Saturday Apr 16 - Dinner plans?

[Alix]

Got a chicken brining. I'll stuff it and do some sauteed veggies for our cooked veggie. I have a craving for coleslaw so that will likely be on the menu as well. Dessert will be whatever hits my fancy in the next couple of hours.

 

[pacanis]

Barbara making stew the other night gave me a craving, so stew it is. Made from some bison chuck. Need to get a loaf ot Italian bread going soon, too.

 

[Andy M.]

Sister and BIL are coming for dinner tonight. I'm making a comfort food meal from our childhood. It's an Armenian dish made with fowl, hulled wheat. It's sort of a gruel topped with brown butter. Appys, salad and dessert will accompany.

Here's a thread that describes how I modernized the process for this dish. http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f21/help-me-change-a-traditional-cooking-method-63313.html

 

[justplainbill]

New England clam chowder, fried smoked kolbasa with red pepper jam, rye bread with sweet butter, cole slaw, creamed Swiss chard.

 

[pacanis]

What kind of fowl, Andy?

 

[Andy M.]

What kind of fowl, Andy?

Old chickens. They are usually sold as sewing hens. You can tell they aren't bred for their meat as the breasts are small for the overall size as compared to a oven stuffer type chicken. They have a more developed flavor as they are older. They are supposed to be cheaper because they are less 'desirable', but they aren't.

 

[jabbur]

Leftovers here. Spaghetti, cheeseburger pie, sloppy janes, broccoli rice, I think that's it to choose from.

 

[Zhizara]

With a freezer full of entrees, I'll be doing leftovers until I get room to make some more.

Tonight is hamburger onion pie.

 

[medtran49]

Risotto with some beautiful oyster mushrooms Craig found Thursday. Going to finish it with the truffled cheese we still have left from our cheese shoppe visit.

 

[taxlady]

DH is going out with friends (I don't have time during tax season), so I will experiment. Some beef strips pounded and stir fried with some hot pepper, mango, grated creamed coconut. Add some fresh ground cumin and coriander, salt and pepper, some beef stock, and corn starch, maybe a tiny bit of freshly ground fennel. I might throw in some sliced celery and carrot. Served with brown basmati rice.

Any other suggestions?

 

[pacanis]

Old chickens. They are usually sold as sewing hens. You can tell they aren't bred for their meat as the breasts are small for the overall size as compared to a oven stuffer type chicken. They have a more developed flavor as they are older. They are supposed to be cheaper because they are less 'desirable', but they aren't.

I was expecting something more exotic, like pigeon

Seriously I don't think I've ever seen old chickens for sale around here. Not advertised as such anyway.

 

[Rocklobster]

Spagetti with chicken, pancetta, sundried tomatos,

 

[CraigC]

I was expecting something more exotic, like pigeon

Seriously I don't think I've ever seen old chickens for sale around here. Not advertised as such anyway.

Now that you mention it, I noticed that when Lums was still around down here, they offered a roast chicken dish called Wienerwald chicken. I never tried it, but always thought they looked small. I was guessing cornish hens. I noticed though, that after Lums closed down, the pigeon population grew in leaps and bounds! I wonder?

Craig

 

[pacanis]

They same thing happened here when the activists started closing down the snipe farms...

 

[joesfolk]

Pot roasted sirloin with taters and carrots, gravy. DD made brownies but the are so underdone they ooze! She insists they are supposed to be that way. Can't tell a 14 year old anything.

 

[PattY1]

BBQ Chicken Sandwich and Three Bean Salad.

 

[CraigC]

They same thing happened here when the activists started closing down the snipe farms...

You mean we have to start wild snipe hunts? If that is the case, I'll have to send someone for a sky hook and bacon strecther. I never did hear back from the scout I sent after a left-handed screw driver.

Craig

 

[joesfolk]

When I was in the Navy they used to send folks out for a length of flight line.

 

[Somebunny]

Mexican night here. Pork enchiladas with gravy (sauce) tamales and refritos. Maybe even flan for dessert. This was already planned when unexpected family arrived to stay last night and wanted to "go out" for Mexican for lunch today before they left. Didn't have the heart to tell them what we were having for dinner. Oh well, lucky for us we really like Mexican food! Ole'!

 

[joesfolk]

Old chickens. They are usually sold as sewing hens. You can tell they aren't bred for their meat as the breasts are small for the overall size as compared to a oven stuffer type chicken. They have a more developed flavor as they are older. They are supposed to be cheaper because they are less 'desirable', but they aren't.

How do they thread the needle?