What's in your crockpot for dinner tonight?

[CTyankee]

Mr. Yankee is a lucky man, he's getting coq au vin! More work than I usually do for a crockpot dish but it was his choice...

Dinner's at 7.

[Shell Beau]

1. My husband is making my spaghetti recipe for me since I have

been feeling so yucky lately. I can't wait until I feel better so I can do something really nice for him. He has been waiting on me hand and foot since I have been sick with this pregnancy!

[CTyankee]

12. Take care of yourself! Is this your first?

My hubby took care of me last spring/summer during a lengthy recuperation from several abdominal surgeries where there were complications. I'm trying to repay his kindness.

[Shell Beau]

16. Yep this is our first! And it hasn't been an easy journey getting to this point either.

My husband is heaven sent. Such a sweetie. Sounds like yours is too!

[CTyankee]

30. Do you know if you're having a boy or a girl? n/t

[Shell Beau]

37. Won't find out for a few more weeks. I have a feeling it is a boy. We will see.

[CTyankee]

41. Do you have names picked out?

Both my daughters didn't want to know ahead of time. When my older daughter was pregnant with her second (first was a girl) I was convinced, from looking at the sonogram, that she was having a boy. I even packed a suit for the bris once I found out she was in labor. However, our sweet little Madeleine (Maddy) made her appearance a few hours later!

[Shell Beau]

42. Maddy is a precious name! If only I could be so patient as to not find out.

I want everything to be done before it gets here. I want the room done and lots of cute outfits.

No names for a boy yet, but I am thinking Bella or Ava for a little girl.

[Midlodemocrat]

45. I didn't know with TM, but with the other two, I found out.

I couldn't stand the wait anymore. Plus with BabyMidlo, I wanted to know whether to take the blue box or the pink box out the attic ahead of time.

[Shell Beau]

50. I think it would be so exciting not to find out, but I have never been

good at surprises. Why start now?

[CTyankee]

51. So what do you have? I ended up with 3 granddaughters and one grandson.

His name is Dante, cuz his daddy has an Italian last name. Dante, however, has really blond hair and blue eyes. Someday I hope to takehim to Italy and show him off!

[Midlodemocrat]

53. TeenMidlo is a girl,-17. I've posted her homecoming pics before.

matcom is in lust with her. BoyMidlo is 15 and BabyMidlo is a girl and she is 11. I've learned my lesson. I'm protecting her from matcom. :rofl:

[CTyankee]

47. Lovely girls names! I'm so into baby naming. I tell my son to hurry up

and have somekids because I have some terrific names that will go with his last name: Lucinda (Lucy), Miranda, Theo and Zane. I read somewhere that Theo is one of the most popular boys names in Austria! I also like Lily, but a cousin already took it for her little girl. My son's paternal grandmother's name was Daisy, which is surpisingly coming back into style. It's sweet.

I've noticed a few interesting names that have surfaced recently: Lulu and Coco. At first I thought they were too strange, but for the artsy type they would be cute...

[Shell Beau]

49. I am sort of into the old fashioned names. We will see.

By the time this baby gets here, it will probably have already had 10 names!

[Ava]

54. Ava is the perfect name!

:P ;)

[Midlodemocrat]

2. OOh, that sounds delicious!! We're having corn chowder.

Mr. isn't home, so it's me and the Midlets. Corn Chowder, fresh baked rolls, salad with Maggiano's dressing. All snug for a rainy, cold Tuesday.


(Remind me again where you are in CT? I'm from CT. Moved here in 1990 for my husband's job)

[LostinVA]

3. That sounds yummo

We'll just be grabbing something really quick and running out to aikido. I'm jealous.

[Shell Beau]

4. I LOVE corn chowder! Save some for me!

:9

[Midlodemocrat]

5. Will do. It truly is delicious.

I used to put crab in it, but BoyMidlo developed an allergy to shellfish.

[LostinVA]

8. It's best with crab

We think Haruka is getting a shellfish allergy. She brought home lobsters on Valentine's Day, and it started making her hands and mouth itchy. She tried eating it again a few hours later, and she was fine, though. We had sea scallops in the seafood & tomato stew we made Sunday, and they didn't bother her. Who knows...

[Midlodemocrat]

14. Just be careful. A few 'reactions' can lead to

anaphylaxis and that's a true emergency.

[LostinVA]

18. I know -- we always keep Benadryl on hand

And, we'll probably get an Epi-pen. Incidentally, I know how to do a trach.

She's not going to be stopping with the shellfish, unless she has to.

[Midlodemocrat]

19. I'm with her. When we go to Maine, I eat so much lobster I end up

with a rash. It doesn't stop me. I LOVE lobster.

[LostinVA]

22. It's like that when she goes up to Stonington, CT

Between everything that they catch, and her step-grandparents being friends with some of the local commercial fishermen, she pretty much lives off of lobster, clams, bluefish and stripers there.

[Midlodemocrat]

23. Mystic has a little stand on the right just before you get to the seaport

that has the absolute best lobster rolls in the world. Incredibly fresh, beyond delicious. I'm jonesing for one right now.

[LostinVA]

25. What's the name of it?

She's probably eaten there.

[Midlodemocrat]

34. Can't for the life of me remember. It's an outdoor stand

with outdoor seating right on the water. You can see the Charles Morgan from the parking lot. Mike will know. I'll ask him when I talk to him tonight.

[CTyankee]

31. Have you ever been to that little outdoor lobster place in tiny Noank, CT?

You eat on picnic tables and the seagulls are known to swoop down and steal lobsters...

[Midlodemocrat]

35. Gah. Can't remember where Noank is.

Is it near Mystic? Or down by Branford?

