What's for Dinner ~ Friday ~ December 13th

[Lucinda]

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Love Friday the 13th's - Hope you have a great day!

[bif]

1. Way to early to think of such things!

I'm still working on my second cup of coffee and the crossword puzzle!

[rdharma]

2. Friday the 13th...... beef stew.

I'll probably cut myself while cutting the beef into cubes!

[cbayer]

3. Slow-Cooked Anchiote Pork

I went to this really cool central market yesterday. The butchers and fish mongers and small fruit/vegetable growers gather there.

I got some beautiful looking pork and lots of fresh produce, all for "coconuts" as the gringos say down here (that is, very, very inexpensively).

I am going to make an anchiote/lime juice paste, wrap the pork in banana leaves and cook for a few hours in the oven.

Will serve with roasted potatoes and a salad.

Wish me luck!

[bif]

4. Sounds tasty!

I'm sure it'll turn out great.

[cbayer]

5. I just made the anchiote/lime marinade and put the roast

in the banana leaves.

Now for the roasting. Hope I don't run out of propane!!

[flying rabbit]

12. Good luck!

That is incredible when done right. I tried it minus the banana leaves and... well... we shall not speak of it further.

[cbayer]

19. It came out great - falling off the bones, tender,

juicy and perfectly flavored. So happy to have leftovers, too.

I'm not sure I understand the purpose of the banana leaves. I guess they kept it from sticking to the bottom. Maybe they absorbed the fat, because there was very little.

[bif]

6. Linguini with shrimp, leeks, and artichokes

Plus garlic, orange zest and orange juice.

[Galileo126]

7. Lamb curry stew

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over basmati rice. (I bought some cut-up bone-on stew lamb today.) This will be a first... wish me luck!



Edit: I just realized I didn't have any rice in the house. So, it's lamb vindaloo (spuds, spice curry and red vino) instead!

Note to self: put rice on shopping list!

[greatauntoftriplets]

8. A chicken/rice casserole baked with cream of chicken and celery soups on top.

Carrots.

[maddezmom]

9. Going to an ornament exchange/pot luck

So not sure what will be on the menu with the exception of crab dip that I am bringing.

[pinto]

10. A local non-profit's annual get together - Middle eastern style chicken, beef, hummus, grape leaves,

tahini, garlic sauce, pita bread, cucumber dip, pickle tray, baklava.

:thumbsup.

[Galileo126]

13. Yum!

That sounds awesome, Pinto!

I went to a dinner party where we all decided to cook a style we weren't familiar with. So, we decided on Moroccan. By the time we served it up, it was more Middle Eastern than Moroccan. We all laughed, because it morphed into things we knew how to cook - completely defeating the whole point of the night!!

Your menu sounds like that night we had.

[NJCher]

11. chicken parmesan

Salad with lettuce greens, hard-boiled eggs, scallions, green pepper with honey-mustard dressing and chopped turkey bacon and chow mein noodles on top.

Maybe some baked apples and raspberries with a little balsamic drizzle on top.


Cher

[grasswire]

14. fajitas, guac, tortillas, and some store-bought tamales

It's a busy kitchen here tonight.

Triple batch of chex mix in the oven, half of it with no nuts because twin toddlers have peanut allergy. Making doughs for three cookies that need to be chilled before shaping. Apricot rugelach, cocoa icebox, and zaletti, an Italian cookie flavored with rum-soaked currants and orange. Also making whole wheat banana bread, some home-made cinnamon rolls, some benne (sesame) cookies, buttermilk chocolate brownies, thin rosemary breadsticks, and cranberry cookies. All to be finished before Saturday morning, because the college senior will be coming through town on Amtrak, with half an hour layover here. I will meet him at the station with bags of goodies, and he will continue north to family bearing all this stuff.

The twin toddlers' mom has little time for baking. It works for me. I love to bake.

Oh, tubs of peach freezer jam and orange marmalade are going along, too. Let's hope the train isn't delayed so the passengers can disembark for the layover. Heh.

[locks]

15. Oooo sounds wonderful; how do you do it?

I was pleased with myself that I got Christmas sugar cookies (not very well decorated), pecan tarts, and dates stuffed half with peanut butterand half cream cheese in time for a get-together.

[grasswire]

16. I don't have to punch a clock.

That's probably a big reason.

And years of experience.

[fizzgig]

17. chinese delivery if i get my way

i didn't like how the chili i made yesterday came out and i don't have the energy tonight to doctor it. i'll see what the husband says, but i'm sure he'll go for it.

i'll get my normal of extra spicy seseame chicken and hot and sour soup. the dinner special comes with an egg roll and cream cheese wonton, too. i'm hungry tonight.

[alfredo]

18. Sandwiches, but then I made this: