Slow Thursday troll: What's for dinner?

[Jenise]

Here: we'll start with a little smoked trout, then move onto a main dish of sausage and rye bread pudding with a hot salad of lightly sauteed cabbage, sauerkraut and mustard greens, and a bottle of reisling.

Pizza...I have a few things in the frig----mushrooms, spinach and random cheses--that need to be used up before we leave for Austin on Saturday.

I'll probably wash it down with an opened-last-night '05 Outpost Grenache.

Yea! Pizza!

You can never go wrong there. I would eat it every meal every day if I could.

I think I'll make pizza too tonight, Traci. Thanks for the idea!

Yea! Pizza!

You can never go wrong there. I would eat it every meal every day if I could.

I think I'll make pizza too tonight, Traci. Thanks for the idea!

Oh, like you needed someone to give you that idea... LOL

[Robin Garr]

Darn, you never ask this question when I'm doing something interesting.

Tonight, we're going out to a social gathering, the local Drinking Liberally group, which is having its Christmas party at an excellent brewpub. Microbrewery beer and lots of snacky pub grub! Buffalo wings, loaded potato skins, and yes, Cynthia, pretty good pizza!

Robin, your life is just such a social whirl it makes my head spin!

[Robin Garr]

Robin, your life is just such a social whirl it makes my head spin!

It gets worse. We've got parties/dinners tomorrow and Saturday night, too. I'm actually looking forward to cooking at home Sunday and opening a nice bottle of wine.

Hey! Santa Fe has a Drinking Liberally chapter, and they're meeting next Thursday:
http://drinkingliberally.org/locations.html#santafe

Of course, if you're a Stuart-style conservative, you might find the small talk horrifying ...

Jenise, I have failed miserably at pairing wine with sauerkraut. I thought reisling would be a natural match for the obvious reasons but I thought the combination to be horrid. To my palate the kraut made the wine taste very asphalt/tar like.

I just gave up and went with beer. Paulaner lager, which was great.

Did I choose a reisling in the wrong style? Or do I just not like a flavor profile that is normal? I enjoy reislings with many other dishes.

Any other suggestions for a wine match with kraut?

Thanks,
Fred

I'm going to a Bund meeting tonight. Then a quick stop by John Birch headquarters.

Pizza, maybe. Or maybe something in the gratin range... aww, screw it, I'm eating Chinese. Stir-fried whatever-is-in-the-fridge, extra spicy.

[Robin Garr]

I'm going to a Bund meeting tonight.

Cool! They're going to play rugby and you get to be the ball?

A favorite here -- soft boiled eggs and a couple of steamed vegetables -- baked apple later.

Stuart and my father actually share the same libertarian tendencies. In fact, Stuart is almost old enough to be my father, but that's another subject entirely.

Punjabi fenugreek chicken with basmati rice and a salad.

-Paul W.

[Robin Garr]

libertarian tendencies.

But which style of "libertarian"? Right or left? It makes a huge difference. For a coarse-grained but intriguing way of looking at politics on an X and Y axis (Liberal/conservative <i>and</i> libertarian/authoritarian), see
http://www.politicalcompass.org

It's not a rigorously scientific hypothesis by any means, but it's fun ... and I map out as even more "libertarian" than "liberal," but still a far cry from Ayn Rand's version.

No Left or Right, directly Up.

They're going to play rugby and you get to be the ball?

They're doing shadow animals and I get to be the lampshade.


The cupboard is pretty bare tonight. It's probably going to be nasi goreng with Quorn.

Beef flautas dipped in avocado, green chili verde sauce, Mexican Rice, Broccoli and roasted cauliflower.

Karen, what time's dinner? I can always refrigerate my rising pizza dough!

Dinner here in the sunny South was shrimp burgers, sauteed baby bok choy and Ore Ida fries. Missed a party due to kitty cat issues. Tomorrow I'm taking my honey bun cake to our Cheers night. I'm afraid there'd be a mutiny if I showed up without it.

Ok, that link was instructive, Robin.

Pulled pork and chopped brisket from Albert G's, probably the best pulled pork in Tulsa. (that's not saying much, since this area is too much under the Texas brisket is king influence).

libertarian tendencies.

But which style of "libertarian"? Right or left? It makes a huge difference. For a coarse-grained but intriguing way of looking at politics on an X and Y axis (Liberal/conservative <i>and</i> libertarian/authoritarian), see
http://www.politicalcompass.org

It's not a rigorously scientific hypothesis by any means, but it's fun ... and I map out as even more "libertarian" than "liberal," but still a far cry from Ayn Rand's version.

Funny, I map out as closer to Mandela than anyone else on the leader chart, and diametrically opposite of Dubya. Hmmm...

How the hell did this subject get into a "what's for dinner" thread anyway?!

Two of the boys and the grandchildren visited a neighbor who is in a nursing home tonight, so we stopped at The Sawyer Creek Hotel afterwards and had wings. YUM!

[Robin Garr]

How the hell did this subject get into a "what's for dinner" thread anyway?!

Read back the thread. Stuart's response to my dinner plans.