What's for dinner tonight?

[DrHenley]

Mushroom ravioli with Gorgonzola cheese sauce, filet mignon, and a nice Chianti

 

[Brent S]

I can see that being the way to eat if the SHTF. That is why I have a f ew big pots stored away. May need to feed several people and the easiest way is to fix up a big pot of what ever you have on hand. May need to keep it going for a few hours. Big cook pots are in my prepper supply. Actually just purchased a good used pot last week at a yard sale for 8 dollars.

Walmart has large stainless pots for sale pretty cheap but they are the thin ones. I’d love to get some heavy gauge ones.

 

[DrHenley]

My wife buys thick stainless pots at Goodwill. Very good quality too.

 

[Brent S]

My wife buys thick stainless pots at Goodwill. Very good quality too.

Good idea. I used to go to yard sales and thrift stores often but the free time thing is rough lately. I think I will work a stop in once in a while.

 

[Proud Prepper]

Im just fending for myself tonight. Heated some meatloaf from the freezer and opened a can of spinach that exspired in 2014 and cut up my last hard boiled egg into it. Everything tasted like it should and an hour later I feel fine.

 

[DrPrepper1]

Left over fruit salad. I had an appointment and didn’t really have time for much. It beats Ending up in a drive thru

 

[brandx]

Walmart has large stainless pots for sale pretty cheap but they are the thin ones. I’d love to get some heavy gauge ones.

The good ones, the industrial ones are pretty expensive. So I got an old enamel one, even new enamel ones are thin. You can find commercial kitchen aluminum stock pots on ebay but they aren't cheap, even used. In order to buy good new it takes some cash, so I buy old and get better quality for my money.

 

[brandx]

Good idea. I used to go to yard sales and thrift stores often but the free time thing is rough lately. I think I will work a stop in once in a while.

Yea, I need a brake for yard sale tag on the truck. I don't get to go like I want to, just if it is lunch time or happen on one.

 

[brandx]

My wife buys thick stainless pots at Goodwill. Very good quality too.

Definitely worth a stop in once a week, just is luck to find something and you have to buy when you see it. Just like you can't win if you don't play, you can't find anything unless you make a habit of checking, usually takes me about 5-10 minutes, in and out.

 

[Gazrok]

Any of you ever used an Insta-Pot? This has become one of my favorite new things.

 

[user 5745]

Definitely worth a stop in once a week, just is luck to find something and you have to buy when you see it. Just like you can't win if you don't play, you can't find anything unless you make a habit of checking, usually takes me about 5-10 minutes, in and out.

Haha, that sounds like me in a secondhand shop: in, quick shufty, vanish.

 

[Brent S]

Any of you ever used an Insta-Pot? This has become one of my favorite new things.

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[DrHenley]

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It's an all-in-one steamer/rice cooker/slow cooker/pressure cooker/sterilizer/yogurt maker/cake maker

 

[WGregMiller]

https://www.amazon.com/Instant-Pot-...536705567&sprefix=insta&sr=8-3&ref=mp_s_a_1_3

 

[Proud Prepper]

I made stuffed bell peppers with ground beef, seasoning, italian bread crumbs, had xtra meat stuffing so I piled it up. I took them out the oven and yelled it was ready, then went to bathroom to wash my hands, when I returned there was only one left. That one is mine.

 

[Brent S]

I’ve been eating like a mad man while on the road! Had cheeseburgers twice, fried chicken, and some other stuff that I shouldn’t have.... oh well, I will be back home tomorrow night and get back to sanity. I’m almost scared to step on my scale again....

 

[brandx]

Haha, that sounds like me in a secondhand shop: in, quick shufty, vanish.

Yea, why dilly dally when most of it is just junk, ya know, like Walmart. I shop like most men, go in for what I need then poof, I'm outta here.

 

[brandx]

I’ve been eating like a mad man while on the road! Had cheeseburgers twice, fried chicken, and some other stuff that I shouldn’t have.... oh well, I will be back home tomorrow night and get back to sanity. I’m almost scared to step on my scale again....

I got so disgusted last night when everything I touched went to **** yesterday. So came in in the evening and ate frozen yogurt with pancake syrup on it. I'm still pissed this morning. Everything is falling apart and breaking down at once around here.

 

[Gazrok]

It's an all-in-one steamer/rice cooker/slow cooker/pressure cooker/sterilizer/yogurt maker/cake maker

So far, I've only used it to pressure cook, and as a slow cooker, but it excels at both. And is very programmable. It's nice to be able to set it to come on 3 hours after I leave the house, for instance.

Damn cool.

As a semi-pro baker, I'm a bit hesitant to try it out for that function, but will at some point.

I really need to get another one, as I often like dishes that are a combo of meat, sauce, veggies...to then server over rice or pasta. (so one could cook each of those two elements). The programmable feature is just great, as dinner can be ready right when we get home, effectively giving us another hour each night.

