BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: number 6
Date: 23 Dec 06 - 10:53 PM

"It's Saturday. That means beans and bisquets."

That's an old New Brunswick (Canada) traditional Saturday supper.

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 23 Dec 06 - 06:04 PM

Din din? Dindon. On Christmas Day anyway.

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: kendall
Date: 23 Dec 06 - 12:07 PM

It's Saturday. That means beans and bisquets.Boston baked beans, not that abomination with tomato juice! YUK!

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp
Date: 22 Dec 06 - 11:14 PM

"Ook Ook" is different. You don't sound like a complete nerd when you say "ook ook". Well, not if you're a chimp, anyway.

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: Bill D
Date: 22 Dec 06 - 08:32 PM

"ook, ook", maybe?

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp
Date: 22 Dec 06 - 06:57 PM

"din dins"?

Gimme a frikkin' break! I don't eat "din dins". I don't "go bye-byes". And I don't have to go "pee pee" and "poo poo" either.

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: LilyFestre
Date: 22 Dec 06 - 06:30 PM

In celebration of the beginning of my husband's very LONG vacation, I have made his all time favorite: Jambalaya and homemade cornbread! the jambalya is simmering on the stove and the cornbread is ready to go in the oven the minute he walks in the door!

Did you ever notice how good it feels to make someone else's favorite dish? :)

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: GUEST,ibo
Date: 19 Oct 06 - 09:01 AM

mm yum yum,can i come round please.Ill bring a vat of special urine 2006 for you.

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: ossonflags
Date: 19 Oct 06 - 08:53 AM

pigs feet with hollandaise sauce, sweet breads with piccalilli and red cabbage, sheeps head and mushy peas.

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: GUEST,david blunkett
Date: 19 Oct 06 - 07:36 AM

Could you direct me to the kitchen please

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: GUEST,Elizabeth
Date: 19 Oct 06 - 05:01 AM

Really Philip! We'd better not go on Mr & Mrs. You know I have to have dubonnet in the gin to take the taste away ... or was it gin in the dubonnet to take the taste away ...?

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 19 Oct 06 - 03:31 AM

Grilled hippopotamus testicles on toast.
Oh, that reminds me...I'd better nip out and buy some bread.

Seamus

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 18 Oct 06 - 09:08 PM

I've found a bed of caviar can be a bit soggy as a place to eat...

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: GUEST,Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh
Date: 18 Oct 06 - 08:06 PM

What Lizzie posted is absolutely perposterous. She has an allergy to shellfish, disdains the pompous flavour of champagne, and is revulsed by fish eggs.

She dines daily on kippers and toast, followed by a couple of glasses of Gordon's gin. She likes her gin neat BTW, poured straight from the bottle and into the glass.

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: GUEST,queen elizabeth
Date: 18 Oct 06 - 05:16 PM

Oysters amd champagne,served in a bed of caviar

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: number 6
Date: 17 Oct 06 - 10:51 PM

barbecued chicken, cousecouse with raisins, mushrooms, onions and some sort of seasoning.

sIx

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 17 Oct 06 - 10:47 PM

No dig garden beds...

I actually have a letter from the Council mentioning a complaint being lodged about me having newspapers and piles of grass clippings in my yard - took months to work out that my nutty neighbour had actually complained about my no dig garden beds I planted my shrubs in - and they didn't work it out either...

:-)

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: GUEST,Adrianel
Date: 17 Oct 06 - 10:39 PM

Cold roast pork and bubble and squeak.

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: Scoville
Date: 17 Oct 06 - 11:24 AM

I just got back from Cape May, where I think I ate about a year's supply of crab. Really, the seafood was terrific, but I feel like I haven't seen a vegetable in a month. Dad and I pigged out on green beans last night to compensate.

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Oct 06 - 10:08 AM

Mince. mushrooms,peppers and onions. With mashed potato and mushroom gravy and fresh new beets and greens.

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: MMario
Date: 17 Oct 06 - 08:19 AM

last night my niece made garlic shrimp and noodles.

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: LilyFestre
Date: 16 Oct 06 - 08:43 PM

Tonight we'll be having Rosemary Chicken, rice and steamed broccoli. YUM. And guess who just walked in the door! :)

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 16 Oct 06 - 08:35 PM

Very late (1:30am) tea for me tonight. Butternut squash topped with a mix of rice, mushroom, tomato, etc. with runner beans and potatoes.

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: Bunnahabhain
Date: 12 Oct 06 - 11:29 AM

I've always used a fork to lift potatoes, as it doesn't damage them nearly as much.

Tonight is just a quick pizza, with plenty of herbs in the dough, and lots of vegtables on top. Any home made bread type thing always tastes wonderful, as it's so fresh.

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: JennyO
Date: 12 Oct 06 - 05:51 AM

LOL, GUEST, pedant - assuming of course that you know what a no-dig garden is.

Actually the ground where the potatoes were was very soft and I was able to sift through it with my hands to find them, which was good because it avoids damaging them with the edge of a spade. So to be REALLY pedantic, I actually didn't dig them out :-)

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: GUEST,pedant
Date: 12 Oct 06 - 05:23 AM

I was wondering how you get the potatoes out of a no-dig garden.

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: GUEST,lox
Date: 11 Oct 06 - 03:47 PM

Sandra in Sydney

Mine follows a roughly similar format give or take a few veg here and there, except that I prefer to tip it out of the bowl to eat it, not always having the patieence for "modern" flim flam like spoons.

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: RangerSteve
Date: 11 Oct 06 - 03:40 PM

Bill D - Thanks for that pork chop recipe. I'll have to try it.
Spaw - do you grate the apples or chop them or what? I want to try that recipe, too.

I just got back from a trip to Massachusetts and I don't have anything in the house, so I'm eating out tonight. When I get back home, I'll have some of the cheese I bought in Vermont, along with one of the wines I picked up on my trip. I like to try local wines, and I bought a few bottles of MA, NH and VT wines. They don't do a lot of grape wines up north, mostly fruit, but they sure look promising.

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: JennyO
Date: 11 Oct 06 - 01:42 PM

Mmm. Sounds lovely Jon!

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 11 Oct 06 - 01:14 PM

Jenny, Pip makes a very tasty spinach (or chard) and cheese (cheddar) flan with a wholemeal pastry.

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: JennyO
Date: 11 Oct 06 - 12:36 PM

Tonight's dinner turned out very good too, partly due to my adventures in the garden today. I noticed a lone potato plant popping up in my no-dig garden, and thought I'd better check and see if there were any other results of my previous crop which I thought had failed because the plants had died off without flowering. To my delight, when I started digging, I found a lot of nice potatoes of all sizes - enough for several meals.

So we had some of those whole tonight with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce, along with veal topped with bacon and some fancy lettuce from the garden with some of John's salad dressing of balsamic vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, grain mustard and honey. All the different flavours mixed together in a lovely combination on the plate.

By the way Jon, the swiss chard you linked to is often sold as spinach here in the supermarkets. Otherwise it tends to be known as silverbeet. I love the stuff, and I usually have some growing in the garden so I can pick off a few leaves and eat it within minutes of it being picked. I especially like it with cheese and tomato.

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: MMario
Date: 10 Oct 06 - 11:28 AM

I know my nephew is making chicken cordon blue - what ielse we'll have I dunno....

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: LilyFestre
Date: 10 Oct 06 - 11:24 AM

It's either going to be lasange or leftovers....depends on if I am feeling better later. :P BLAH!

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: JennyO
Date: 10 Oct 06 - 11:15 AM

Tonight it was bangers and mash with a difference. The bangers were lamb sausages with rosemary and honey, the mash was made with potatoes, butter, grain mustard and some finely chopped parsley and chives from the garden. There was also broccoli from the garden and I made a rather tasty brown onion gravy. It was all rather yummy!

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Oct 06 - 09:38 AM

All baked ..porkchops, fennel, Aubergine with chese and tomato, mmmmmmmmmmmm. Oh yes, and a glass of red wine.

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: LilyFestre
Date: 09 Oct 06 - 01:01 PM

We'll be enjoying a classic pot roast (beef, onions, garlic, carrots, spices), fresh Yukon Gold potatoes from the garden, butternut squash and a nice bottle of wine. Homemade apple crisp for dessert.

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: Trevor
Date: 09 Oct 06 - 06:50 AM

I'd have bacon and egg if I had some bacon. Trouble is, I've got no eggs.

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: mrdux
Date: 09 Oct 06 - 12:55 AM

i'm the cook in the family and i'm always looking for an excuse to be indulgent. today has been our fourth wedding anniversary. so, to celebrate: first course, steamed artichokes. then, grilled duck breasts, served with a light madiera sauce -- actually, just a reduction of chicken stock fortified with madiera, thyme and shallots -- sauteed chanterelles, baked butternut squash, and a green salad (romaine leaves). wine was a 1994 rioja (marqués de arienzo gran riserva). ms. c. was most pleased. in all due immodesty, i wasn't disappointed, either.

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 08 Oct 06 - 11:32 PM

Lox - how wonderful to meet a fellow soupy-stew fan. I rarely cook a knife-and-fork meal.

here's my recipe - every veg in the fridge, vegs from outside the fridge, maybe some frozen vegs, maybe some herbs from JennyO's garden, maybe some commercial spices, red or white meat, or beans/pulses, boil 'em up with lotsa' garlic, add some chanpignons in vinegar, add a sauce, tip into bowl & eat. Maybe with a bowl of grain, or some toast. yum

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: GUEST, Topsie
Date: 08 Oct 06 - 03:38 PM

How near the sea are you? You could bring home some sea water and boil it until evaporated, leaving just sea salt, maybe.
(I have a little olive plant with a few olives the size of peas, but I think I'll be buying olive oil for the foreseeable future.)

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: Gervase
Date: 08 Oct 06 - 01:55 PM

Tonight we shall mostly be having slow-roast shoulder of Lleyn hogget from the field across the road.
Planning on cooking it with roast veg, chillies and thyme from the polytunnel (a la Nigel Slater in today's Observer) and potatoes from the kitchen garden.
Shame we had to buy the salt and the olive oil, though.

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 08 Oct 06 - 11:33 AM

We've just finished lunch....

Asparagus and mushrooms in a Sauce Bearnese (homemade)
Roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, carrots, peas, roast potatoes, red wine gravy, various mustards.
Blackberry & apple meringue with whipped cream & calvados.


Burp.

LTS

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: GUEST,Partridge
Date: 08 Oct 06 - 11:27 AM

Just finished pork chop chips beans and apple
yum
patx

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: GUEST,lox
Date: 08 Oct 06 - 11:12 AM

mmm

I love soupy stew!

No big dinner today, but probably a french omellette later.

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 08 Oct 06 - 08:01 AM

2 toasted sandwiches, roast beef from the deli, & silverside I cooked my self.

I couldn't be bothered cooking the usual soupy-stew with lotsa' vegs & some protein (meat/chicken/tinned tuna/vegetarian)

yum

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: Joe_F
Date: 07 Oct 06 - 08:55 PM

Scallops sauteed with mushrooms in olive oil & butter
Salad: Lettuce, tomato, cucumber, avocado, Italian pepper, radishes, scallion, olive oil, vinegar, salt, pepper
Potato, microwaved & mixed with the goop from the scallops
White wine
Cookies

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: GUEST
Date: 06 Oct 06 - 11:30 PM

This evenings culinary advenure:

Mesquite grilled Atlantic salmon steaks with a hoison-ginger marindae
Grilled sweet corn
Freshluy baked bagauttte with extra virgin first cold presse olive oil
and a couple glasses of a wonderful Austrailian chardonay

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: LilyFestre
Date: 06 Oct 06 - 05:46 PM

On the menu tonight, we have:

Baked Mahi-Mahi, herbed rice and broccoli with fresh garlic and a touch of olive oil

:) Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: GUEST,Lox
Date: 06 Oct 06 - 05:09 PM

Ravioli containing sundried tomatoes and mozzarella with white sauce and parmesan, served with a simple lettuce and tomato salad drizzled with dressing made from balsamic vinegar, extra virgin olive oil and a smidgeon of english mustard powder.

Subject: RE: BS: din dins - whatcha havin'?
From: GUEST,Jon
Date: 06 Oct 06 - 02:20 PM

We use swiss chard as an alternative to spinach. The main reason for us here (our garden in the UK) is that it doesn't bolt, and we nearly always get that problem with the spinach.