What's for dinner?

[catherine]

I want to eat at Catherine’s and pinky toes house tonight.

Reeaaally? You MUST be Irish or Scottish. (I believe you've been to either St. Patrick's Day events or a Robbie Burns night. Have you had mince?

I love it myself, but most people don't get excited about a dish of boiled hamburger meat. it's filet mignon next to haggis.

[SteveinMN]

boiled hamburger meat. it's filet mignon next to haggis.

When we were in Scotland last year *sigh* a buddy of mine and I tried haggis. Twice. We both rather liked it. One of those meals for which you don't want to think much about the ingredients, but it was tasty. Nothing I've been tempted to put together here though it would be an interesting exercise to make something resembling it for when all of us cruisers get together in another few weeks for an outdoors get-together and remembrance.

Dinner here tonight was leftover roast chicken and fresh-steamed broccoli.

[Teacher Terry]

I am Irish and my husband is Scottish. We went to a Robert burns dinner and I ate the haggis thinking it was stuffing. My husband started laughing and I forbid him to tell me what it is. I thought it was delicious. I have never had mince. I am pretty fussy about eating and not very adventurous.

[JaneV2.0]

As far as I can tell, the only British Isles food that appeals to me is High Tea and Indian takeaway, though I do have a fair bit of English/Scots ancestry.

[SteveinMN]

it would be an interesting exercise to make something resembling [haggis] for when all of us cruisers get together in another few weeks for an outdoors get-together and remembrance.

After looking at a few recipes for haggis which were not "just offal" I then looked at recipes for vegetarian haggis (labeled even by vegetarians as "not like the real thing") and decided it was a lot of work for a dish that most of our party-goers would instinctively shun. On to other ideas.

[iris lilies]

When we were in Scotland last year *sigh* a buddy of mine and I tried haggis. Twice. We both rather liked it. One of those meals for which you don't want to think much about the ingredients, but it was tasty. Nothing I've been tempted to put together here though it would be an interesting exercise to make something resembling it for when all of us cruisers get together in another few weeks for an outdoors get-together and remembrance.

Dinner here tonight was leftover roast chicken and fresh-steamed broccoli.

Recently I finish the mock haggis that has been in our freezer for a gosh what, 7-8 years now? I made it for a Scottish dinner we had many years ago and this was left over as an extra piece. many people didn’t want to try it. What’s wrong with them!

Anyway it was made with organ meat and oatmeal so it’s haggis -like. What I got from my freezer wasn’t all that good and I fed most of it to the dog.

I do remember the black puddingS served at breakfast in Scotland and I like those. Never was fond of kippers. And if you got into the more English side of things, canned baked beans on toast was a breakfast thing which was pretty awful.

[SteveinMN]

Recently I finish the mock haggis that has been in our freezer for a gosh what, 7-8 years now? I made it for a Scottish dinner we had many years ago and this was left over as an extra piece. many people didn’t want to try it. What’s wrong with them!

That was my conclusion (later posting) and the recipes I'd homed in on didn't even call for organ meat.

I do remember the black puddingS served at breakfast in Scotland and I like those. Never was fond of kippers. And if you got into the more English side of things, canned baked beans on toast was a breakfast thing which was pretty awful.

I've had black pudding on cruises before and like it -- a little less after I found out what it was but I still like it. Kippers are OK but a little goes a long way. DW and I joke about my "annual piece" of pickled herring, which is a frequent visitor to potlucks in colder weather in de land of Scandinavians dontchaknowyoubetcha. The texture is fine; it's just too vinegary for me. I'm generally fine with other pickled things, though, so ... ?? And baked beans on toast? Baked beans usually are way too sweet for me anyway; putting them on white bread doesn't do either of them any good imho.

[catherine]

We're having dinner with the neighbors--barbeque chicken and corn. I made that fancy Disney ratatouille--someone posted theirs on a Vegetable Gardener's group I'm on and it looked beautiful. Here's mine, before it went in the oven.

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[Yppej]

Stuffed grape leaves and cheese sticks.

[sweetana3]

Made a fabulous mushroom soup from Allrecipies recipe. https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/23...9J6ByZiQPnMETI

Note: We liked it without the added dairy and for the reheated second meal tried yogurt in it which was excellent. Used dried Thyme and not too much and it did add to the flavor. Liked it so much, got 2 pounds of mushrooms on sale and will make it again for the freezer using my homemade chicken stock.

I have had excellet results from Foodwishes.blogspot.com which is Chef John's site. He has really funny youtube videos too.