Posts from UK Man in thread „What's for lunch/dinner today?“

Quote from Rice

We're in the US for 3 more weeks, right now in Mississippi where it is hot as HAYULL, but the farmers' crops are abundant. For supper we are having a typical Southern dinner: Okra sliced, coated in cornmeal & fried in olive oil; blackeyed peas slow cooked with bacon and plenty of juice (called "pot liquor") to soak into the pan fried corn cakes served under the peas; sliced ham; sliced farm-ripe tomatoes with a dollop of Hellman's mayo.

Warning: this is not a slimming meal. But SO delicious!

Never had anything like that before but it does sound rather nice.

The wife didn't want chicken so we decided we were going to have pork chops instead. Trouble was as we came back from the countryside place early due to the horrible weather it was too early for any butcher to be open......why the hell they persisit with this ruddy siesta nonsense in winter is beyond me.

Anyway....as we weren't going to hang about for an hour until they opened we decided we would have spaghetti instead. I have mine with a minced beef,onion and tomato sauce while the wife has hers with her own sauce minus the beef....

Quote from Rice

when we eat an actual meal, we prefer to have it midday, with something very light at night, so this place is a good destination for us.

Yes I also like to eat a proper lunch rather than dinner especially if it's going to be a late dinner. In order to reflect the lunch option I've changed the thread title.

Quote from Rice

UK Man, I really like this thread you started, and hope it continues week after week.

To be honest I pinched the idea from a pipe smokers forum which has a similar thread. It was started by an Edinburgh based doctor who just so happens to be a well renowned chest specialist as well as an avid pipe smoker!! He's got a cheeky sense of humour especially when he's on the wine. Good thing is the forum is inhabited by people from all over the world which adds interest.

My food contributions are pretty boring in comparison.

As for tonight's dinner....too early to say. I haven't had fish for a while so might just get some. Although I suspect as the wife doesn't like fish we'll have the chicken we were supposed to have last night....if we remember to take it out the freezer that is!!

Like the look of yours serafina not so keen on your husband's though. You are adventurous.

Change of plan here as the missus didn't defrost the chicken. Probably a good thing because as is usual on a Sunday due to a late lunch we won't be all that hungry. It'll now be a picada instead. Jamon crudo, chorizo seco and such like....plus wine for me of course.

Last night it was chicken milanese prepared by the missus as she always does. Bought them only once already made and they were all bread and no chicken. Had it along with buttery tattie mash and peas. Love them with a splash of Hellmanns Casero mayonnaise. Followed that with strawberries and cream. When I first came here the strawberries were awful dark hard things now they're every bit as good looking and tasty as those available in the UK.

Tonight it's chicken on the grill with potato croquet's and salad....made too much mash last night.

Quote from Rice

But that reminds me of how surprised we were when we first came to Argentina and found that, when people said “I don’t like spicy food,” they included in that category essentially anything besides salt. And this spice phobia usually goes hand in hand with a great reluctance to try anything new, even if bland. What’s with that?

All the Argentine's I know only ever seem to eat plain cooked non spicy meals. In fact out here in the sticks it's practically impossible to eat anything spicy in a restaurant....I've certainly never seen anything spicy. Ginger is about as exotic as it gets here.

As for tonight's meal. Not empanadas as I suggested earlier but sausage and mash. I fancied some of the excellent salchicha parrillera our local butcher makes. Might make some onion gravy to go along with it.

Quote from GlasgowJohn

Although it is known for its steaks they had Grilled Salmon on the specials list and thats what we had.

Pretty good, it was too.....

That's what I would have had as well.

Quote from serafina

We had a change of plans and headed to an African restaurant - the chef, Maxime, is from Camerun. Interesting stuff and affordable. It is in Villa Crespo, Camargo 296.

El buen sabor africano.

Delicious!

Interesting indeed.

I suspect I'd have to drag the kicking and screaming wife there.

Quote from Rice

Nachos - really meant to be an appetizer, but in extreme conditions, fine for supper too.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachos

I so envy your having your own avocados! We could easily eat a dozen a week.

The nachos look interesting, pity the wife doesn't like spicy or hot. The avocados are handy to have although I can't say I eat as many of them as my wife does. The dogs go mad for them which surprises me....they'll even try and eat the seed.

Haven't a clue what's on the menu tonight. We'll be busy this afternoon into the evening so may just buy in empanadas.

We've had an easy day and a late lunch so weren't really all that hungry. All eaten now and they were fine. I sprinkled some Parmesan on mine just for the hell of it and put some of our own avocado in the salad. A large glass of wine helped it all go down. Not usually one for pudding but had some strawberries and cream.

No idea what Nachos are Rice. Not a big fan of pizza serafina although the missus is. Must tell the wife about the parsley Splinter. She mixes beaten egg in hers...she says it helps keep them moist.

For us it's homemade beefburgers with salad....no buns or fries sadly.