Um, post-Midnight it's only Thursday

(and I still don't believe you cook gourmet dinners every single freakin' night besides those you spend $400 at (gimme some work, bitch!) )

Sure. I get invited over for White Castles, but you go out for the good stuff and keep it for yourself.

Oddly enough, we were talking about hamburgers at work tonight. I was craving one all night long, so I came home and made myself a big burger, topped it off with a slice of onion and fit it between a golden broiled bun.

I was on late shift yesterday so did not get home till 10pm.
Made do with a couple of bowls of home made spicy tomato soup!

I have naan breads to use up. But no chicken for the curry. Hm...

Broiled Filet Mignons rubbed in olive oil, parsley, fresh garlic, a little salt, pepper and diced onions. Broiled fresh Shrimps that were sitting in fresh lemon juice, a little olive oil, oregano and peprika.

Fresh asparagus, corn on the cob, and a nice mixed salad.

Didn't you rub your filet just last week??

I made myself a chilli. By fuck was it hot. Also used the naans, put in some chips, and added lots of rice, too; so plenty to absorb the heat with. I'm pretty stuffed.

I'm a total wuss when it comes to hot food. I can't tolerate it at all.

Oh, you're one of those wives that say "Once a month is enough!" huh?

Me? I rub my Filets every chance that I get!

Once a MONTH?? When you have quality available, you must take advantage of it as often as possible.

No, you misread what I posted.

YOU'RE one of those wives that say ONCE A MONTH IS ENOUGH!

No, I didn't misread it. I was correcting you.

You go girl

Well well well, look who's finally talking directly TO me? Well geoffy, I was thinking ahead, sorry if my post was technically off by a few mins when I was thinking "tomorrow's dinner". Whether its 11:59 or 12:01, its still tomorrows dinner... sorry about the strict rules on your board!! I will be sure NOT to have Kobe Wagu beef on fridays though, no worries!! I don't think my meals are gourmet, they are pretty simple dishes that take less than 30 mins with prep in most cases... sure its better than most pizzerias and "italian" restaurants out there, but once you do something enough times it becomes easier.

As to not bore the others, let me open up a new topic... what are the 3 most expensive dinners you ever had? For me...

1) 2008 Del Posto (MY bro's 50th bday) $400
2) 2006 Babbo (my 40th bday, er, um, i mean my 39th, again) $300
3) 1995 San Giusto (New Year's Eve to impress a doctor I was dating) $200

PS Geoffy - Want more work? Sort thru my several emails you've been ignoring for months and you will see that I've offered, but you were MIA, maybe because you were busy monitoring which messages came in before/after midnight or massaging your wagu :-P

And who's going to correct you?




Please ladies, not in public. If you have to quarrel than take it to a PM.

You talking per person, for 2, for 10, or what?


The Attorney General's office found me, but you couldn't?


That was good, gotta admit

It's funny because it's true!

Tonight I'm having dinner with some people from church. They are making some Italian Beef and who knows what else.

My husband just got a promotion and wanted to take me out tonight to celebrate. We've been dying to try this place The Park but have been waiting for a special occasion since it's rather pricey. I had to remind him that I'm not going to a steakhouse on a Friday during Lent, though.

I wouldn't go simply because they have unstoppable background MIDI on their website. It's not 1996 any more.

Give Mr. Babe my sincerest congratulations on his promotion!

A local church's fish fry takeout tonight. We have not had it yet this year, but it's terrific. The food is not the grease filled fish most have to expect and the pierogies are fantastic.

Good job on the promotion, Mr. Babe!

I'll be making some home made pizzas tonight :

1 regular pie and 1 white pie.

Thanks, guys! I am very proud of him.

I picked up three bottles of red wine, and we're going over to have dinner with some friends. We'll probably get pizza. The Park will have to wait.

And JG, you computer geek, do you pick all restaurants by their websites???

Actually, quite often!

That sounds great. One church around us has a fish fry during Lent, and it attracts throngs. I haven't gone this year because you often have a 40 minute wait.

A Byzantine church sells homemade pierogi during Lent in several varieties. I'm running out of time to buy some.

Congratulations to Mr. Babe.

Don Malta is now in the witness relocations program and talking to the feds?? Gotti is turning over in his grave!

Those meals were all for 2, tip included, i tend to be generous in certain cases, the Del Posto actually came to $375 with tip, but it was another $25 to buy the car back from the garage a block away.

Tonight, against my better judgement I had dinner with friends at http://www.202italianbistro.com -- it wasnt bad, just overpriced. Seems so hard to find a GOOD italian restaurant at a reasonable price. I had the Jumbo Shrimp with Risotto, something I often make but wanted to see how the "pros" do it, I like mine better lol. The appetizer was intersting, calamari with balsamic reduction, or as they call it "blackend calamari". I am probably too picky but for a small town joint I expect the food to be great for that price ($100 for 3 of us, we brought the wine, and only ordered 1 appetizer, 3 entrees, 2 desserts, 1 coke). Eh.

C'mon. My current favorite Italian place is in the next town over, in a strip mall, in the back of a pizzeria next to Shop-Rite. The pizza and subs I'm not overly impressed with, they're typical, but the entrees are outstanding! Everything is made fresh to order, and my favorites are the sauteed pasta dishes. I don't know what it is, but I've not been excited about red sauces ("gravies" ) lately -- and the sauces they come up with are awesome! And since it's BYOB, you can leave there spending $20 or less per person. So take your $400 restaurants and..............

do you guys have a Bizzaro's Pizzaria up there?

Oh, I don't deny there are some small town strip mall places that beat the hell out of the "fancy" places... in fact the best slice I can find in a 5mile radius has literally one table in it and is like a closet... its next to a home depot, staples, and sears, but places like that are just very rare finds for me. The $400 was a once-in-a-lifetime thing... and I have to honestly say it was the very best meal i ever had, if I were on death row, that would be my choice as of this writing. Its hard to put a price on that stuff, but if i were to pay what i think it would be worth (not rent or location or the 5 waiters, one for bread, one for water, etc)... I dunno, i think for 2 it would reasonably be worth $200. But factor everything else in and there you have it. The KOBE BURGER i had at the top of the stratosphere in Vegas 120 flights up would be my #2 and that only cost $100 for 3. Gotta live and spend a little to experience life. You lost $4k for cocktail hour pigs in blankets, so who are you to talk LOL.

Do they ship to New York??