Dinner delivery tonight



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Jude

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My boyfriend's mom got cataract surgery today. She had a ride to and
from the doctor's office (My BF was going to take her but she didn't
want him to take off work), but I knew she'd come home to an empty
apartment, tired from the surgery, and end up ordering a pizza. So I
offered to bring her dinner and company for the evening, and my offer
was cheerfully accepted.

So I asked the BF, what do you think I should make? She's second
generation italian-American, so my usual lasagne with homemade sauce
was out - not up to her Mom's standards I'm sure! I'm a fish-eating
vegetarian, and every time we've been out to dinner together, she's
eaten burgers or chicken sandwiches. maybe the occasional steak.

Dunno, he says. Real helpful. I don't know what my mom likes to eat.
You lived with her for how many years? i asked. He grinned. Not the
most observant of sons, although the two of them are really close. He
was completely unhelpful. His only suggestion was a favorite of HIS-
zucchini-noodle casserole. Probably not the kind of heavy food she
wanted to eat after sugery.

So I made seafood chowder, with homemade ceasar salad (including
anchovies, we both like them that way) with my faaaabulous caesar
dressing (not really mine but hell, I made it, so it's mine now!)((the
real vinaigrette style dressing, lotsa garlic, not one of those weird
creamy ones)), and picked jup a loaf of king's hawaiiain (sp?) bread.
for dessert - since we're all recovering from the holidays - i bought a
pound of nice ripe organic strawberries and served them with sour cream
and turbinado sugar crystals. not too heavy, fairly simple, but
delicious. She was quite pleased when not only did I serve her dinner,
but did the dishes AND left her the strawberries for breakfast in the
morning.

I thnk I scored some 'family' points tonight! (Actually, they all like
me. I spend time with his mom semi-often when he's at work. She also
babysits for my daughter once a month or so so that he & I can go out.
She refers to my kiddo as "my future granddaughter =)! )

And you thought i was gonna post about pizza or Chinese food =P
 
What a thoughtful future (?) d-i-l you are! Such generosity is rare
these days when everyone seems to work or be too busy to put in the
time to cook first and then visit with a gourmet treat.
The menu sounded perfectly balanced and delicious.

Cheers
Bronwyn
 
Jude wrote:
> My boyfriend's mom got cataract surgery today. She had a ride to and
> from the doctor's office (My BF was going to take her but she didn't
> want him to take off work), but I knew she'd come home to an empty
> apartment, tired from the surgery, and end up ordering a pizza. So I
> offered to bring her dinner and company for the evening, and my offer
> was cheerfully accepted.
>
> So I asked the BF, what do you think I should make? She's second
> generation italian-American, so my usual lasagne with homemade sauce
> was out - not up to her Mom's standards I'm sure! I'm a fish-eating
> vegetarian, and every time we've been out to dinner together, she's
> eaten burgers or chicken sandwiches. maybe the occasional steak.
>
> Dunno, he says. Real helpful. I don't know what my mom likes to eat.
> You lived with her for how many years? i asked. He grinned. Not the
> most observant of sons, although the two of them are really close. He
> was completely unhelpful. His only suggestion was a favorite of HIS-
> zucchini-noodle casserole. Probably not the kind of heavy food she
> wanted to eat after sugery.
>
> So I made seafood chowder, with homemade ceasar salad (including
> anchovies, we both like them that way) with my faaaabulous caesar
> dressing (not really mine but hell, I made it, so it's mine now!)((the
> real vinaigrette style dressing, lotsa garlic, not one of those weird
> creamy ones)), and picked jup a loaf of king's hawaiiain (sp?) bread.
> for dessert - since we're all recovering from the holidays - i bought a
> pound of nice ripe organic strawberries and served them with sour cream
> and turbinado sugar crystals. not too heavy, fairly simple, but
> delicious. She was quite pleased when not only did I serve her dinner,
> but did the dishes AND left her the strawberries for breakfast in the
> morning.
>
> I thnk I scored some 'family' points tonight! (Actually, they all like
> me. I spend time with his mom semi-often when he's at work. She also
> babysits for my daughter once a month or so so that he & I can go out.
> She refers to my kiddo as "my future granddaughter =)! )
>
> And you thought i was gonna post about pizza or Chinese food =P


You sound like a doll. She is very luck to have you for a future
daughter in law. Maybe this trend/relationship/friendship continue!
 
Jude wrote:

> my faaaabulous caesar dressing (not really mine but hell, I made it, so
> it's mine now!)((the real vinaigrette style dressing, lotsa garlic, not
> one of those weird creamy ones))


"Real" vinaigrette style dressing?

A "real" Caesar salad is made with Parmesan cheese and egg, both of which
contribute to a creamy texture.

Bob
 
On Mon 09 Jan 2006 08:46:01p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Bob
Terwilliger?