 

[Gazrok]

Yea, why dilly dally when most of it is just junk, ya know, like Walmart. I shop like most men, go in for what I need then poof, I'm outta here.

True, but it's worth it when you find gems. Some of my favorite things to find at these places: old school (non-powered) versions of kitchen gadgets, costume supplies, old school (non-powered) tools, decor items (especially candle sconces or holders), and luggage.

Antique shops are good for it too, but often cost more.

There are also specialty second-hand shops that sell more upscale, and carry only name brands, etc. A friend of my wife's owned such a store, and she'd get all these fancy brand items (most of which, the rich never even USED), and get them for the price of something at WalMart. She and our daughter even found some designer dresses, etc. there. (and shoes). I remember once, she got a pair of shoes that still had a price tag of $300 on them (the original buyer never even wore them), for $40. (of course, my wife was friends with the owner, but still....)

 

[DrHenley]

I was wondering why on earth people would give their perfectly good high quality stainless pots to Goodwill. But then it struck me...

They must be hand-me-downs and the people only know how to cook in Teflon. So they gave them away to make room for their super duper teflon coated aluminum pots. I mean, these stainless pots are made to last for generations!

Our once super duper (now not so super duper) teflon coated aluminum pots, on the other hand, are getting thrown away to make room for the stainless pots.

 

[Gazrok]

I was wondering why on earth people would give their perfectly good high quality stainless pots to Goodwill. But then it struck me...

Here in FL, is the goldmine of second-hand shops. Because folks come here to die.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Last October we bought a ceramic skillet for use outside on a gas burner. Like all new age coatings it preformed great when it was new. After only a few months the once white coating is now mostly black. Cast iron lasts for generations, while all of the coated pans are disposable products and many are plain junk.
I'll be glad when we get our cast iron cookware out of storage.

 

[Brent S]

I got so disgusted last night when everything I touched went to **** yesterday. So came in in the evening and ate frozen yogurt with pancake syrup on it. I'm still pissed this morning. Everything is falling apart and breaking down at once around here.

I have a saying about life, “some days you eat the bear, and some days it eats you”.... hang in there, it will get better eventually!

 

[user 5745]

Friend treated me!

Pinchos: olives, tiny gherkins and onions; olive with bitter pickled peppers and anchovy; toast with pimento pepper, tuna and anchovy; superb little pastry with prawn and crab gratin.

3 lb forerib from 12-17 year old dairy cow, matured forever, cut about 3" thick, brought to room temp then cooked in ridiculously hot oven for 6 min, rested for 6 min and served with crisp deep-fried padrón peppers. The oven is used for all their fish, meat and veg, so the steak gets an amazing seared crust of complex flavours.

Galician baked cheesecake with raisins soaked in Ximénes sherry; brandy.

I have leftovers for tomorrow and a bone to gnaw on.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Fish and chips for lunch today. That'll be my dinner too.

 

[Brent S]

Friend treated me!

Pinchos: olives, tiny gherkins and onions; olive with bitter pickled peppers and anchovy; toast with pimento pepper, tuna and anchovy; superb little pastry with prawn and crab gratin.

3 lb forerib from 12-17 year old dairy cow, matured forever, cut about 3" thick, brought to room temp then cooked in ridiculously hot oven for 6 min, rested for 6 min and served with crisp deep-fried padrón peppers. The oven is used for all their fish, meat and veg, so the steak gets an amazing seared crust of complex flavours.

Galician baked cheesecake with raisins soaked in Ximénes sherry; brandy.

I have leftovers for tomorrow and a bone to gnaw on.

Three inch thick rib roast is my idea of heaven!

 

[Brent S]

I made a pork butt roast, rubbed with garlic, salt and pepper, seared and then roasted in the Dutch oven with chicken broth and onion sliced on top of it. Three quarters thru I added some fresh carrots from the greenhouse, then in 20mins I added red potatoes I had canned last year and some mushrooms, along with Italian seasonings and a little lemon juice. The roast was fall apart tender and the vegetables had a little Greek influence/flavor. Damned amazing, back to that diet, what diet? Thing....

 

[Gazrok]

Surprised the carrots had to cook longer than the potatoes, but it sounds amazing.

Oddly, not sure what we're doing tonight. We've got a few different meals worth of leftovers (as we're feeling out how much to cook for 3, vs. 2, now that our son is back home). So probably just that, but it's also payday, so we may just go out. We'll see.

Ooh, Red Lobster has Endless Shrimp right now......

 

[user 5745]

Three inch thick rib roast is my idea of heaven!

It was fantastic. I used up the remains today in a wee stir-fry with mange-tout and baby sweetcorn. Not fancy but very tasty.