What's for Dinner, Sun., Febr. 5, 2023

[NJCher]

Good thing I have broccoli cheddar soup for tonight because I spent the entire day learning some new software.

The only problem is that it's kinda' so-so. It's good but it's not great. It might be great after flavors blended for the night, though, so I should try it before doctoring it up.

I asked the RG what to do and he gave me some interesting suggestions--things I would never have thought of. For example, add chopped dill pickle.

He also said bacon crumbles, which is a sure thing.

Salad made with gorgonzola, chopped walnuts (toasted, of course), celery, chopped red and green pepper. I'm using this beautiful red and green ruffly lettuce. Blue cheese dressing.

Dessert: white cake with cherries and cherry juice over it; a little whipped cream on top. Decaf.

[Emile]

1. Air fried shrimp, french fries and coleslaw.

[MN2theMax]

2. Split pea soup with ham & bacon

Also cornbread with honey butter.

This is my first attempt making this kind of soup. My mother used to make it all the time when I was a kid. Hopefully it will be good because it is a large pot of soup. 🥣

[Bayard]

3. Baked ham

Sweet potato fries, and probably green beans. The usual chocolate ice cream, and cinnamon vanilla coffee.

[txwhitedove]

4. Major yum, Catfish Pontchartrain using leftover catfish

nuggets, shrimp, onions, green pepper served on cheesy grits.

[Retrograde]

5. Leftover pot roast

with steamed artichokes on the side, and Yorkshire pudding, which I wish I knew how to make better. I just picked the wrong grandmothers, I guess.

RE spiffing up the broccoli soup: sour pickle soup is a Polish standard, and I've had Chinese soups made with pickled cabbage. I'm not sure it would go well with the cheese, though: have you considered adding a bit of that gorgonzola to give the soup more of a kick? I agree though on letting it sit a night so the flavors get to know each other.

[NJCher]

6. --

Thanks, retrograde. It turned out to be most delicious just with the flavors blending overnight. I didn’t know about the Polish soup, which I’m going to check out because I generally love Polish food.

The RG has this incredible taste sense so I really should check out the pickle idea, which I might for one serving. He’s never wrong about taste issues. In 30 years together he’s messed up exactly one dish.

His taste memory is so strong that I can ask him to re-create a dish I had at a restaurant 10 years ago and he can do it in a heartbeat. It can even be a foreign cuisine with ingredients we don’t even have in the kitchen—he can still remember it if he tasted it.

I’ve never made Yorkshire pudding. I’m going to look up the recipe. I got a laugh out of your remark about grandmothers.

[yellowdogintexas]

7. Pimento cheese from McCain's Bakery in Saledo Tx

on the way home from TDW Convention.
This is a traditional stop for us. Usually we do it on the way down to Austin but thanks to the ice our scheduling was off. The staffs greets us like regulars even though we are only there once a year

This time it was on the way back to FW. This place has sandwiches, soup, great looking breakfast and desserts.

If you are ever in the area, I recommend it. Saledo has a number of beautiful old homes.