Picked up a Sirloin and I'm gonna make some red potatoes in the oven that are marinated in olive oil, garlic salt and pepper. With some oven baked macaroni and cheese. Picked up a bottle of one of my favorite red wines to go with it. I will also be serving this with a side salad.

Got the Big Dinner Box from Pizza Hut. My daughter's out picking it up now. Can't wait. Got two pizzas (one sausage, one black olive w/extra cheese), boneless garlic parmesan wings, cheesy breadsticks and 2 liter of Diet Pepsi, all for $23 inc. tax.

My mouth is watering already.

That sounds like a good deal. I do like me a bit of Pizza Hut occasionly

We have some of the best pizza in NY right around here, and my daughter still prefers Pizza Hut. Since she weighs about as much as a gnat, we let her pick the meal. The pizza was meh, but the wings were delicious!

chicago pizza > nyc pizza

you are entitled to your opinion, but frankly i think that they are so different that comparing them is silly. both are great, but its kinda like comparing a philly cheese steak to a porterhouse, just a different animal entirely.

Smart girl! She'd REALLY like NJ pizza better, tho, cuz Pizza Hut sucks!

The garlic Parm wings aren't bad I tried those the other week. Good idea you went with the big box the $10.00 box you get stuck with with the cinnamon sticks with icing all that grease and that for dessert is asking for trouble. They should give every customer a free bottle of Beano with their purchase

Here it is, in the middle of the night in Vitelli Territory, and I just got the idea to make a chicken curry dish.

Mixed up some dry spices, will slice up a boneless chicken breast shortly, and can't decide whether I want to make a flavored rice to go with it or some couscous.

Decisions, decisions...

Actually, come to think of it, I want to chop up a fresh tomato to add to the mix, and there is a 24-hour greengrocer right on my corner.

So, at 3:30 in the morning, off I go.

Dinner is going to be damn good tonight. Of course, the right beer always helps.


Signor V.

sausage and pepper subs last night, but a little different this time. i rubbed the hot italian sausage with a little bit of olive oil, and then roasted them in a hot 450 oven until done. took them out, let them cool, and sliced them in half and threw them on the grill pan. while that was going, i toasted the rolls and added nice thick slices of sharp provalone. added the sausage to the rolls, and topped with tons of sliced red and green hot cherry peppers, and drizzled a little bit of the brine from the jar on top while the sausage was still hot so that it absorbs all that goodness. it was one of those things that just comes together perfectly, as the slight warming heat and vinegary bite from the peppers just went great with the sausage, rather than loading up with bell or frying peppers. no onions or sauce this time either, as the cherry peppers really shined. this is how i'm gonna do it for sandwiches from now on, damn tasty!

Do you guys ever wake up in the middle of the night and cook a meal?

sometimes, but more often when i make dinner i will eat early and then reheat some later on. subs for me tonight. picked up some great boars heat hot cappricola, hot supprasada, pepperoni, and sharp provalone, along with an assortment of peppers. boars head makes the best cold cuts by far, not counting some of the imported italian cured meats/cheeses. thumans blows!

Fried chicken for me tonight. I'm home alone, so I went nuts. Stopped by my neighbor's because I know he always has cold bottles of Guinness waiting for me. Now, it's time for more chicken.

Your neighbour always has beer waiting for you Kly??? Now that's what i call a neighbourhood......

The fella next door to me is tee-total....the weirdo

Mrs. Mark made me tuna casserole tonight. One of my personal faves! She did an outstanding job! Brava! BTW - she doesn't even like it but she did it all for me... definitely a gem she is!

Me and the kids had pizza cos my wife is entertaining some pals. They are having a Chinese takeaway now so i am having one as well . Just call me 2 dinners Yogi

I hope you got your stretchy knickers on tonight, Yog!

