Dinner dinner Saturday 11/9/2024

[rodentraiser]

I had to take a chicken breast out of my freezer the other night because I couldn't fit it back in once I unpacked everything, so I had that tonight. Actually, I had slow cooker Caesar chicken and it wasn't bad at all. It was supposed to go on a roll, but I already had a grilled cheese for lunch, so I opted to just eat the chicken breast by itself with some strawberries for dessert. Next time I think I'll let it chill in the fridge after cooking, then add a little more Caesar dressing on it before I add the Parmesan cheese, and eat it as a sandwich. It should be really good.

 

[caseydog]

My allergies are kicking my butt right now, so I had no interest in cooking. I ordered a pepperoni pizza from Marco's. They use the good pepperoni, the kind that curls up when it is baked... and tastes amazing. I think I have posted a picture of it before.

It was actually dinner and show. Some teenagers decided to do what they call a "takeover" of the intersection behind my house. Big mistake. The show was that I got to watch this punk-a$$ "driver" get handcuffed and loaded into a police car. As I write this, his car is being towed away to the impound yard. The "show" didn't cost me a penny, but it's probably going to cost him thousands of dollars.

I also hope the kid will learn from this. Honestly, I do.

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[Meryl]

Leftovers from red cabbage risotto I made the day before.

 

[dragnlaw]

Bowl of the homemade Leek and Potato Soup, with a Brioche bun I found in the freezer. Still have enough soup for another bowl but I froze it for another day and... hopefully I won't forget it is there.

 

[taxlady]

I had some canned lentil soup and a couple of smørrebrød (Danish style open faced sandwiches). I made the two smørrebrød each on a slice of rugbrød (Danish style heavy rye bread). One had ham and was garnished with deseeded tomato wedges, cucumber, and mustard greens. The other one was roast beef and was garnished with the tomato and cucumber, as well as some horseradish sauce and some celery leaves. I need to practice placing the garnishes. It isn't quite the way I had visualized it. But the smørrebrød tasted good.

 

[medtran49]

Chopped steak with dressed up BTB beef gravy using onions, mushrooms and Worcestershire, sides of mashed potatoes and green beans.

 

[cjmmytunes]

Leftover lasagna and garlic bread from Friday night.

 

[dragnlaw]

Here's what you need taxy although I think you did a pretty good job with the placement. Take a look at the following on Amazon. Not expensive at all. I have the last pair and find the 10" is the one I use all the time. 12" is a tad bit long but would be perfect for on a hot grill/griddle. I mostly use them for frying mushrooms and onions.
Lots of choices there.
Single 8" Tweezers or 2 x 8" Tweezers 10" & 12" Tweezers

 

[Andy M.]

I bought kitchen tweezers a while ago to handle smaller items where tongs weren't the best tool. I was not happy with them because they require too much pressure to tweeze with them, negating their benefit.

 

[pseudotsuga]

Made perogies (filling was roasted butternut squash with milk, butter, brown sugar, swiss cheese). Also roasted brussels sprouts and made gravy. Had some red cabbage sauerkraut and pickled beets with the perogies.

 

[Andy M.]

I made chicken tinga. SO had it over rice and I had it as a taco filling.

 

[taxlady]

Here's what you need taxy although I think you did a pretty good job with the placement. Take a look at the following on Amazon. Not expensive at all. I have the last pair and find the 10" is the one I use all the time. 12" is a tad bit long but would be perfect for on a hot grill/griddle. I mostly use them for frying mushrooms and onions.
Lots of choices there.
Single 8" Tweezers or 2 x 8" Tweezers 10" & 12" Tweezers

I was wondering about getting kitchen tweezers for that. I betcha it would help. Thanks for the links.

 

[dragnlaw]

They are not meant for really heavy things, although I've turned some fat sausages with them. But beautiful for shrimp, bacon, mushrooms, onions. I got them mainly because my arthritis is interfering with my use of chop sticks for cooking. Chop sticks were always a hit or miss with me but they were becoming more miss than hits.

Also great for fetching out olives from the bottom of the jar. Always used chop sticks for that job! Best part of living alone and feeding self... chop sticks in, grab olive, direct into mouth.


Andy I'm trying to visualize where you would need to apply a lot of pressure is maybe something too big and floppy? LOL, not meant to turn eggs, eh?

 

[taxlady]

I may start using chop sticks before I get the tweezers. I'm pretty good with chopsticks. I hadn't thought of that.

 

[dragnlaw]

Took me awhile to realize just how versatile chop sticks are too. But then, Arthritis came along and decided, nope - nawt gonna happen.

 

[Meryl]

They are not meant for really heavy things, although I've turned some fat sausages with them. But beautiful for shrimp, bacon, mushrooms, onions. I got them mainly because my arthritis is interfering with my use of chop sticks for cooking. Chop sticks were always a hit or miss with me but they were becoming more miss than hits.

Also great for fetching out olives from the bottom of the jar. Always used chop sticks for that job! Best part of living alone and feeding self... chop sticks in, grab olive, direct into mouth.


Andy I'm trying to visualize where you would need to apply a lot of pressure is maybe something too big and floppy? LOL, not meant to turn eggs, eh?

Yes, I find my long kitchen tweezers very useful, not just for kitchen use. For example, drawstring tracksuit bottoms. When the string around the waist part gets lost inside the waistband, I just put my tweezers in, grab hold of the string and pull it out again.