That sounds delicious DC.

I had home made steak and kidney pies last night. With chips.


Very nice.

It was.




Did you mean liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti?

We're going to City Island tonight. Don Cardi just talked me into the lobster.

Yeah, like you needed someone to "convince" you!


The wife and I just came back from a late afternoon lunch at a seafood place overlooking the ocean here on Staten Island called The Coral Bay Cafe. We've been meaning to try it for a while now and today we finally got the chance.

I had a cup of Lobster Bisque and then Shrimp in med. sauce over linguine. My wife had a cup of clam chowder and then a fresh arugla salad with roasted peppers, fresh mozzarella, etc. Everything was delicious!

I have to go back and try their dinner entrees. They have a create a combo entree where you can combine various types of seafood on one platter.

Definitley going to add this place to my list.

Just Lou, if you read this, and you like seafood, you just may want to try this place out.

I've never been there, but isn't that the place on Surf Avenue over in Tottenville?

It is in Tottenville, but not on Surf Avenue. It's actually on Rockaway Street. But you're not that far off because Surf Ave is only several blocks away.

Yeah, I'm sure it's the place I'm thinking of, over on the Jersey side.

When I was in the funeral business, I would be over at Virginia Chapel on Hylan Boulevard at least a couple of times a month. It's actually closer to the Brooklyn side, but I'd very often come home through Jersey.

Where are you going in City Island, PB?? Gosh, I haven't been there in years. Friends of mine had a band in the 1980s that played at Anna's every weekend. Plus, I know we've discussed the Black Whale.

My mom was invited to an anniversary party at Portofino's a couple of years ago. She loved it.

We ended up at Sammy's, Babe.

Being that City Island is so close to Throggs Neck and Country Club, we usually just wing it, and decide last minute, usually by seeing which place is the least crowded. But on Friday night in City Island, they're all packed, so take your pick.

It was a great choice, though. The clams and oysters were so fresh, you would have thought it was mid-summer rather than December, and I did end up going with the lobster. They made it for me fra diavlo, out of the shell, over thin spaghetti. It was a 2-and-a-half pounder, with at least half a pound of spaghetti, so I took a nice portion home, which I just ate for lunch.

Bragging!! Not fair!

We had a spiral ham with oven roasted potatoes.

We had a spiral ham last Sunday. I made a great ham and bean soup with the leftover bone. The secret is to use whole allspice.

Tonight we made chicken thighs. We have a store with a great butcher shop that has the plumpest, juiciest chicken thighs, and they're on sale for 50 cents a pound this week.

We went here last night with friends

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Wonderful!

I had the bruschetta,the canneloni and some tirimasu to finish.

I was as full as a....full person.

Home made egg fried rice with noodles and lemon chicken.

I made chili tonight. I like to add sour cream, Frito's, Cheddar cheese to the bowl. Yummy!!

Italian beef

Curious what you use in your chili, Mig.

I make a chili dip that we often have for dinner. It's cream cheese on the bottom, topped with ground beef that has been sauteed with onions and tomato sauce, spiced with cumin and chili powder, then that is topped with monterey jack cheese and baked. We serve it with white corn tortilla chips. Add some plain white rice and a salad, and it's an easy dinner. Great on a cold and damp night!

SB, Do you bake it long enough to melt the cheese? I use the ingredients that you listed except for cumin, cream cheese.

PM me that recipe please. It sounds delish. I think I might make that for Bec's wedding shower.

Chicken tagliatelle last night.

Sausages with roasted potatoes and peppers tonight!

Only if you promise to send me yours!!!

The problem with making it for a large crowd is that it's sort of sloppy. Also, you need to serve it in whatever you baked it in, so it's hot. With a crowd, you might worry about burns, because no matter how many people you tell that the dish is hot, you end up with someone who doesn't listen.

How many people are you planning to feed? The recipe I have serves 6-8.

Edit: And yes, bake it long enough so that the cheese bubbles.

Baked cornish hen stuffed w wild rice and some kind of veggies and salad probably with a nice pinot noir

Lamb shanks with mashed potatoes and honey glazed carrots.

Home made corned beef,potato and onion soup.

With fresh,crusty bread.

Today I'm in the mood to have Spaghetti with white clam sauce for dinner.

Take out Chinese last night. Chicken chow mein,chicken fried rice,noodles,spring rolls and chips shared between us.

Take out pizza tonight.

I just put a beef roast in the oven.

Is that the same as a roast beef?

And what cut do you use, Mig? I swear by an eye round, my MIL insists on a top round. For pot roast, I will only use bottom round, but my mom will only use the brisket.

Smart Ass.

I used top round this time. What do you season yours with? I used a pack of beefy onion Lipton soup mix.

I don't season it with anything. But I find that if I cook it about 75 degrees higher for the first 15 minutes and brown the outside, it will make a ton of juices for brown gravy.

What do you thicken your gravy with? I prefer corn starch.

I do use onion soup mix when I make a whole filet roast, though, because it's such a lean meat that it needs a little boost.