What's for Dinner?

[Stray Cat]

You need the right background music to read a Haiku to:[video=youtube_share;kDXrYMdA8s4]http://youtu.be/kDXrYMdA8s4[/video]

Nice choice.

Bacon:
Such inauspicious beginnings–
scissors through plastic
gooey wrapper peeled,
slimy flesh of pink mottled hue
yet
up wafts campfires of youth,
explosions of expectations-
appetite anticipation.
It falls-
cold hitting hot-
sings its transformation,
sprays it’s divinity across your kitchen
stings as it splatters,
dances in the pan.
Out it comes-
one of the few things that fulfills
as much as it promises.

I have to say it; I can feel the smell of it while reading. Good one.

Just don't get it
Any of the time
Verse without reason
Rhythm or rhyme.

Even Bacon
Don't make it better
Like losts words
Missing a letter.

I had no idea we had so many poets on this thread. :eusa_clap

 

[Stray Cat]

No dinner today.
No dinner tomorrow.
Oh, and: no dinner on Thursday. :rage:
Why, you're asking?
Because I'm :whip: working heavy-duty overtime.

(no need to rub it in, James.. I'm already feeling the whip)

 

[dnjan]

No bacon with the red beans?

We occasionally have what I call "red beans with toppings".
Start with rice on the bottom of the bowl, then add red beans (cooked with a small amount of hot sauce so they aren't too bland).
Then cover with topping of choice. The selection usually includes:
bacon bits
shredded cheddar cheese
grated parmesan
fresh salsa (made the day before and mellowed overnight)
diced onions
chopped green onions
sour cream
diced kalmata olives (only if we have guests over - the spousal unit does not like olives)
green salsa
various hot sauces

Use what you wish.

Getting back on topic - last night was chili which cooked all day in the crock-pot so it was ready for what turned out to be last night's poor excuse for a Monday Night Football game.

 

[jamespowers]

No dinner today.
No dinner tomorrow.
Oh, and: no dinner on Thursday. :rage:
Why, you're asking?
Because I'm :whip: working heavy-duty overtime.

(no need to rub it in, James.. I'm already feeling the whip)

I made something for you then:

 

[jamespowers]

We occasionally have what I call "red beans with toppings".
Start with rice on the bottom of the bowl, then add red beans (cooked with a small amount of hot sauce so they aren't too bland).
Then cover with topping of choice. The selection usually includes:
bacon bits
shredded cheddar cheese
grated parmesan
fresh salsa (made the day before and mellowed overnight)
diced onions
chopped green onions
sour cream
diced kalmata olives (only if we have guests over - the spousal unit does not like olives)
green salsa
various hot sauces

Use what you wish.

Getting back on topic - last night was chili which cooked all day in the crock-pot so it was ready for what turned out to be last night's poor excuse for a Monday Night Football game.

I'll take it with one of everything on the list except bacon. I'll take five helpings of that on it.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Had ground turkey tacos last night.

 

[dnjan]

I'll take it with one of everything on the list except bacon. I'll take five helpings of that on it.

Help yourself!

 

[jamespowers]

Help yourself!

Oh and I forgot to tell you to hold the rice.

 

[GHT]

Pork Terrine. It's a lot of hard work, you might prefer to just buy it at your supermarket's deli counter.
Line a deep long terrine dish with bacon rashers, butting each rasher up to the next. You then pile in alternate layers of forcemeat and pork. The pork should be lean and cut into narrow strips. Pack each layer down tightly, until you have layer upon layer. finish it of with fresh herbs: Parsley, Rosemary, whatever takes your fancy. Once you are happy that no more can be squeezed into the dish, pour over a generous slosh of brandy. You could use sherry, or, if you don't like alcohol in food, mix a pork stock cube with a cup full of boiling water, and pour that over it instead.
Now press the lid firmly on. Cook for an hour in the oven at a moderate 300f/150c or, I think gas mark 4, but check that first.
Allow to cool, then tip it out onto a serving plate. You will find a lot of aspic at the bottom, aspic is just the savoury jelly, pour it over the meat.
Leave to chill overnight in the fridge. Then get stuck in. I love to serve it with hot baby salad potatoes, fresh sliced tomatoes, celery and roquette. Roquette is just a fancy way of spelling rocket, it's a small leaf lettuce.

 

[jamespowers]

Pork Terrine. It's a lot of hard work, you might prefer to just buy it at your supermarket's deli counter.
Line a deep long terrine dish with bacon rashers, butting each rasher up to the next. You then pile in alternate layers of forcemeat and pork. The pork should be lean and cut into narrow strips. Pack each layer down tightly, until you have layer upon layer. finish it of with fresh herbs: Parsley, Rosemary, whatever takes your fancy. Once you are happy that no more can be squeezed into the dish, pour over a generous slosh of brandy. You could use sherry, or, if you don't like alcohol in food, mix a pork stock cube with a cup full of boiling water, and pour that over it instead.
Now press the lid firmly on. Cook for an hour in the oven at a moderate 300f/150c or, I think gas mark 4, but check that first.
Allow to cool, then tip it out onto a serving plate. You will find a lot of aspic at the bottom, aspic is just the savoury jelly, pour it over the meat.
Leave to chill overnight in the fridge. Then get stuck in. I love to serve it with hot baby salad potatoes, fresh sliced tomatoes, celery and roquette. Roquette is just a fancy way of spelling rocket, it's a small leaf lettuce.

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I would do that with bacon and save all the pork slicing work.

 

[GHT]

Using one of those packages, meant for sending out wedding cake slices, mail me a slab. I'll do a critique on it for you.

 

[jamespowers]

Using one of those packages, meant for sending out wedding cake slices, mail me a slab. I'll do a critique on it for you.

They have packages for wedding cake?!

 

[GHT]

They have packages for wedding cake?!

You mean the Kate & William never sent you a slice of their wedding cake?

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Who is Kate & William..??

 

[Gregg Axley]

Who is Kate & William..??

I think they were on Keeping Up Appearances.

Tonight it was burgers, aged cheddar cheese, and fried cauliflower with onions.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Leftover Chili..and cold Coke.
Vanilla icecream with chocolate syrup.
HD

 

[HoosierDaddy]

I think they were on Keeping Up Appearances.

Katie Holms and William Shatner..?

 

[Gregg Axley]

Katie Holms and William Shatner..?

I don't think she married a Captain, but I could be wrong.

 

[jamespowers]

I don't think she married a Captain, but I could be wrong.

Captain Kirk and Tom Cruise's ex. Hmmmmm.... lol lol

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

BBQ ribs, rotisserie chicken and mashed potatoes. :thumb: