So...whats for dinner?

Apple - it's paper, almost like parchment, with a waxy coating.  Been around in some form since medieval times.  It's better than plastic wrap for the microwave - it doesn't melt.  Not necessarily good for oven-baking, though, as it will smoke.

Michelle,



Where in the Price Chopper is Smokehouse Bacon... With the rest of the bacon or is it what the sell in the butcher case? A BLT is sounding mighty good!!



Laurie...



Have picked a few cherry tomatoes here but, still waiting on the regular tomatoes to ripen! Have a few eggplants growing but, not big enough yet to pick!! First year I have grown them! Can't wait to pick!



Seems like I am going to have a bumper crop of cukes this year!!! Took a shot at making refrigerator bread and butter pickles this afternoon... Did one jar 'normally' but then the second jar, I put in a dried chile pepper (hoping to produce a sweet/spicy pickle similar to a pickle we had when we lived in MN. They were called Wickles and were delicious)....



We'll see!



My husband is playing in a golf tournament today (even though the weather here has been just miserable with rain today) so dinner is going to be.... leftover chicken made into a sandwich... Not exciting but, good none the less!!



Hope you ll have a great evening!

Seaside - I always found the Burger Smokehouse Bacon in the same case with the rest of the bacon.  I wonder how far east Price Chopper distributes it, as it's a Missouri product.  Here's a link to the website:

http://www.smokehouse.com/

At least you can see what you're looking for.  We like the pepper bacon.

DH is feeling a little better, so we went out for prime rib.  The restaurant was having an off-night.  I don't usually order baked potato, but I was craving it tonight.  And unfortunately, they brought 3 different ones before there was an edible one.  I swear they were leftovers and hard as bricks.  I wanted a "fluffy" baked potato and even #3 was more mealy than fluffy.  Oh well...you wouldn't think that would be such a tall order!!!

Michelle

and LoveRVing.. i got one package of Burger's smokehouse and two of Farmland..

the Burger's smokehouse was excellent.. omgosh excellent.

Salmon and tomatoes sounds really good right now, My neighbor brought me a bunch of tomatoes yesterday and i made a tomatoe and cucumber sandwich it was pretty tasty!

Seaside- I make pickles sometimes and have never thought about putting a pepper in there what a great idea!! (whipples) LOL! another new word for me!

I use wax paper to in the microwave but usually dont have any on hand and put the corn in the husk straight in the microwave and it cooks just fine that way too for anyone who is worried about the wax paper, never thought of what it might contain, will have to check into that.

Michelle- Glad your DH is feeling better and you got to have a nice dinner out.

Chabba- And dosnt it come out so sweet that way, some one on here mentioned cooking it that way a couple of months ago and now thats the only way i cook it, its fast and good.

So today DH and I went to the grocery store and went to check out, our debit card was declined, he then went to the atm machine, that was declined, so DH went outside to call his bank and they put a stop on everything, due to high amounts of purchases being done in a 2 day period, found out someone had been buying tickets to Air India and spirit airlines for several thousands of dollars and also cell phone purchases, and numerous other things, fortuneatly, we wont be liable for all those charges, but we have to wait a week or more to get a new card. And luckily we had some charge cards to pay for the groceries, but what a bunch of crap. why do people do this kind of stuff? I dont understand it, when DH asks where it originated from and was told they didnt know, be nice to know if places we go to around here did it, so what good will a new card do if they do it again? I would like to find out and hang them by there ding dongs! Ha! 

We had our AMEX credit card number stolen once, nothing like what you're describing, though.  You know, every time you go out to dinner and pay with a card, you lose control and are at the mercy of the server.  That's just one little example. 

More than anything, it is a pain in the a$$.  Our bank, being such diligent folk...lol...has shut off our card temporarily on more than one occasion when we have started a long road trip - they see gas purchases in unusual states, not our "usual" buying pattern.  The good news is that they always text us and send us an email when it happens, asking us to call them.  But at that moment when you are trying to make a purchase, it's unnerving.

Michelle

Michelle,



Our bank did the exact same thing when we were on vacation a few weeks ago.... I went to pay for groceries the first day there and my card was declined... Same reason, they saw unusual charges coming through as we made our way to the beach and the grocery store bill pushed us over some threshold... They locked all of our accounts down until we called....



I guess we're supposed to notify them if we are leaving town or something? Who would have thought?!



Thank goodness my sister was with me and could pay!

Debbie,



I can look back now and smile but, I kept saying to myself WHY would someone do this? There was really no financial gain... Truthfully it was just being mean to someone because you can!



The thing that does make me giggle a bit when I think back on it was.... My elderly father's e-mail addy was in my contacts list so he got the viagara e-mail, seemingly from me... He called to see if it was really me that sent the e-mail! Really Dad??? Think about it and let me help you.... Hell NO!!

Back from Italian festival and have a lot of reading to do!  Boated to opposite end of lake and met up with friends, stayed at their marina, and funny thing is we never took the walk over to the festival.  First night there, they all cooked for us on the grill....there was sooo much food....had grilled swordfish, bass, and fish-kabobs, steak, and smoked ribs, not to mention all the salads and extras.   These people know how to cook! We were spoiled for the whole weekend.  Rained like crazy the next morning so we sat it out in a diner for brunch, then hit the water when the sun came out, then 3hr boat ride home.

I love making eggplant parm. its one of my families favorites.  i have been trying different options to frying it to try and cut down  the calories.  I like to drizzle it with some olive oil and grill it till softened then layer with sauce and moz cheese and sometimes some portabella muchrooms.  Its definitely not a crispy eggplant that I love but is very good with the smokey flavor of the grill

About the bacon....I get some from the amish store that is amish made and the best bacon ever.  Once you have had a really great bacon, there is no going back

Seaside - too funny!

Carberry - the Italian festival sounds so good.  I think there is one in Boston's North End the last weekend in August.  I really want to go and it's the weekend before chemo, so I should be up for it. 

Grilled swordfish...might make for a good dinner tonight!

Apple - thanks for the tip.  I'm guessing that husk is pretty hot if you micro the corn still fully dressed!  I need to find some corn today.  DH couldn't care less, but I love it.

Michelle

i saw this interesting recipe (in Gourmet mag) for french fries from eggplant..

you cut the eggplant into fry shapes (rectangle sticks)  soak them in cold water so they do not absorb oil, then coat them with rice flour and deep fry.  .,. or sautee in 1/2 inch oil.

I haven't tried them.

Interesting.  I got two more eggplants today from the CSA.  I think I'll try that out.  Thanks for the recipe, Apple.

Had steak, corn on the cob, and gaspacho for dinner tonight.  Think we'll have fish tomorrow.  Might try to make some stewed tomatoes for the fish.  I got a lot of tomatoes from the CSA too.  Anyone know how to make stewed tomatoes? 

I'm making cod for dinner with sauted veggies, asperagus, artichokes, some peppadews and when its all cooked i throw in some baby spinach towards the end and sprinkle some parmesan cheese on- YUM!!