What did you eat last night for dinner?

[globetrotter]

wed - iskander kabab, sort of like the way god intended Donner to be - meat sliced from a vertical spit, with a tomato, butter sauce.

thursday - mixed lebanese messa and then mixed grill overlooking red sea. kubbe, humous, grape leaves, then lamb chop, kabab, and a piece of grilled chicken.

Friday - really nice airplane food - a chicken tangine and baklava on emirates business.

 

[sho'nuff]

we had ribeye steak and salad and stuff at my brother-in-law's house for mother's day.
was very nice.

 

[globetrotter]

it is mango season in Mumbai - got a box of 24 for just under $10 at the airport - I was ripped off by all accounts, but I didn't have time to go shopping. best tasting mango you can imagine, indians are religious about mangos - I offered some to the hotel staff, and they told me that they were waiting a few weeks, the mangos weren't at their peak yet and they only ate them during the few weeks that they were at the peak.

so, mangos for dinner

 

[romafan]

Originally Posted by globetrotter

it is mango season in Mumbai - got a box of 24 for just under $10 at the airport - I was ripped off by all accounts, but I didn't have time to go shopping. best tasting mango you can imagine, indians are religious about mangos - I offered some to the hotel staff, and they told me that they were waiting a few weeks, the mangos weren't at their peak yet and they only ate them during the few weeks that they were at the peak.

so, mangos for dinner

Are they Alphonso's? Apparently the most highly prized varietal....

W just signed some legislation - Indian mangoes are USA bound!

(but will probably be 10X the price of their Mexican/Carribean bretheren

)

 

[Connemara]

Cheeseburger, hot dog, fries, corn, water. Healthy!

 

[edmorel]

Originally Posted by iammatt

me neither. our people generally prefer won ton.

Alternative lifestyle people prefer won ton soup??

 

[globetrotter]

Originally Posted by romafan

Are they Alphonso's? Apparently the most highly prized varietal....

W just signed some legislation - Indian mangoes are USA bound!

(but will probably be 10X the price of their Mexican/Carribean bretheren

)

Alphonsos - much much better than anything I have been able to get in the states. I bought a box of 24 and ate about 4 and put 4 in my bag, and gave the rest to the bellmen in my hotel, they thought I was santa claus.

 

[Kent Wang]

Source: Landsberger. In August 1968, Mao Zedong received a delegation from Pakistan, headed by the foreign minister. At that occasion, he was presented with a basket of mangoes. According to some stories, Mao actually disliked mangoes, but the fruits were given an important and symbolic role in the complex political situation of the Cultural Revolution. For Mao did not eat the mangoes himself, but presented all seven of them to a corresponding number of Worker-Peasant Mao Zedong Thought Propaganda Teams that were active in the capital. ...

The factories and universities that received the mangoes were overfilled with joy at this Great, Greatest, Happiest of Events. Many became obsessed with the question how to preserve the gift. In one case, the mango was put in a small glass box, engraved with an inscription and an image of Mao with rays of sunshine emanating from his head. The Beijing People's Printing Agency, on the other hand, decided to place the mango in a jar of formaldehyde, to preserve it for all eternity (according to later reports, this particular mango unfortunately turned black and shriveled). In still another case, the mango was put in a huge tank of water; all employees of the factory were given a small amount of that water to drink and to be literally filled with the spirit of Mao. Although the media had a field day, although pages were filled with mango mania and even posters were published, there is no mention anywhere of someone actually eating one of the fruits. After all, nobody would have been worthy of this privilege but Mao himself. But the fact of the gift itself was celebrated and commemorated.

 

[Fabienne]

Pastis with various types of olives.

Salade niçoise (the original recipe, except I couldn't find fresh fava beans, so went with baby lima beans, cooked. Delicious, I never knew that kind of dressing could be so perfect)

Linguine alle vongole (very disappointed, the clams had no flavor, they could hardly claim to be from the ocean.)

Crème renversÃ

e au caramel (I don't make desserts often enough, the caramel wasn't dark enough, but it was nonetheless a refreshing end to the meal)

Bottle of 2003 St Francis cabernet, as our guests don't drink white wine.

 

[eg1]

Chicken and chili!

 

[Frederic's Berceuse]

we had a korikontang (?) soup (rich broth with pork bone , tendon, etc, with garlic and etc) , bowl of rice, jalapenos, samjang, cucumbers, broccolli, kimchi, perilla leaves, soy sauce, etc.

 

[arenaissanceman]

Pei-Wei tonight and Sweet Tomatoes the night before that.

 

[EL72]

BBQ!!

On the grill:
- calf liver skewers with pieces of lamb fat
- sweetbreads
- slow roasted whole chicken seasoned with beer
- merguez
- sweet potatoes
- asparagus
- zuchini
- bell peppers

 

[Alter]

Originally Posted by EL72

BBQ!!

On the grill:
- calf liver skewers with pieces of lamb fat
- sweetbreads
- slow roasted whole chicken seasoned with beer
- merguez
- sweet potatoes
- asparagus
- zuchini
- bell peppers

Wow, that sounds great!

 

[robbie]

two turkey sandwiches
lays bbq potato chips
a banana
vanilla ice cream