> Jude wrote:
>
>> my faaaabulous caesar dressing (not really mine but hell, I made it, so
>> it's mine now!)((the real vinaigrette style dressing, lotsa garlic, not
>> one of those weird creamy ones))

>
> "Real" vinaigrette style dressing?
>
> A "real" Caesar salad is made with Parmesan cheese and egg, both of which
> contribute to a creamy texture.
>
> Bob


Is it really necessary to once more go down the road of "Caesar" anything
dressings?

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Ya done good, kid!!!

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__________________________________________________________________
And if we enter a room full of manure, may we believe in the pony.
 
Jude wrote:

> So I asked the BF, what do you think I should make? She's second
> generation italian-American, so my usual lasagne with homemade sauce
> was out - not up to her Mom's standards I'm sure! I'm a fish-eating
> vegetarian, and every time we've been out to dinner together, she's
> eaten burgers or chicken sandwiches. maybe the occasional steak.


I never try to cook Italian food for Italians.

My neighbour is Italian, and her parents live in the house on the other
side of theirs. I have been treated to a lot of nice Italian dinners in
their homes. I know that they pride themselves on some of those dishes,
especially some of the pasta dishes and they really were great meals. It's
not my style of cooking and I am not going to try to compete with them.

I had the neighbours over for dinner a few nights ago. I cooked Mango
Chicken, a great dish made by browning boneless chicken breasts in butter,
then drying chopped onion and thinly sliced red pepper and adding some
mango chutney, a bit of red wine vinegar and Dijonmustard, then a cup of
heavy cream and reducing it to a nice sauce, topping it with chopped green
onion.
 
Wayne jumped in:

>> Jude wrote:
>>
>>> my faaaabulous caesar dressing (not really mine but hell, I made it, so
>>> it's mine now!)((the real vinaigrette style dressing, lotsa garlic, not
>>> one of those weird creamy ones))

>>
>> "Real" vinaigrette style dressing?
>>
>> A "real" Caesar salad is made with Parmesan cheese and egg, both of which
>> contribute to a creamy texture.
>>
>> Bob

>
> Is it really necessary to once more go down the road of "Caesar" anything
> dressings?


Well SHE started it! How would you like it if I wrote about my faaaabulous
Thousand Island salad dressing, then went on to say "the real
vinaigrette-style Thousand Island dressing, not one of those weird creamy
ones"?

Bob
 
On 9 Jan 2006 19:09:40 -0800, "Jude" <[email protected]> wrote:

>My boyfriend's mom got cataract surgery today. She had a ride to and
>from the doctor's office (My BF was going to take her but she didn't
>want him to take off work), but I knew she'd come home to an empty
>apartment, tired from the surgery, and end up ordering a pizza. So I
>offered to bring her dinner and company for the evening, and my offer
>was cheerfully accepted.
>


>So I made seafood chowder, with homemade ceasar salad (including
>anchovies, we both like them that way) with my faaaabulous caesar
>dressing (not really mine but hell, I made it, so it's mine now!)((the
>real vinaigrette style dressing, lotsa garlic, not one of those weird
>creamy ones)), and picked jup a loaf of king's hawaiiain (sp?) bread.
>for dessert - since we're all recovering from the holidays - i bought a
>pound of nice ripe organic strawberries and served them with sour cream
>and turbinado sugar crystals. not too heavy, fairly simple, but
>delicious. She was quite pleased when not only did I serve her dinner,
>but did the dishes AND left her the strawberries for breakfast in the
>morning.



Sounds lovely and I'm sure she enjoyed the attention as much as the
food. Good on you.

Kathy in NZ
 
Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> Wayne jumped in:
>
>
>>>Jude wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>my faaaabulous caesar dressing (not really mine but hell, I made it, so
>>>>it's mine now!)((the real vinaigrette style dressing, lotsa garlic, not
>>>>one of those weird creamy ones))
>>>
>>>"Real" vinaigrette style dressing?
>>>
>>>A "real" Caesar salad is made with Parmesan cheese and egg, both of which
>>>contribute to a creamy texture.
>>>
>>>Bob

>>
>>Is it really necessary to once more go down the road of "Caesar" anything
>>dressings?

>
>
> Well SHE started it! How would you like it if I wrote about my faaaabulous
> Thousand Island salad dressing, then went on to say "the real
> vinaigrette-style Thousand Island dressing, not one of those weird creamy
> ones"?
>
> Bob
>
>


well, I think she meant like one of those *creamy* creamy ceasar
dressings. they're like creamy garlic with parmesan. ick.

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On Mon 09 Jan 2006 10:38:56p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it sarah
bennett?

> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>> Wayne jumped in:
>>
>>
>>>>Jude wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>my faaaabulous caesar dressing (not really mine but hell, I made it,
>>>>>so it's mine now!)((the real vinaigrette style dressing, lotsa
>>>>>garlic, not one of those weird creamy ones))
>>>>
>>>>"Real" vinaigrette style dressing?
>>>>
>>>>A "real" Caesar salad is made with Parmesan cheese and egg, both of
>>>>which contribute to a creamy texture.
>>>>
>>>>Bob
>>>
>>>Is it really necessary to once more go down the road of "Caesar"
>>>anything dressings?

>>
>>
>> Well SHE started it! How would you like it if I wrote about my
>> faaaabulous Thousand Island salad dressing, then went on to say "the
>> real vinaigrette-style Thousand Island dressing, not one of those weird
>> creamy ones"?
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>

>
> well, I think she meant like one of those *creamy* creamy ceasar
> dressings. they're like creamy garlic with parmesan. ick.
>


That's what I thought, too.

--
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__________________________________________________________________
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"Jude" <[email protected]> looking for trouble wrote in
news:[email protected]:

>
> I thnk I scored some 'family' points tonight! (Actually, they all like
> me. I spend time with his mom semi-often when he's at work. She also
> babysits for my daughter once a month or so so that he & I can go out.
> She refers to my kiddo as "my future granddaughter =)! )
>
> And you thought i was gonna post about pizza or Chinese food =P



What a nice gesture. BTW, what are/is turbinado sugar crystals?


Michael
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sarah bennett wrote:
> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> > Wayne jumped in:
> >>>Jude wrote:
> >>>>my faaaabulous caesar dressing (not really mine but hell, I made it, so
> >>>>it's mine now!)((the real vinaigrette style dressing, lotsa garlic, not
> >>>>one of those weird creamy ones))
> >>>"Real" vinaigrette style dressing?
> >>>A "real" Caesar salad is made with Parmesan cheese and egg, both of which


> >>>Bob
> >>
> >>Is it really necessary to once more go down the road of "Caesar" anything
> >>dressings?

> >
> >
> > Well SHE started it! How would you like it if I wrote about my faaaabulous
> > Thousand Island salad dressing, then went on to say "the real
> > vinaigrette-style Thousand Island dressing, not one of those weird creamy
> > ones"?
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >

>
> well, I think she meant like one of those *creamy* creamy ceasar
> dressings. they're like creamy garlic with parmesan. ick.
>
> --
>
> saerah

Hit the nail right on the head. i hate going out and ordering Caesar
salad, and getting romaine with parmesan and croutons, and a dressing
that's akin to a garlicy ranch.

Yes, I used both raw egg and cheese (asiago instead of parmesan, tho),
and the dressing was perfect.

Other than that, I'm staying out of all caesar arguments.
 
Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:
> "Jude" <[email protected]> looking for trouble wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
> >
> > I thnk I scored some 'family' points tonight! (Actually, they all like
> > me. I spend time with his mom semi-often when he's at work. She also
> > babysits for my daughter once a month or so so that he & I can go out.
> > She refers to my kiddo as "my future granddaughter =)! )
> >
> > And you thought i was gonna post about pizza or Chinese food =P

>
>
> What a nice gesture. BTW, what are/is turbinado sugar crystals?
>
>
> Michael


Turbinado sugar is one of my favorite recent discoveries. It's sugar
srystals which are, I believe, less processed than white sugar, but not
quite a raw suagr. It's pale brown, but it's large crystals, not like a
bag of grocery-store brown sugar. I've been using it like the big
crystals of bakers' sugar that they sprinkle on things at bakeries; it
stays crystallized when you sprinkle it on pastries, rather than
melting or mixing in. I like the crunch of it.

You can get it at the health food store or a gourmet market like Fresh
Market or Trader Joe's.
 
On Tue 10 Jan 2006 10:21:06a, Jude wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> sarah bennett wrote:
>> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>> > Wayne jumped in:
>> >>>Jude wrote:
>> >>>>my faaaabulous caesar dressing (not really mine but hell, I made
>> >>>>it, so it's mine now!)((the real vinaigrette style dressing, lotsa
>> >>>>garlic, not one of those weird creamy ones))
>> >>>"Real" vinaigrette style dressing?
>> >>>A "real" Caesar salad is made with Parmesan cheese and egg, both of
>> >>>which

>
>> >>>Bob
>> >>
>> >>Is it really necessary to once more go down the road of "Caesar"
>> >>anything dressings?
>> >
>> >
>> > Well SHE started it! How would you like it if I wrote about my
>> > faaaabulous Thousand Island salad dressing, then went on to say "the
>> > real vinaigrette-style Thousand Island dressing, not one of those
>> > weird creamy ones"?
>> >
>> > Bob
>> >
>> >

>>
>> well, I think she meant like one of those *creamy* creamy ceasar
>> dressings. they're like creamy garlic with parmesan. ick.
>>
>> --
>>
>> saerah

> Hit the nail right on the head. i hate going out and ordering Caesar
> salad, and getting romaine with parmesan and croutons, and a dressing
> that's akin to a garlicy ranch.
>
> Yes, I used both raw egg and cheese (asiago instead of parmesan, tho),
> and the dressing was perfect.
>
> Other than that, I'm staying out of all caesar arguments.


