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NJCher

(38,438 posts)
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 04:48 PM Jan 8

What's for Dinner, Wed., Jan. 8, 2025

I went to the Polish Deli!!! Some of my goodies are pictured below.
I had a business appointment that was only 1.5 miles from the deli, so I went there and bought sausages, breaded pork chops, breaded bass, and best of all, my beloved cabbage rolls.
Can those Polish ladies ever cook. This place is so clean and organized that you wonder how they can do it all--cook outstanding food with huge variety and have such a clean, organized store. They speak Polish but a few staff can speak English.
When I tell the RG I went there without him he might cry, so I have to break the news to him gently.



Later I'm going to make rutabaga sauteed in olive oil with rosemary and garlic. I'll have a bit of the pork chop and some of the sausage on club crackers with Dijon mustard. Might make a tomato cucumber salad.

Raspberry ginger kombucha.

Dessert: hot chocolate with marshmallows.

Also: someone on this board posted about "Active Measures," so I asked my library to get it for me. Prol'ly gonna' watch that tonight. This is the video about Putin interfering in our elections.

What a great evening!

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What's for Dinner, Wed., Jan. 8, 2025 (Original Post) NJCher Jan 8 OP
Bosch Attilatheblond Jan 8 #1
You're cooking Bosch? NJCher Jan 8 #2
The wonderfully nutritious soup kind Attilatheblond Jan 8 #7
sounds de-lish NJCher Jan 8 #9
I miss the vegetable garden I had where I had space to grow my own Attilatheblond Jan 8 #11
I wish I had a Polish deli like that near me!! Diamond_Dog Jan 8 #3
Great deli NJCher Jan 8 #10
Friend of mine lived in Poland for a couple of years, when she was in the Peace Corp Attilatheblond Jan 8 #12
We have a fridge full of leftovers Jilly_in_VA Jan 8 #4
Beef stew, with cheddar cheese and crackers. Emile Jan 8 #5
Tofurky Roast Beef Sandwiches La Coliniere Jan 8 #6
20 degrees outside with wind: PASTINA! no_hypocrisy Jan 8 #8
Crab Bisque ProfessorGAC Jan 8 #13
Leek and potato soup (n/t) Retrograde Jan 8 #14
Much earlier AKwannabe Jan 9 #15

Attilatheblond

(4,855 posts)
7. The wonderfully nutritious soup kind
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 06:26 PM
Jan 8

It actually snowed here today at my AZ Borderlands location. Definitely a soup day!

NJCher

(38,438 posts)
9. sounds de-lish
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 07:59 PM
Jan 8

They had it at the deli and I was tempted to get some except for the fact that I am now very picky about how to do the beets. I want to do them the way the RG showed me, which is either roasting them covered with salt (not peeled, just scrubbed) or grilling them.

It's been ages sinces I've had any.

Attilatheblond

(4,855 posts)
11. I miss the vegetable garden I had where I had space to grow my own
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 08:35 PM
Jan 8

Pretty pricey here in stores and when I make soup, I make a big batch so I can freeze some.

Diamond_Dog

(35,461 posts)
3. I wish I had a Polish deli like that near me!!
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 05:03 PM
Jan 8

I was just talking to my sister about how we both would love to visit Poland (we’re half Polish on my mother’s side)

NJCher

(38,438 posts)
10. Great deli
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 08:02 PM
Jan 8

One of the people I had a meeting with is from a Polish family and gave me a recommendation for another one in the area, which I intend to try.

It will be hard to beat this deli, though.

I think I saw a NJ demographic map the other day with areas marked on it where people spoke only the native language, and there were two areas that were Polish.

Attilatheblond

(4,855 posts)
12. Friend of mine lived in Poland for a couple of years, when she was in the Peace Corp
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 08:36 PM
Jan 8

She LOVED it.

Jilly_in_VA

(11,276 posts)
4. We have a fridge full of leftovers
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 05:10 PM
Jan 8

but we're having steak with a bacon Caesar salad, mainly because I have a bag of Caesar salad mix in the fridge that's going to go down the road if I don't use it.

Emile

(31,419 posts)
5. Beef stew, with cheddar cheese and crackers.
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 05:18 PM
Jan 8

Later before bedtime strawberry jello with teaspoon of cool whip.

Good Evening

La Coliniere

(1,143 posts)
6. Tofurky Roast Beef Sandwiches
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 06:17 PM
Jan 8

Plant-based roast beef on fresh rye bread with ketchup and horseradish. Cole slaw with pineapple and a mayonnaise based dressing. Sautéed onions and mushrooms with caraway seeds. Vanilla tapioca pudding tarts with fresh pineapple and coco whip for dessert. Cheers
NJCher, your Polish Deli foods made my mouth water!

ProfessorGAC

(71,052 posts)
13. Crab Bisque
Wed Jan 8, 2025, 09:09 PM
Jan 8

The supermarket had lump crabmeat on sale for only $12 for a 8 ounce carton. (Like a yogurt cup.)
Not frozen, so I had to use it now.
Came out really tasty, but RICH! (Butter & heavy cream will do that.)
Plenty left over, so that's tomorrow's soup, too.

AKwannabe

(6,471 posts)
15. Much earlier
Thu Jan 9, 2025, 02:55 AM
Jan 9

I made a gyro salad.
Used ground beef for the mince and added Chinese eggplant and that was very good. Nice flavors with oregano and dill seed all ground with mortar and pestle.
Butter lettuces, heirloom cherry tomatoes, cuke, feta and onions.
I used a tiny bit of ranch because I forgot to get plain yogurt. Damnit

Mini naan from the freezer to go with.

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