What Did You Have For Dinner Last Night?

Pizza.

 

spaghetti and garlic bread

 

Roasted chicken.

 

PIZZA! FTW!

 

Horrendously bad catfish at the Black Eyed Pea. I freaking hate that place, but my Mother in Law insists we go there all the time.

Unless she wants to go somewhere fancy; then we have to go to Olive Garden.

 

Fancy is the OG? Hrm...

I'm not a fan of the BEP either. I normally lean toward the veggie plate.

 

Thank You! I had always suspected that about OG. All those chain places are pretty dreadful, frankly. But mother in law is so insanely cheap that she doesn't want us to take her anywhere that doesn't have coupons in the Sunday paper. Then she can give the waiter a coupon and lecture us about being frugal.

 

Burger King.

Double whopper, onion rings and a coke.

 

Very good point and interesting to read what really goes on there! It always irks me: there are so many really good Italian restaurants where I live, and many for really good prices, yet when tourists come to New York they always seem to eat at the Olive Garden in Times Square!

 

Well, i can top that. My F-I-L loves Red Lobster. And he insists on going there whenever we take him out to dinner. Talk about shit on a plate.

 

Something or other from the dollar menu at BK.

 

Ugh! Appalling! They've perfected the dis-art of making one of the three most delectable foods in existence taste like my dad's rubber work gloves.

 

I get irritated with Olive Garden because the place is always packed, and many people who are there are even dressed up a bit-- like you were saying, Timby, they market themselves as fine dining and it seems a lot of people believe that. Now I'll admit my tastes aren't too sophisticated and I could eat those breadsticks until I passed out, but I've never once had an entree I like there. That's not an exaggeration! I try something new each time we go, but the only thing I really enjoy is the bread and salad.

And, hey, I'm a grown woman who will eat Chef Boyardee for lunch.

Meanwhile, we have some amazing authentic Italian restaurants (and some that even cost less!) where you can walk in on a Friday night without a wait. It really irritates me that some people are so unwilling to try anything they don't see advertised on a commercial ten times a night.

Speaking of relatives, my grandparents always want to eat at Cracker Barrel or Morrison's. I like country cookin' as much as the next Southern girl, but really, chicken fried chicken and sawmill gravy has its time and place.



Edit: On-topic, we had chicken and broccoli casserole last night.

 

Country fried steak, mashed potatoes with gravy and corn.

 

LOL! This makes me think of my grandfather. There is a seafood fastfood restaurant (and I use the term very loosely - perhaps "SeeFewd" would be more accurate) chain in my home state (Oregon) that makes Red Lobster look like haute cuisine. But, my only surviving grandfather loves the place, Lord love 'im. So, whenever we go to visit, we always have to take him to Skippers for his "phish 'n' chyps".

And, as much as I make fun of it, I do have to confess that going there does bring back fond memories of my childhood, so it's not all bad.

 

Oh yeah, and on topic, last night I made smoked salmon pesto penne with fresh tomatoes (and basil) from our little garden, and salmon I smoked myself on the grill.

It's one of my favorite summer dishes, once the basil and tomatoes come on.