Thanks to rising cholesterol numbers, my husband and I went completely vegetarian (although we did eat fish) for a month. We found it a bit too extreme, so now we try to have a vegetarian dinner at least two nights per week. One night we will do pasta with vegetables, like zucchini, peas or pasta fagioli. Sometimes we will have spinach and red beans with a bit of broth. One or two other nights, we'll have seafood.
I've been experimenting with both swai and tilapia. They are nice and tasty, very mild. I also have learned to make a very good risotto with shrimp and scallops. Last night I coated tilapia with a mixture of panko, shredded cheddar and spices and broiled it. Not bad, but I prefer grilling it in a foil pouch.
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Re: Tonight's Dinner
[Re: pizzaboy]
#647581 05/17/1209:47 AM05/17/1209:47 AM
The corn on the cob was actually pretty good considering it's "out of season" here in Ontario. The best corn on the cob around here is about 2 1/2-3 hours east of Toronto near Kingston and Belleville in Prince Edward County.
My husband was recently in Canada to visit his company's Montreal and Toronto offices. In Montreal, he stayed in the Hotel Le Germain and loved it. They offer a special dinner of several courses, chef's choice, and he said it was out of this world.
In Toronto, he stayed in The Cosmopolitan and didn't like it at all. He's stayed in both the Hilton and the Sheraton in the past and much preferred them. The manager of the Toronto office took him to Ki for sushi and he said it was great.
It was chinese food from Szechuan Gourmet here in Toronto, I think we've discussed it briefly a number of years ago, we ordered Crispy Ginger Chicken, General Tso Chicken, Lemon Chicken, Szechuan Beef, Shanghai Chicken Noodle and Chicken Fried Rice. As you can tell we like Chicken dishes in our house. The food was very good, spicy, but not too spicy and they didn't inundate the Crispy Ginger Chicken in the sauce like they sometimes do.
Today to celebrate our old Queens 3,000 years on the throne we are having a Jubilee feast!!
Sausage rolls, roast beef sandwiches, egg and bacon pie, victoria sponges, pimms and champagne....all eaten whilst singing God Save the Queen over and over
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees!
We had the family over for dinner yesterday and since nobody felt like cooking we ordered Smoked Meat from Centre Street Deli. Smoked Meat is a Montreal invention and this is the Wikipedia definition:
Although the preparation methods may be similar, Montreal smoked meat is cured in seasoning with more cracked peppercorns and aromatic spices, such as coriander, and significantly less sugar than New York pastrami.[1] The meat is typically served in the form of a rye bread sandwich slathered with mustard. While some Montreal smoked meat is brine-cured like corned beef, with spices applied later, many smoked meat establishments prefer dry-curing directly with salt and spices.
It's a Jewish Montrealer's treat! We had it with French Fries, Potato Salad, Coleslaw and Karnatzel.
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Re: Tonight's Dinner
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#650042 06/05/1204:22 AM06/05/1204:22 AM
It might be just as well; it can get very expensive if you do it a lot. I now limit myself to once every two weeks ... it used to be 3 or 4 times a week.
I eat better now (I know exactly what is going into my homecooked food), I eat A LOT cheaper and I can control my portion sizes better.
Still, it's nice to get a pizza and hero or some Chinese food delivered .
It was my husband's birthday today, and he requested Swai. I basted it with a garlic/butter/white wine/lemon combo and then sprinkled it with seasoned salt. I wrapped each filet in foil and threw them on the grill. We had rice and spinach with it, and a nice cake for dessert. My mom bought him a bottle of Asti to go with dinner and my daughter bought a bottle of Riesling. Very nice night.
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this is my first post outside the oc forum, been scrolling through this thread for the past few days and wow some of you eat like kings! a buddy of mine was in town for a few days that i havent seen in about 4 years due to his military service to it was a nice surprise to hear from him. he told me that he was going to take me out but only if he payed, so after a minute of fake protesting on my part i reluctently agreed we went to the court jester in freehold, a nice little bar in the downtown area. i got a dish that was sauteed shrimp and scallops in some sort of a cream sauce that seemed to have some hot sauce and cajun seasoning worked into it somehow served over a rice pilaf. i gotta say it was amazing! the rice was seasoned perfectly and was freshly made(great mexican cook there). for $10 it was great. 4 pints of good old shinerbock which was really good and a double of jameson neat and i was feeling pretty good, even better not having to worry about driving as my buddy was taking it easy. after that it was off to huddys in colts neck for many pints of blue moon and popcorn. came home and tapped into some white wine and a cold slice of pizza and then a good nights drunken sleep. had to work early today but actually woke up feeling pretty good.
It's either blue cheese with wings or go fuck yer mudda!
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got some nice hot italian sausage from wegmans today. planning on making sausage and peppers. im no slouch in the kitchen but im looking for input from SB and pizzaboy, but any input is welcome! this is what i did, sliced some red and green bell peppers, some onion and whole garlic cloves sliced in half. seasoned with sea salt, fresh cracked pepper, dried oregano and crushed red pepper and tossed with EVOO. layered the veggies in the bottem of a glass baking dish with the sausages on top and they are roasting at 375 for about 25 minutes to start before i toss the veg and flip the sausage and continue roasting untill done. after its finished cooking and cooled im gonna slice the sausage on a biased and add to the roasted veg and a small amount of home made gravy as its called by you italians(im german). simmer and serve on some nice bread. is this okay or what should i change for next time?
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It's either blue cheese with wings or go fuck yer mudda!
I usually fry my peppers separately and don't really use spices, as I want the flavor of the peppers to come through. Sounds like you have a nice recipe there, though.
