Hey Grandpa, What's for Supper? Part 2

[Blooie]

Rib and Chop House....yum!

 

[chickengeorgeto]

my mother would soak what she called butter beans overnight, and cook them in a pot with a ham bone the next day for hours. Dad liked them then, but the next day she'd put the rest of the beans with molasses, brown sugar and some spicy mustard in a crock and bake them. Those day 2 beans I would kill for!

you just put me in a bean mood!

Regardless of how you cook them, all beans are better the second time around.

 

[Stephanie R]

Oh my gosh, chicken or halibut piccata are my two favorite dinners on the planet. Nothing better to me than butter, lemon, and capers.

Tonight we're having farro with leeks, mushrooms, and shredded chicken - cooked in slow cooker with a rind of parmesan getting all melty in there - and a green salad.

Tomorrow my father-in-law and nephew are coming for dinner. I'm thinking I'm going to roast some chicken pieces with a lemon, garlic and parsley oil. Served with parmesan potato stacks, haricots vests with pancetta and shallots, and a salad. Followed by homemade moist moist chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream frosting. I'm on a cake baking binge. This is my sixth different kind of cake in about 8 weeks. I'm usually not a cake eater/maker, but for some reason I have a cake bug.

Since the potato recipe was a new one to me, I was a tad worried about how it would come out. It was D-lish. Crispy on the outside and almost like mashed potatoes in the middle. I'm thinking for my next get together I'm going to make them in mini-muffin tins and serve with a dollop of sour cream and some caviar on top for an appetizer. What a fun recipe.

The rest of dinner turned out well also. I just had a piece of the chocolatey chocolate cake for lunch. Yum.

 

[3goodeggs]

how does one get on your 'get together' list?

 

[sourland]

Venison steak sandwiches for tonight.

 

[Stephanie R]

how does one get on your 'get together' list?

Ha! Just send me your address, although I'm not sure my 'get togethers' would be worth a flight clear across the country.

 

[3goodeggs]

But you use all the tasty words!

 

[donrae]

Meatloaf was on the menu tonight, I thought I had some in the freezer. Went out and it was only one little mini loaf. Looked in the other freezer and found a pack of rib steak---I can do that! So, grilled ribeye, some type of potato and salad.

 

[Blooie]

The worst thing about living in Wyoming was the lack of seafood!  I personally don't like trout - so fresh caught fish was out and there was nothing really available in the stores.  The quality of seafood used in the restaurants was abysmal, so I wouldn't order it out either.   
I grew up on fresh fish - bass, bluegill, crappie or anything else we could catch.  So I love the more mild flavored fish.  Wisconsin really spoils a person.  Dad loved trout - so when he caught those they were his, and only his to eat.

Ah, Wyo - then you never hit the Wind River Casino in Riverton!  My gosh, I've lived on all 3 coasts of the US and WRC has THE best lobster I've ever eaten!  The shrimp cocktail was beautifully served and perfectly prepared too.  We are going back to Riverton for a series of meetings this upcoming weekend, and my mouth is already watering!

Anyone remember these posts from a couple of days ago? Well I'm in Riverton and we ate at that casino tonight.

I ate one of the shrimp before I took the photo so the symmetry is a bit off on the plate. Look at the size of them! And check out that lobster tail! Not bad for a little town on a reservation stuck between mountain ranges in Wyoming, right! The flavors, the seasoning, the texture - everything was spot on!!

 

[mlm Mike]

Oh my, that looks so nice!