dinner tonight. We still have turkey leftovers but I have had leftover turkey four times and wanted something else.

Crybaby wrote:

Imelda, I haven't been around for a couple of weeks so I just saw this -- absolutely amazing!  The spread in your special dishes was so pretty -- I'll bet I would've liked everything, too, especially the spicy dishes. The rice cone was beautiful, too!  Your food and your cooking never ceases to amaze me -- wish we lived closer so I could get on your party list!

So glad you're back safe and sound. I hope your family back home is well, too.

(My late father's birthday was the 7th of November as well -- he would've been 100 this year (November 7, 1917 was the date of the Bolshevik revolution and the only date I easily remembered since it was my dad's birthday!!).