JULY, 2013 - what's for dinner ???

bethk wrote:Boy, Norm, you still have me wanting country ribs! Why is it pork is on sale so much in the summer....could be because it pairs so well with things like corn on the cob and garden tomatoes.....

Jimmy - your sausages always look ready to stick a fork in and then just take a bite....no knife needed for the first one, anyway.

bethk wrote:Yeah, you better drop your socks (inside out) and shorts.....oh, yeah, she's been gone a week, make sure there's only ONE pair of dirty shorts laying on the floor...no sense in letting her think you showered or changed clothes.  And spread a little Crisco on the pillowcases so, for sure, she'll know your greasy hair ruined the sheets.....

Been nice know in' you.....


Hahahahahahaha ha

muzicgirl wrote:

Last night, I got a hankering to make a dinner that I thought I'd put together in a flash ... but it took me over two hours ... but once I was committed, I wanted to see it through ... that ever happen to you?  

Halfway through, (what with me being diabetic and needing to eat RIGHT NOW and all,) I realized what I was preparing wasn't going to be this night's dinner. I was too far from eating time.  So, I wound up microwaving some leftovers which I ate standing up while my
casserole (what will now be TONIGHT'S dinner,) was in the oven, and I was washing the dishes, and cleaning up my prep mess.  

The good news is, my dinner will be all prepared when I get home tonight, just reheat, and we're good to go!    Gotta love that!

bethk wrote:

Oh, gosh, no...my meals come off quickly and are ALWAYS picture perfect and delicious.....

Hahahahahahahaha!  Yeah, right !  Sometimes I start supper at 10 in the morning and am lucky if I finish before the sun goes down.  But I figure as long as no one sees me then I don't have to admit to anything, kind of like when something drops on the floor...the 5 second rule.  Well, at the villa in Florida and NOT here in the house that is blessed with animal hair everyplace I look.

I hope you post some pics of your supper tonight.  We all love to drool on our screens!

bethk wrote:I don't care where we go as long as they have vodka.....lol!

You have to understand....our daughter and grandson are sharing the house with us right now, she will lease it from us when we retire to our villa in The Villages, FL.  She comes complete with a goofy Labrador and two cats....and all three of them are constantly shedding.  Dane and I have not had any animals in the house for over 15 or 20 years, practically the same time our children finally moved away from home.  It's driving me nuts.  It must be old age, but animal hair on the carpet and the wood floors and the vinyl in the kitchen....well, let's just say it has taken all the self-control I can muster not to go buy a clippers and go at it with all three of them.

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:I just threw a eggplant casserole together.

Baked on the grill 1 hour 20 minutes.
Tina is home now, and she loved it. Good!

It was only a 8 inch pyrex just enough.
I ate three huge wedges... Oink!

Barbara101 wrote:sounds good.. I am getting pretty good at knowing when the steak is done like I like it.I touch it with my finger lol

The kid thing,,, I will not sit by kids period.. 

Barbara101 wrote:Beth that is how I make it. I don't pre cook it.

bethk wrote:Jimmy, when you use that frozen breaded eggplant is it prebrowned or do you have to brown the slices before assembling?  Since I'm the only one who will eat eggplant I usually just pick up a couple or three of those skinny Japanese ones - I like the skins not as tough as the big purple ones...and virtually no seeds to speak of.  Last time I made it I was really lazy....I put some slices in the dish, seasoned with s&p, sprinkled on some panko, slices of the "fresh" mozzarella and a few spoonful of homemade marinara...repeated a couple times.  The sprinkling of the panko was just enough without going to any trouble at all.

I like to think I'm not a lazy cook but rather an inventive one....hahahahahahaha!

bethk wrote:Gee, Barb, we should have come to YOUR house!

We ended up at TGIFridays, only because I just got an emailed coupon for one free entree with the purchase of an entree and 2 beverages.  We each had a cocktail and they made an error and dropped an appetizer at our table by mistake...oh well, as long as it was there we might as well eat it!  LOL

Dane had a sirloin with large grilled shrimp and I decided on a smaller sirloin with a langoustine & mushroom topping.  If the steak had been med-rare instead of medium it would have been just what I wanted....but I was hungry enough to not want to send it back.  Dane had ordered HIS steak medium and it came a perfect med-rare....aaaarrrrgghhh, the kitchen or waitress just confused the two orders.  As Dane was finishing up his steak he looked at me and said, "I ought to order my steak like THIS more often....it's really tender and juicy."  Oh well, my meal was free so I wasn't going to complain.  It was good but not as juicy as I prefer.  The langoustine were surprisingly plentiful and not overcooked, quite tasty.

When we go out to eat we usually try to sit in the lounge area and leave the dining room for families...have I mentioned how much I like children??  Hahahahaha!  So we had an enjoyable, fairly inexpensive dinner out...and I was happy not to cook for a night.