What did you have for dinner tonight DU? We had roast beef sandwiches on a ciabatta, with old

[applegrove]

cheddar cheese, mayo and Strub's dill pickles. I served it with French Canadian style pea & ham soup. Yummy.

[MiddleFingerMom]

1. What makes it French Canadian style?

[applegrove]

3. It comes from a brand named "Habitant" (which is an ethnic slur againt french canadians... why the

Montreal Canadians are nicknamed the "Habs" - basically means colonial settler/farmer in french). It is a split pea soup with ham. It isn't green, it is yellow. There are numerous recipes for this on the interwebs but here is one. It is a traditional soup for the region and very popular in Canada:

http://www.food.com/recipe/canadian-habitant-yellow-pea-soup-256890


We get it out of the can. I've never made it from scratch (I don't cook from scratch much at all). It is a very thick soup and you don't add water. You can also mix the habitant french canadian pea soup with consommé. That is really novel and delicious too. There is really nothing like it. But if you are on a low salt diet it isn't the soup for you since it is ham based.

[whistler162]

6. Its made with 'Ay and

insults you while you are eating it.

[applegrove]

9. That's "eh?" to you sir!!!

[whistler162]

2. Yuch!

I would have had it on a roll or bread and not a chiapet!

[applegrove]

4. LOL!

[hobbit709]

5. A Freebird's Monster Burrito on a cayenne tortilla

with black beans, grilled chicken, Monterrey jack cheese, roasted garlic, onions, pico de gallo, and Death Sauce.

[Texasgal]

7. I love freebirds!

There is one by my office and I swear I am there atleast once a week! The roasted garlic is YUMMMMMY!

[Chan790]

8. Pizza.

I don't want pizza. I'm down to my last few weeks of UI so I'm trying to save as I'm trying to slow my savings depletion, I have pizza sauce and cheese, I buy dough. I then run out of cheese so I buy cheese and use the last of the sauce. Now I need to buy sauce. I then use the last of the dough. The process starts again.

Six goddamned days of pizza.

I feel like my grandfather, a POW in Italy for 2 years in WW II. "Every day, fucking spaghetti. Soon I didn't eat the spaghetti, I just ate the sauce off. Then they stopped giving us spaghetti, just plates of sauce. Then just to fuck with us, they switched to spaghetti with no sauce. 2 goddamned years. When we were released, the Marines fed us ziti...and it was heaven. And and I'm never going to fucking eat spaghetti again."

And he never did. Lived to 100.

[applegrove]

12. Great story. My grandmother used to tell of a man who was a prisoner of war

who horded food at the diningroom table years and years after he got back home. Those poor boys.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. clams linguini w/ a marinara sauce --

toss salad, garlic bread, red wine. butter pecan ice cream for dessert.

[one_voice]

11. Tonight was very simple...

my husband asked for egg salad sandwiches, so that's what I made. I also made a big pot of jambalaya for tomorrow's dinner. It always tastes better after sitting in the fridge overnight.

[grasswire]

13. I saw a roast beef on ciabatta at the deli today....it had bleu cheese dressing

That sounded good. Bleu cheese dressing and pickled cippolinis.

[Moondog]

14. Paella.

A mild one, with various shellfish. Washed down with a sparkling white wine - the Spanish equivalent of champagne - I forget the name at the moment.

Flan, followed by Bananas Foster for desserts.

Sounds weird, but it worked.

Came home. Thought about having a night cap. Decided to have water instead for some reason or another.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. Chilean Sea Bass with sauteed onions, sliced mushrooms and a can of stewed tomatoes...

Over rice.

It is delicious, and so easy...yum!

[davsand]

16. Garlic Rosemary Roasted chicken

Oven roasted on a bed of brussel sprouts, carrots, fingerling potatos, squash, and green beans. Made a whipped riccotta berry mouse for dessert. My heathen family did not like the veggies at all (go figure!)

Tomorow the leftover chicken will get turned into soup with fresh home made whole wheat bread.



Laura

[HeiressofBickworth]

17. Went to dinner with a friend

and shared a Hot Pot (Chinese soupy kind of thing). I'd never had that before so I didn't know what to expect. Burned the hell out of my mouth both due to the wicked little red chilies and the fact that it was served at the table with fire under it. Friend loved it. I foresee a night of upset stomach, glass of milk, antacid, but probably not much sleep.

[applegrove]

20. Mongolian Hot Pot. Tasted it as a kid, always wanted to try it as an adult.

[HeiressofBickworth]

25. I don't think it's the same thing.

I had Szechuan Hot Pot. It was mostly battery acid with a hint of hydrochloric. I like spicy food, but this was actually painful. We ordered the rabbit -- not a good choice. Not enough meat on the bones to make it worth the work and what there was was tough. My friend, who is Chinese, loved it. In order to appease me, we ordered the #2 in hotness. Even a #1 would have caused paint to peel. All in all, not a successful meal in my opinion.

[earcandle]

18. Matt's Greens Soup (raw food) and Quinoa

Matt's Green Soup is yummy, vegan and raw food.

One serving (double as needed)
I cucumber
1 cup of fresh kale
1 carrot
1 avocado
1 pinch of cumin
1 pinch of fresh dill
3 celery stalks
1 garlic clove
1 Tble Dulse
1 apple

all in a blender.
Add amino acids (Braggs) for salt taste

[IcyPeas]

19. spinach tortellini - and I ate too much too

[SteveG]

21. Beef Strogonoff

My wife's first attempt at making it, and it was wonderful.

[femmocrat]

22. Grilled pork chops, mashed potates, and cauliflower in cheese sauce.

It was actually mild enough to grill outside today.

Ooops.. almost forgot... deep-dish apple pie for dessert.

[Generic Brad]

23. The most god awful meal this decade

How do I describe? Thin sliced pork in a flour batter with cabbage and bean sprouts. My wife wanted some Japanese dish she has not eaten for around fifteen years and clearly forgot how to make. It was burned not he bottom and had raw dough on the top.

And all I could do was say thank you and eat it like nothing was wrong. But it was oh, so wrong on so many levels.

[dimbear]

24. Bacon, eggs, and toast.

Those of us that eat once daily need to rotate for variety.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

26. Burgers and booz! Good Party! Wish you were here!!!

Got to love the USA!!!! Road trips are COOL!

[applegrove]

27. Beef with bernaise sauce, potatoes with green onions, caprese salad. For dessert, pineapple chuncks.

[mysuzuki2]

28. A rump roast sprinked on top with dry onion soup mix.

baked with potatos, baby carrots, cabbage and onion. It was good. I love cooking bags!