[CTyankee]

38. I think it is actually part of Mystic. Tiny little place with historic

19th century whalers houses, complete with "widow walks."

The name of the place is Abbot's. I just remembered!

As for clam chowder, nothing beats Legal Sea Foods, which used to be just in the Boston area but now has restaurants in New York (Westchester County) and Washington, DC.

[LostinVA]

39. I've never tried Legal Sea Foods

I do know there's one pretty close to me (in NJ).

[CTyankee]

44. I've had uniformly excellent food in their Boston area restaurants.

A terrific menu, lots of variety as well as old favorites. It is cherished in Boston where they know their seafood...

[LostinVA]

52. I'll have to try them next time I go to that mall

[Midlodemocrat]

43. Legal Sea Foods is amazing!!! Haven't been in years, but boy, oh boy what great food.

[Shell Beau]

13. Mmm crab! What about plain ole chicken?

[MonkeyFunk]

9. I love corn chowder -

how do you make yours? I've tried a few recipes, but none have really wowed me yet.

[Midlodemocrat]

17. From a mix.

:hide:

http://www.cooketavernsoups.com/product.htm

I get these at a Craft Fair every year out in Surry County. These are the most delicious, easiest to make soups on the planet.

[CTyankee]

10. New Haven. Where are you from? n/t

[Midlodemocrat]

11. Originally.

Wallingford. Went to school in New Haven. Lived in Norwalk, Darien, Stamford, New Canaan and then Monroe prior to moving here.

I don't have any nuclear family in CT anymore, so not a lot of reason to visit, but I loved it there.

[CTyankee]

15. Were you at Yale? n/t

[Midlodemocrat]

20. Partially. I did some work at the Gesell Institute when I was getting my master's and doctorate.

I LOVE New Haven. When I was a baby, I lived on Canner Street, near Archie Moore's. It is such a great city. I miss it.

[CTyankee]

32. I worked right on Whitney Avenue at Planned Parenthood of CT.

Right across the street from the Peabody Museum. I live in the Westville section of the city, however, not far from where Joe Lieberman lived until a few years ago. I found that he still had many friends and co-congregants at his synagogue when I canvassed door to door for Ned Lamont in 06! That was fun...

[Midlodemocrat]

36. Too funny! My aunt was a supervisor at DCYS down the street

across from the Clark Dairy! She was there forever it seemed.

I LOVE the Peabody Museum. I took the kids there every time we would go see my mom and dad. Great little museum.

[CTyankee]

40. Clark's is still there! But the street has some great places to eat.

There's even an upscale-ish soul food restaurant. Also a great little Vietnamese pho soup place.

I took my grandkids to Clark's for ice cream after we went to the Peabody. Some things don't change I guess.

[Midlodemocrat]

46. Is the Vietnamese place downstairs across from Clark's? I seem

to remember that. I was in NH two years ago and we went downtown to do a little reminiscing. I think I remember discussing with my husband whether or not we should eat at that Vietnamese place, or head up to Wallingford to go to the Yankee Silversmith. (which has changed a great deal. My reception was there in 1989)

[CTyankee]

48. Oh god, my husband and I had a little brunch there after our quiet wedding,

New Years Day 1986!

Yes, that's the Vietnamese place! My friend and I went there for dinner after we saw Anna Deavere Smith's one woman play at a matinee at Long Wharf. Great play and performance by Smith, BTW. Our dinners were just excellent also.

[Inchworm]

21. I'm hoping for a recipe to emerge

I have never even heard of corn chowder. Naturally, now I want to make a batch. It may be a yankee secret that has been guarded for years though. :D

:hi:

[Midlodemocrat]

24. Okay, now I'm embarrassed.

http://www.cooketavernsoups.com/product.htm

Add potatoes, chicken stock and cream. Ready in 20 minutes. My kids LOVE it.

[Inchworm]

28. sounds yummy

I'll have to hunt up a recipe.

:9

[Midlodemocrat]

33. You can buy the mix right from that link.

Candlelight Corn Chowder. Actually, all of their mixes are delicious. We've tried them all. The Yankee Doodle Chicken Noodle is out of this world.

[CTyankee]

29. I would love to do corn chowder in my crockpot but I can't eat corn anymore

due to having so much of my digestive system taken away with recent surgeries. I'm fine now, and I will stay relatively slim forever, but I cannot eat popcorn, corn on the cob or peanuts (except ground up). Pureed corn chowder would be OK but I always loved it with kernals right in the puree...

[MonkeyFunk]

6. ooh!

Can you post your recipe?

[CTyankee]

27. I'll try to find it online. It's a variation of classic coq au vin. It has

baby carrots, baby onions (which I couldn't find so I used small shallots) and little whole mushrooms. You brown up some chicken (I used 3 lbs.skinned thighs)in a TBS or so of bacon fat, after cooking 4 strips and setting aside. Put the chicken in the crockpot. Then add the carrots, mushrooms and onions and add minced garlic (I use 3 cloves because we love garlic)to the pan. Brown that up a bit and put it in the crockpot atop the chicken. Deglaze the pan and put in 3/4 cup of red wine and 1/4 cup chicken stock, 2 TBS of dried parsley, a tsp of thyme and marjoram. AFter it has gotten hot put it in the crockpot on low for 7 hours. Use the bacon, broken in pieces. and some fresh chopped parsley to sprinkle over the dish when it is done.

That's about it.

[mainegreen]

7. Crock.

What else?

[mondo joe]

26. Nothing. But I was thinking about pork braised in salsa verde.

Saw it in Sunset recently and thought it sounded delicious.