What's for Dinner ~ Monday June 17th

[Lucinda]

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[NJCher]

1. Dinner party at friend's

Haven't seen them for awhile, though they only live 8 blocks away. The person cooking tonight once owned her own gourmet specialty food shop with an accent on whole foods.

They travel a good deal, collect interesting wines, and we always have plenty to talk about.



Cher

[livetohike]

3. Sounds like a great time!

[bif]

2. Maybe leftover italian sausages with green peppers and onions

But I may turn it into a pizza.

[bif]

5. On second thought...

I might turn it into a pasta dish. Maybe add some tomato sauce and red wine.

[maddezmom]

4. Not sure what the meal is going to be but making strawberry ice cream

Right now for dessert.

[cbayer]

7. What a blast from my past.

I have such fond memories of home made strawberry ice cream.

[maddezmom]

8. My best friend parents had the old fashioned ice cream maker

We used to love to take turns at the handle. I did the cheaters method... using the blender and no eggs. Also added at the urging of Maddie some choc. chips.

[cbayer]

9. Yep. We used to use loads of ice and rock salt and churn away.

Those new fangled things are for weaklings, lol!

And chocolate chips in my strawberry ice cream. No thanks, but this is Maddie's treat.

[maddezmom]

10. I agree with you, told her I thought it was gross.

Tried to convince her she could add them after it was frozen or just use choc syrup but gave up after she reminded me how much I love strawberries dipped in chocolate.

[cbayer]

6. I am cleaning the kitchen of the person I am staying with

and I fully expect him to take me out to dinner when he sees it!

He is a good, even great, cook. But housekeeping? Not so much.

His kitchen is filthy. I don't even want to make a cup of tea in there.

So I am cleaning...

and cleaning....

and cleaning.

It's gross, but the change is starting to become apparent.

Nice evening to all my C & B friends!

[maddezmom]

11. Want to come over here after I make fried chicken for the kids??

Normally the only day I will make it or any other fried item is Tues because Candy and crew come on Wed am. . No matter now hard I try, even with the splatter screen the oil goes everywhere. I wish they made a huge actifry so I could do in there.

[cbayer]

12. You know a would love to, but I am a bit far away.

I know what you mean about fried chicken mess.

I have a dilemma. I didn't much care about my old range top, as it had become essentially uncleanable. But now, with the new one, I think I will most likely avoid all kinds of frying.

[maddezmom]

13. My range top is black and it still looks a mess unless I spend about an hour on it

And when I had stainless it was worse.

I am going to try frying until the right color and crispness then transfer it to the oven to finish instead of in the skillet. The cast iron skillet gets it to the right color pretty quick but then I have to turn the heat down a bit to cook to the right temp. Also just read to soak in ice water for an hour plus so the chicken doesn't absorb the oil...not sure it works but it i worth a try.

Not that any of that will help with the mess except it will be a shorter time splattering oil everywhere.

[greatauntoftriplets]

14. Spaghetti and a salad.

[azurnoir]

15. grilled burgers and corn on the cobb

with a smallish batch of potato salad I just decided to make

[livetohike]

16. We had pita pizzas (hummus-artichokes-red onions-grape tomatoes-kalamatas-feta) and

a Greek salad