LAST-TO-POST #13 Calling all Posting Gals and Guys of the Lasting Kind.....

[franandaj]

Adequate. For a frozen meal that you add water and then heat up in the micro.

Actually, it does the job...and is surprisingly tasty for what it is.

What about dinner? How was the pizza?

Was it that shrimp wonton soup from Costco? That is really good!

 

[DisneyFirefly]

Do they do cash on delivery or credit card over the phone?

Either, but we order through this site called GrubHub, which is a website that has TONS of restaurants that deliver to you and you can order through it and the order gets immediately sent to the restaurant. I've been using it for almost two years.

 

[PrincessInOz]

It's a good meal for not wanting to cook or spend too much money. I've been adding some tom yum paste to the soup so that I get that hot and sour taste as well.

 

[franandaj]

So here's my food porn from today. There was like 37 people there and this was the food I put out. The only things I didn't take pictures of (since I didn't make them) was 2 Pineapple upside down cakes from costco, so you know they were big. And we bought two boxes of Costco Cookies, but I combined them onto one plate so no one would know that we kept some for our own. But of the 48 Cookies we bought, about 36-40 went with us.

Tortellini Salad - recipe googled at 7:30PM last night and ingredients purchased, this was *supposed* to be one of the store bought items!

Seven pounds of Potato Salad. Now I"m guessing, but I used at least half a sack of 10lbs of potatoes if not more, plus 9 HB eggs, six stalks of celery, and onion, plus mayo, mustard, and relish, so I'm guessing it was seven pounds. BTW when I put this in the fridge last night it looked wonderful, I had wiped the sides clean, but transporting it in the cooler it went up against all the sides. We were short on napkins so I was horrified when I took it out and saw it like this! Obviously the musician types didn't care since the bowl was clean by the end of lunch!

This is the leaded Chinese Chicken Salad

And the unleaded Chinese Salad

There were three trays of chicken like this. I told a few of my closer friends that this was my "honey, I'm too tired to cook chicken" Which really it is. All I do is put salt, pepper, garlic powder on it and then douse it with some balsmic vinegar and extra light olive oil. Cook it up so that the skin gets crispy and the chicken is cooked and its easy peasy. It does taste pretty good.

I'm not sure if I didn't make enough or if my simple attempt at cooking appealed to everyone more than the other guy who makes these fancy meals that cost lots of money and he makes way too much. I thought I made a whole lot (well I knew I made just enough chicken, but I thought with the side dishes there was plenty). I don't think anyone went hungry, but I was floored when EVERYTHING but the few slices of cake were gone.

I guess the grazers just came back and grazed off what was left. The other guy is always begging people to take stuff home because he will throw it away if they don't take it cause he won't eat it. Perhaps that says something!

Now I have to tell my cleaning lady tomorrow there is none left!

 

[PrincessInOz]

Food looks great! Especially that chicken. Do you cook it in the oven or do you fry it for the skin to get crispy?

You know....much as I like fancy food once in a while, I'm much more a simple is best type of gal. That kind of food is the sort that I like to eat too.

 

[franandaj]

Food looks great! Especially that chicken. Do you cook it in the oven or do you fry it for the skin to get crispy?

You know....much as I like fancy food once in a while, I'm much more a simple is best type of gal. That kind of food is the sort that I like to eat too.

I just bake the chicken, but I put oil on it to help crisp the skin and I cook it at 375 instead of 350. I made this on Friday and reheated it at the church.

It's funny you say that about my "homey" food, I was very self conscious about cooking. I had done it for years, and then Jim joined the band and volunteered to do that job. He made lasagna with bison and organic cheeses, Mac and cheese with $160 worth of cheese, and numerous other "fancy, foo foo" things. He really raised the bar and I was afraid that everyone would be disappointed with my meager offering. However it was hot and I didn't have a lot of emotional energy to come up with something creative.

Perhaps that is why everyone ate all the food. It was simple, suitable for the warm weather and not pretentious. Either that or I just didn't make enough.

 

[PrincessInOz]

I just bake the chicken, but I put oil on it to help crisp the skin and I cook it at 375 instead of 350. I made this on Friday and reheated it at the church.

It's funny you say that about my "homey" food, I was very self conscious about cooking. I had done it for years, and then Jim joined the band and volunteered to do that job. He made lasagna with bison and organic cheeses, Mac and cheese with $160 worth of cheese, and numerous other "fancy, foo foo" things. He really raised the bar and I was afraid that everyone would be disappointed with my meager offering. However it was hot and I didn't have a lot of emotional energy to come up with something creative.

Perhaps that is why everyone ate all the food. It was simple, suitable for the warm weather and not pretentious. Either that or I just didn't make enough.

I think you make it with love. I always believe that if you make what you want to eat and make it well, then everyone else will love it too. Making the fancy food is nice for a special dinner party but really, I suspect most people are happy with a home cooked meal that is delicious and fills them up. If it comes with $160 worth of cheese, no one will know that unless you go around shouting it from the rooftops. Can't see you doing that.

You know - I think that's what bugs me the most about my older brother and my SiL. They go about telling everyone how much effort they have gone through to make food; or how 'special' the ingredients are in the dish; or how much money it has cost them....and I think that if you decide to do something or make something, it should just be done without the bragging. Hmmm.....

 

[franandaj]

Yeah you're right, people can make their own minds up as to what is good or not and just because you use expensive ingredients doesn't guarantee it will taste good. In fact with the Costco desserts my lunch probably came in at a little over $100, plus about $15-20 for sodas, bottled water, half & half, and the ground coffee that I use to brew a big urn of about 40+ cups of coffee.

The funny part is that Fran rarely likes the expensive food that Jim cooks, but she is happy for him to do it so I don't have to!

 

[PrincessInOz]

I don't think that you would skimp on portion sizes....so the proof is in the empty plates that you take home.

 

[usnuzuloose]

It's beautiful here in Monterey today. How is every one? I will be right there for dinner

 

[PrincessInOz]

The calm before the wild wind in Melbourne. We're expecting pretty woolly weather for the next 3 days...but the sun is out at the moment.

 

[franandaj]

Concert tomorrow....really tired tonight!

 

[PrincessInOz]

Tiredness must run in the air.


Happy Independence Day for tomorrow!

 

[miaxu]

Last chance i choose it

 

[franandaj]

Going to feed the cats and start making my way to bed...

 

[PrincessInOz]

Hope you get a good night's sleep. I'm going to make that pasta salad I told you about for dinner tonight. If I take pictures, I'll try and post them over the next couple of days....

2 days in the salt mines for me. Hope to catch you all at some stage.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Last chance i choose it

Ni Hao? Welcome to the DisBoards.

 

[franandaj]

Fading fast last.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Lasting after twilight zone.

 

[franandaj]

Watching the Star Wars cake challenge.