Always mate, always

charred some thick, bone-in pork chops tonight in the cast iron, then added to a shallow baking dish. simply deglazed the skillet with a touch of water, and topped the chops with it. covered with foil, and sent them to a low 250 oven for about 4 hours give or take. almost half way there, about to add a bunch of sliced cherry peppers to the top of the chops. another 2 hours or so and remove. i might make a gravy with the drippings, but i'm not sure yet. veg is a little different tonight, gonna roast cauliflower in a hot oven with a little garlic and oil.

Sounds very tasty, FF! "Bone Apateet"!

I realized that I should have caught up on the posts in this thread before I made dinner tonight.

I mean, there was nothing specifically wrong with the dinner I made, but if I had read some of the most recent posts, it probably would have affected my choice.

I absolutely love a good tuna casserole, but haven't made one in many years. I'll have to make one before the week is out, if I can budget the time...

I have a package of beautiful, lean, center-cut pork chops sitting in the fridge, and they'll probably be tomorrow's dinner, along with some either baked or home-fried potatoes (with onions and green pepper), biscuits and gravy. (I may have a good friend coming over tomorrow, and his shrew of a wife never cooks him a meal, ever.) I'll be lucky if I'll be able to move for the following 24 hours...

But, my most recent repast? A stir-fry of shrimp, broccoli, snow peas and bean sprouts over a bed of white rice. It was nice - and quite filling - but my brain is still hungry (but, my body definitely is not!).


Signor V.

Last night we ordered a most bizarre mix of foods from our local pizza place. A Sicilian pizza, curly fries, onion rings, a cucumber salad, baked ziti Siciliana and zeppoli for dessert. It was one of those go through the menu and click things that sound yummy.

Tonight we're having skirt steak. I'm debating whether to marinate it or not. The window on that may have already closed.

fried shrimp, buffalo style. a nice simple meal, simply bread the shrimp, fry, and toss in a bunch of franks red hot or another hot sauce of your choosing. great quick meal to enjoy with more than a few beers! a few tips though...

#1 season the shrimp lightly with salt as soon as they come out of the oil. the remaining oil will help the salt adhere, this holds true for all fried foods.

#2 immediately after salting, toss in the hot sauce. what i like to do is grab a large round bowl and lightly coat the bottom in the hot sauce and then toss. remember, you can always add more but it is very hard to take away. probably the best piece of cooking advice that i have ever came across. also, only adding a small amount of the hot sauce helps to retain both the flavor and crispiness of the shrimp.

Last night was toad in the hole. My wife makes it delicious, the toads not to crunchy.....

If the toad is in the hole too long, will it bubble and squeak?

Yesterday my wife made a big pot of chicken corn soup with homemade rivlets and I cooked a large pork shoulder in vinegar, soy sauce and worcestershire sauce. But my older boy was heading back to college and was in the mood for cheeseburgers, so I grilled some while he sliced potatoes and made cheddar bacon fries. Plenty of leftovers, which is good because my two younger kids have a day off from school for first day of hunting.

Klyd, what are rivlets? I've never heard of them.

Rivlets are little dumplings usually for soup. It's an Amish/PA Dutch thing.

burgers tonight, sadly inside though as i have no more charcoal and i shouldn't be driving right now so we will have to make due. to make up for it, i have started a big pan of carmalized onions. vidalia onions sliced pretty thin lenghwise, thrown in the cast iron over low heat with tons of butter and a little salt. takes about 45 minutes if you wanna really do it right. now the only question is what kind of cheese? i have chedder,aged provalone,blue cheese,munster and good old yellow american. right now i'm kinda feeling the american, but i have about a 35-40 minutes to make up my mind so we will see.

considering all the bullshit i've been going through, me and a few friends are gonna be going out to tgi fridays in a few hours. i'm really in the mood for the cheesy appeal of a place like that today, i might even tell them its my birthday so they sing me some shitty song just for a laugh i haven't been there in a while, but i remember the jack daniels chicken being pretty good. any suggestions?