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Post by lavandulagirl on Mar 5, 2008 18:47:24 GMT -5
Oh, I served it with a fruit salad - early strawberries, dried apricots, foreign kiwis and mangoes, grapefruit... very yum...
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Mar 5, 2008 22:18:55 GMT -5
STeak, Pasta with bacon and a cream sauce...Hickory BBQ sauce on the steak...oh a bit of MSG too!! I know, I'm a hardened artery waiting to happen, LOL
On a note of regret....I am almost out of frozen green beans!!! I obviously didn't freeze enough this past year. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Post by kimikat on Mar 7, 2008 16:39:21 GMT -5
Tonight I'm making rump roast, taters, and carrots (with a little onion, much to Corie's dismay), corn bread and some green beans.
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Post by moonlilyhead on Mar 7, 2008 18:04:25 GMT -5
I'm so excited. I made my first meatloaf last night (I don't usually do much with beef, unless I can get it local and know how the cow was treated). It was perty dang good if I do say so myself. However, I still CANNOT make homemade gravy. What's the secret? I made that rue stuff, but it was horrible.
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Post by moonlilyhead on Mar 7, 2008 18:05:22 GMT -5
Tonight is orange chicken stir fry with last year's okra!
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Mar 7, 2008 19:29:50 GMT -5
The orange chicken sounds Yummy Moonie! Now as far as gravy is concerned, there are several ways to approach it. First I would ask, why does one need gravy for meatloaf?? Paintman just smothers his with (coughcough)  Ketchup. Secondly, I usually make meatloaf in a pyrex loaf pan which doesn't seem to produce the bits on the bottom that would produce a good gravy? Last but certainly not least of my helpful hints ;D, do they sell Franco American canned gravy in Arkansas? Or perhaps Martha White has a packaged gravy mix? Would seem perfectly logical to me, since she sells biscuits,that she would sell gravy mix as well? |
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Post by moonlilyhead on Mar 7, 2008 23:34:54 GMT -5
Blue, I made the ketchup stuff for the meatloaf, but BF wanted gravy, so I tried. I sucked up with my baster some drippings out of the bottom of the pan. Maybe there wasn't enough for gravy, because after I added the rue, the gravy was tasteless. I've used those packages before, but I want to make my OWN.  My orange chicken was good, but needed more ginger...but still pretty good. |
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Mar 8, 2008 9:27:16 GMT -5
Yes, Ginger til it bites back!!!
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Post by sandbar on Mar 8, 2008 13:53:35 GMT -5
Speaking of ginger ... has anyone else ever used it to reduce the ... uh ... gaseous effects of beans? You still "toot" but they smell great!  We've nicknamed ginger "butt deoderant." Now you know! |
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Mar 8, 2008 15:22:03 GMT -5
Ginger Beans, Good for the Butt, The More You Eat the Less Stinky the Cut |
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Post by sandbar on Mar 8, 2008 18:50:43 GMT -5
LOL ... Blue, you have too much time on your hands today ... |
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Post by moonlilyhead on Mar 8, 2008 18:54:23 GMT -5
Well then. I shall feed my BF some ginger as he sleeps!!! I knew it calmed the stomach. Oh holy cow. My cat just ran by with one of those hair-in-the-turd situations!  |
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Mar 8, 2008 20:46:47 GMT -5
Oh Oh, Kitty needs some oil in his/her diet....
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Post by Jim on Mar 8, 2008 21:28:29 GMT -5
I had the holy trinity of bbq meats tonight...bbq chicken quarter, brisket, pork ribs...all slathered in sauce ready to clog my arteries.
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Post by houseodessey on Mar 8, 2008 21:33:36 GMT -5
What, no sausage? In TX, we prefer a quatrain.
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Ketchup. 