Wise move on your part! <g>



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____________________________________________

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On 9 Jan 2006 19:09:40 -0800, in rec.food.cooking, "Jude"
<[email protected]> hit the crackpipe and declared:
>My boyfriend's mom got cataract surgery today. She had a ride to and
>from the doctor's office (My BF was going to take her but she didn't
>want him to take off work), but I knew she'd come home to an empty
>apartment, tired from the surgery, and end up ordering a pizza. So I
>offered to bring her dinner and company for the evening, and my offer
>was cheerfully accepted.
>
>So I asked the BF, what do you think I should make? She's second
>generation italian-American, so my usual lasagne with homemade sauce
>was out - not up to her Mom's standards I'm sure! I'm a fish-eating
>vegetarian, and every time we've been out to dinner together, she's
>eaten burgers or chicken sandwiches. maybe the occasional steak.
>
>Dunno, he says. Real helpful. I don't know what my mom likes to eat.
>You lived with her for how many years? i asked. He grinned. Not the
>most observant of sons, although the two of them are really close. He
>was completely unhelpful. His only suggestion was a favorite of HIS-
>zucchini-noodle casserole. Probably not the kind of heavy food she
>wanted to eat after sugery.
>
>So I made seafood chowder, with homemade ceasar salad (including
>anchovies, we both like them that way) with my faaaabulous caesar
>dressing (not really mine but hell, I made it, so it's mine now!)((the
>real vinaigrette style dressing, lotsa garlic, not one of those weird
>creamy ones)), and picked jup a loaf of king's hawaiiain (sp?) bread.
>for dessert - since we're all recovering from the holidays - i bought a
>pound of nice ripe organic strawberries and served them with sour cream
>and turbinado sugar crystals. not too heavy, fairly simple, but
>delicious. She was quite pleased when not only did I serve her dinner,
>but did the dishes AND left her the strawberries for breakfast in the
>morning.
>
>I thnk I scored some 'family' points tonight! (Actually, they all like
>me. I spend time with his mom semi-often when he's at work. She also
>babysits for my daughter once a month or so so that he & I can go out.
>She refers to my kiddo as "my future granddaughter =)! )
>
>And you thought i was gonna post about pizza or Chinese food =P


You're a vegetarian and eat fish and dairy? Fish do have feelings,
and what the hell do you think happens to those dairy cows after
they've lost that loving feeling? I suppose you wear leather, too.
LOL
 
projectile vomit chick wrote:

> You're a vegetarian and eat fish and dairy? Fish do have feelings,
> and what the hell do you think happens to those dairy cows after
> they've lost that loving feeling? I suppose you wear leather, too.
> LOL


Yeah, and in 17 years of making these dietary choices, I've never been
confronted by juvenile holier-than-thou eaters like you before. Ouch,
you hurt me so much, I'm crying.

BTW, are you a raw foodie vegan? Or just a *****?
 

> and what the hell do you think happens to those dairy cows after
> they've lost that loving feeling? I suppose you wear leather, too.



Um, check your research. Old dairy cows don't produce leather. There
are completely seperate animals that are born and die for your shoes
and jacket. Different ways of raising them, different feed, different
exercise to produce soft supple leather rather than creamy flowing
milk. OH yeah, but to know this, you'd have to have your brains
somewhere other than your ass.
 
projectile vomit chick wrote:

> You're a vegetarian and eat fish and dairy? Fish do have feelings,
> and what the hell do you think happens to those dairy cows after
> they've lost that loving feeling? I suppose you wear leather, too.
> LOL


Yeah, and in 17 years of making these dietary choices, I've never been
confronted by juvenile holier-than-thou eaters like you before. Ouch,
you hurt me so much, I'm crying.

BTW, are you a raw foodie vegan? Or just a *****?
 
On 10 Jan 2006 10:52:06 -0800, in rec.food.cooking, "Jude"
<[email protected]> hit the crackpipe and declared:
>projectile vomit chick wrote:
>
>> You're a vegetarian and eat fish and dairy? Fish do have feelings,
>> and what the hell do you think happens to those dairy cows after
>> they've lost that loving feeling? I suppose you wear leather, too.
>> LOL

>
>Yeah, and in 17 years of making these dietary choices, I've never been
>confronted by juvenile holier-than-thou eaters like you before. Ouch,
>you hurt me so much, I'm crying.
>
>BTW, are you a raw foodie vegan? Or just a *****?


Just a *****. <g>