What Are You Having For Dinner

[zannej]

My brother has been trying to make stews but keeps making soups. Not sure what they are missing for thickness as I'm not a cook. He made a beef soup with beef broth, stew meat, seasonings, carrots, potatoes, and mushrooms. It's good, but it's missing something. My brother said something about peptin or something, I think.

 

[Amish Heart]

Pectin is a thickener for jams/jellies.
To thicken his "soup" to make a stew:
Put 1/2 cup of flour in a large cup. Add water. Take a fork and whisk it around till there are no lumps in the flour. Pour it into the soup, and it will thicken it up.

 

[Shawn Burkett]

He can also thicken stews with cornstarch. Whisk it with a little water first.
Starchy water from cooking noodles can help thicken broths too. So can leftover veggies pureed in a blender or food processor.

 

[Amish Heart]

True, flour is typically used if you want a gravy like look for a stew. And most people have flour. Cornstarch works well, and gives it a more clearer glossier gravy, but many don't have cornstarch.
Preppers should have both.

 

[zannej]

Thanks for the info!
Raccoons got into the flour and we never replaced it. We do have corn starch though. Mom wanted to add onion powder. We can't have onions, black pepper, red pepper, etc in the stuff bc I'm allergic.
The baby bella mushrooms in it were very good. My brother almost put white mushrooms in but decided just to go with baby bella. White mushrooms can be sauteed in butter later. One thing I can do is saute mushrooms.

 

[dademoss]

Sloppy Joes, with some tater tots, it was almost a real party!

 

[Bacpacker]

We had some left over pork loin that was falling apart. Cooked that with onions, bell pepper, garlic, pineapple, and some spices. Put it over Angel hair pasta. GOOOOD stuff

 

[Amish Heart]

We went out to a nice restaurant and I had a filet mignon with a salad and baked potato. So nice to get out.
Kids went to hang out with mom and brought mac and cheese and corn casserole for supper.

 

[zannej]

I had mashed potatoes with hamburger meat mixed with melted Velveeta and some sauteed mushrooms. Mom didn't complain about the mushrooms this time so I guess they weren't overpowering.

Question about the corn starch: Mom says it has to be mixed with boiling water in order to mix in right, is that true? Or can it just be hot without boiling?

 

[randyt]

tried out a campfire pressure cooker. Had a supper of chicken legs, carrots, onion, taters, pinch of salt and pepper and of course celery....It was good

this photo is before being cooked..

 

[Curmudgeon]

Home made enchiladas. Yum...........

 

[Double R]

Hot links and rice

 

[Peanut]

Last night the volunteer fire dept sold fish plates. I went and got plates for several folks including me. The plates are heaping, 4 fillets, hushpuppies, fries, baked beans, don't like their coleslaw though. But then I've never been a big fan of coleslaw.

I had a second fish dinner for lunch today. I picked up a pound of pulled pork in town yesterday so its bbq sandwiches for dinner. I also bought a quart of my favorite bbq sauce so I'm set for a couple of months.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Navy beans and ham
cornbread
fried potatoes cooked with yellow onions(diced), green peppers, sliced portabella mushrooms.
coffee

 

[Bacpacker]

We met some friends we haven't saw in months at Cracker barrel. As normal I got the Old TImers Breakfast. LOL

 

[Amish Heart]

Ate at my cousins. I brought scalloped potatoes. She made roast beef and gravy. Had sliced cheese and pickles, and orange jello with grated carrots. For dessert, we had chocolate cake, ice cream, and donuts.

 

[Shawn Burkett]

I had mashed potatoes with hamburger meat mixed with melted Velveeta and some sauteed mushrooms.

Question about the corn starch: Mom says it has to be mixed with boiling water in order to mix in right, is that true? Or can it just be hot without boiling?

I had mashed potatoes with hamburger meat mixed with melted Velveeta and some sauteed mushrooms. Mom didn't complain about the mushrooms this time so I guess they weren't overpowering.

Question about the corn starch: Mom says it has to be mixed with boiling water in order to mix in right, is that true? Or can it just be hot without boiling?

I've always used cold water. Just mix it until there are no lumps.

 

[Peanut]

Went down the road for lunch, meat n 3. A cousin owns the place now, prices are up but the food is still good.

I had country fried steak, mashed potates w/gravy and purple hull peas. Dessert was peach cobbler.

Chili cheesedogs planned for dinner.

 

[Amish Heart]

Looks very yummy, Peanut!
Sloppy Joes for dinner tonight at our place. Some strawberries, brussel sprouts, and sweet corn to go with it.

 

[Curmudgeon]

White chicken chili and cheesy garlic biscuits.

 

[CalicoKatie]

Cheeseburgers - good old, home made cheeseburgers.

 

[zannej]

Cold water slurry with corn starch did not thicken the stew. I think I had too much water and it watered the stew down a bit. I think next time I'm going to substitute beef broth for water and see if mixing that will maintain the flavor better and use more corn starch. Adding it after the stew was made probably didn't help. I think next time my brother goes to make it, I'll use the corn starch first. We forgot to get flour last time we were at the store. Still need to clean out the pantry and re-organize.

enchiladas and cheeseburgers sound good!

 

[Bacpacker]

Egg Roll in a bowl. Very good and Low carb

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Ham and navy beans was lunch.
Polluck fish made as PHO.
Ham steak, 2 eggs over easy, hash browns.

 

[Meerkat]

Last night the volunteer fire dept sold fish plates. I went and got plates for several folks including me. The plates are heaping, 4 fillets, hushpuppies, fries, baked beans, don't like their coleslaw though. But then I've never been a big fan of coleslaw.

I had a second fish dinner for lunch today. I picked up a pound of pulled pork in town yesterday so its bbq sandwiches for dinner. I also bought a quart of my favorite bbq sauce so I'm set for a couple of months.

We like colwslaw and I really like it, in a couple days will make a whole head of cabbage of coleslaw,will eat on that for about 3 1/2 days ,I like to eat small meals or snacks off and on.
Also like slaw dogs.

Today had early supper of BLT & chips.

 

[Sparky_D]

Couldn't decide between Chicken or Pork last night so I cooked both...

There was plenty, so tonight will be leftovers.

 

[Amish Heart]

Bratwurst tonight, probably a salad and potatoes on the side.

 

[zannej]

Sparky, that looks delicious!

Mo, I love ham! We used to get spiralized hams and would bake them. I had a cat who was absolutely loved it. She would go nuts wanting table scraps--and she was a cat who normally didn't beg for anything other than petting. She would usually gently lick table scraps daintily. If it was the spiralized ham or rotisserie chicken she would go whole hog (no pun intended).

The soup my brother made is finally starting to thicken up. We are keeping it heated on "keep warm" setting in the pressure cooker. My brother is too lazy to put leftovers away himself.

 

[snappy1]

Baked a smoked ham. Will have mashed turnips and okra with tomatoes and onions.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Ham and beans are finished.
Oh so good.
So got ham, potato, corn chowder type soup going now in crock pot.
Hot rolls are rising.
Chocolate cake with pecan,coconut,oatmeal, brown sugar icing.(Oatmeal cake).
Coffee.
Haven't made chocolate cake yet.
But will in the morning.