Not what I expected for dinner....

[Exterous]

Went out with some co-workers after work and had a few beers. Came home but forgot to pick up noodles for the remaining spaghetti sauce or cincinnati chili options

With the primary sandwich maker gone for the evening and our house being quite low on groceries my options were limited. I didn't realize how limited until I got home

So...lets review what I had for dinner:
4 beers
1/2 bag Nacho Doritos
1 Bagel

 

[satyajitmenon]

McTaco Drivethru?

 

[shortylickens]

 

[Exterous]

McTaco Drivethru?

The distance to the nearest drive through conflicted with my laziness and desire to eat when I got home from the bar

 

[BoomerD]

Sucks to be you, I guess...

We're having Swiss Steak tonight.

(slightly different recipe, served with mashed potatoes, gravy from the Swiss Steak, and some green vegetable...probably green beans.)

Our grandkids are here and they love this. It's the granddaughter's b-day dinner...and it's by request. Their mom hates it and won't make if for them.

 

[vshah]

Sucks to be you, I guess...

We're having Swiss Steak tonight.

(slightly different recipe, served with mashed potatoes, gravy from the Swiss Steak, and some green vegetable...probably green beans.)

Our grandkids are here and they love this. It's the granddaughter's b-day dinner...and it's by request. Their mom hates it and won't make if for them.

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[ElFenix]

i've had 4 glasses of karbach brewing's wiesse versa wheat for dinner. i win.

 

[zinfamous]

Sucks to be you, I guess...

We're having Swiss Steak tonight.

(slightly different recipe, served with mashed potatoes, gravy from the Swiss Steak, and some green vegetable...probably green beans.)

Our grandkids are here and they love this. It's the granddaughter's b-day dinner...and it's by request. Their mom hates it and won't make if for them.

Why is that called Swiss steak?

the steak I had while in Switzerland was a big fat porterhouse-like cut (honestly, not sure the cut) from a charolais. Thing was tossed over the open fire in the kitchen and pushed onto the dinner plate after a few minutes (the table being about 3 steps from the fire).

awesome stuff. This was the French part of Switzerland.
....actually, I think we were in France at that point. But it was our Swiss host's house in France. we were on vacation while on vacation...as it where.

 

[BoomerD]

Why is that called Swiss steak?

the steak I had while in Switzerland was a big fat porterhouse-like cut (honestly, not sure the cut) from a charolais. Thing was tossed over the open fire in the kitchen and pushed onto the dinner plate after a few minutes (the table being about 3 steps from the fire).

awesome stuff. This was the French part of Switzerland.
....actually, I think we were in France at that point. But it was our Swiss host's house in France. we were on vacation while on vacation...as it where.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_steak

Have you ever had a "cube steak?" Obviously, it's not in a cube...the process of cutting the tiny slits in the meat is called "cubing." There's another method that uses different knives and rollers in the process called "swissing."

For decades, my wife did this in the old "time honored tradition." She'd buy a piece of meat, often round steak, and pound the shit out of it with a plate or saucer...as she's gotten older and arthritis has taken hold, she now buys cube steaks, or preferably, buys a round steak, has the butcher cut it to the desired thickness and run it through the swissing knives or cube steak knives. (depending on the butcher.)

This originated as a "budget meal," utilizing cheaper, tougher cuts of meat, although she doesn't hesitate to use top sirloin if the price is right...By the time this is finished cooking, there's not a damned thing tough about the meat...it's "fork cut tender."

 

[zinfamous]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_steak

Have you ever had a "cube steak?" Obviously, it's not in a cube...the process of cutting the tiny slits in the meat is called "cubing." There's another method that uses different knives and rollers in the process called "swissing."

For decades, my wife did this in the old "time honored tradition." She'd buy a piece of meat, often round steak, and pound the shit out of it with a plate or saucer...as she's gotten older and arthritis has taken hold, she now buys cube steaks, or preferably, buys a round steak, has the butcher cut it to the desired thickness and run it through the swissing knives or cube steak knives. (depending on the butcher.)

This originated as a "budget meal," utilizing cheaper, tougher cuts of meat, although she doesn't hesitate to use top sirloin if the price is right...By the time this is finished cooking, there's not a damned thing tough about the meat...it's "fork cut tender."

ah, cool. I was jsut curious, and I never knew about "swissing."

Loosk tasty as hell to me, as it includes all of my favorite things in the world: meat (steak!), tomatoes, onions, carrots, peppers?, or maybe those are green onions...asparagus, maybe? in some sort of stock/sauce.

yum.

very similar to lomo saltado.

 

[BoomerD]

ah, cool. I was jsut curious, and I never knew about "swissing."

Loosk tasty as hell to me, as it includes all of my favorite things in the world: meat (steak!), tomatoes, onions, carrots, peppers?, or maybe those are green onions...asparagus, maybe? in some sort of stock/sauce.

yum.

very similar to lomo saltado.

Yeah, like I said earlier, different recipe. My wife uses tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, sometimes a few jalapenos...carrots, not very often.

 

[oogabooga]

very similar to lomo saltado.

Damn, Im going to have to hit up my favorite Peruvian place again soon. Mmmm saltados.

 

[Ichinisan]

Why does this thread exist?