Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Party Eats
Well, I had a party on Friday night & it was a rousing success or something like that. Plenty of peeps, plenty of eats, apparently just enough beer (I think there were like 5 left in the cooler - phew!). So I had a friend down for the weekend from NY & I think if he hadn't been there I would have just passed out & in the morning gone "Damn, all that food's been sitting out all night. I can't eat it now" & into the trash it would go. Instead, trying to impress, I said "we have to put all this food away!" So now I have enough snack-type food for an army stuffed in my fridge. I know I said I was going to have some weird sandwiches this week (tapenade-hummus, artichoke dip-hummus, tuna skewer-hummus), but I was too lazy to get around to that yesterday and today we have an office meeting with what I know is going to be regrettable pizza (Domino's has really taken a nose-dive recently - not that it was ever that great, but it's especially crappy lately - and the only reason I know is because of these work lunches). Sigh. For dinner last I did have some leftovers, but not as much as I would have if I'd had bread (for one thing, I would made little mini-muffulattas with the leftover salami, cheese & tapenade). So what's your favorite leftover food, y'all? Do I dare try to eat the tuna skewers (I haven't yet . . .)? Should I bring any leftover hummus down to the beach or will people be too skeeved over its being a week old? And more importantly, WFL?? (got it right this time.)
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Well we are trying to decide for today. We are going to be on the river.
Sounds like the party was fun. Totally jealous here ... but I'm making up for it in sun, tubing, and the occasional stale beer from a can.
:)
Dude, now I'm jealous. I love the tubing!
I love leftovers. I couldv'e lived on the OWFL Conference leftovers for a week. And LT I am sorry I got to the party so late Friday cuz it looked like you had quite a spread, but frankly I was scared to eat alot of it after it had sat out all evening.
I have just moved offices and now I no longer have a view of Bravo Bravo from my window, instead I look out onto K street and can see the northwest corner of Farragut Square.
Lunch today will involve a bit of clothes shopping and a stop at a street vendor. The new office is in a much more high traffic area than before, so I may have to start thinking about my lunch smells attracting unwanted visitors.
I am a firm believer that baked italian dishes (e.g., lasagne, eggplant parmesan, stuffed manicotti) are indeed better "the next day" (or days). I often will cook up a batch and not have any that day. Takes much patience and discipline.
My stomach just growled like a mofo.
I'm doing Hot and Sour soup with two eggrolls today.
LT - your party food was scrumptious! I definitely had my fill of everything!
And I'm not scared of week old leftovers so bring whatever you want to the beach! Well, that is except maybe the tuna skewers..that may skeeve me out a bit. That's the one leftover that I oppose - FISH. There's just something there that makes me hesitate. Other than that I am a leftover fanatic. That's why I love holidays...what can beat an open-face turkey sandwich on toast with layers of mashed potatoes, stuffing, greenbean casserole and gravy???!! Anything chinese is great as leftovers also, as well as italian food..I love cold meatballs and lasagna.
dip - I'm with you 100% on properly aging lasagna. I generally find myself taking a perfunctory first piece on the day I bake it, but the worthwhile experience is the next day after refrigerating overnight and reheating. Also true for a pot roast. The first day in the crock-pot makes it a meal; the second day in the crock-pot makes it a delight.
All that aside, my mom does a breaded pork tenderloin that ages so well, I've been known to knock down whatever leftovers there are straight from the fridge. In fact, it's not uncommon for me to have it three or four meals in a row after either of us make it for dinner.
Shit.
I wish I had any of those instead of the worthless-ass Hot Pocket I successfully avoided yesterday, but I just can't duck it two days in a row. Maybe I'll make myself feel better by picking up a tenderloin on the way home...
E-quake- you just reminded me of my sister-in-law's stuffed pork loin that she made for christmas. She filled it with apricot stuffing. It was good the first time around, but the next day after and the one after that it was SUPERB. The sweetness from the apricots soaked into the meat and gave it the most incredible flavor...oy!
Speaking of stuffing the ol' pork loin, how IS your sister-in-law, Uni?
I don't cook. It's not that I can't, or that I don't enjoy it, it's just that my kitchen is gross, I'm lazy and I never have the gumption to get groceries.
So I have very few leftovers. I do order a lot of chinese and pizza and both of those age well, up to a point. Pizza gets too hard after too long, and chinese gets... well it don't look any good and it is best left to expire if it's been sitting more than 3 days.
Lunch today will produce no leftovers. New York Deli, here I come. Prep a Guliani for me.
There's an abandoned Hot Pocket in the office kitchen. It was in the microwave when I made some oatmeal about an hour ago. I set it on top of the microwave then and there it remains.
What do I do? Is there a rule? I'm not a fan of Hot Pockets, but it's all abandoned there. I wonder what's in it...
Hey, I forgot about Serge! Hey, Serge. (Reverted to old password for some reason.)
ummm...e-quake- her loin is stuffed and sweet...
Got a private email from Earthquake when I mentioned NY deli. After brief discussion, he decided to stick with the hot pocket, eat at his desk, and leave the office early. I thought I'd rather leave early than have a good lunch, so I went to the hot bar at the office cafe, we'll see how that sorts out as I eat at my desk and listen to old timey radio broadcasts on iTunes. Right now it's Dragnet.
Oh my god, Miu, that's hysterical! I did that for a friend once. I can't even remember what he ordered, but I heard 7&7, so I got him 7-Up & that whiskey/bourbon whatever that has 7 in the name (totally can't remember). I think he wanted a Corona or something. But at least I had the excuse of drinking already.
Thanks Uni! There is too much hummus for me to eat, so if it still tastes good on Thurs/Fri, it may be making an appearance at the beach . . . . yeah, tuna skewers definitely won't. They are probably at their tipping point right now, anyway . . . .
Ugh, I just got out of a deathly meeting. Snore. The office head is the kind of guy who is nice enough, but oh my god, he's excellent at making 1 sentence last 20 minutes. Yak yak yak. And now I'm snore snore snore. And the Diet Coke was caffeine-free, which I normally appreciate, but god, I need caffeine after a meeting that deadly. Snooooore. And I was right. The pizza was regretful. At least it was close to hot this time & not luke warm.
It's possible that the boss heard you correctly, but forgot when it came to order time. I do that all the time... well, I don't forget I ignore out of spite.
Yeah, that's what I gave him! Poor guy. And when he said 'what the hell is this?' & I said '7&7' & he said 'I wanted a Corona' & I said 'crap, i'll be right back' & he wouldn't let me go back - he drank it anyway, even though he didn't like Seagrams 7. Odd fellow, that! Anyone brings me that bullshit, they're going back to the bar, immediately.
Ok, miu. Hummus won't spoil in the mail, right? It's just chick peas, tahini, and some lemon juice . . . it should only be a little fragrant . . . .
Two chili cheese half smokes with ketchup and onions. Harvest Cheddar Sun Chips, Vitamin Water fruit Punch (revive). $5.35
I have to admit to a strange love for Domino's. Sometimes I outright crave it. It's not really even pizza, but I love it. I think it has to do with growing up in Michigan and eating it constantly for school parties and birthday parties and whenever because it was so ridiculously cheap. I love it, but I am embarrassed to order it and then have to go to the lobby to retrieve it because the doormen won't let delivery guys up. I feel like people are judging me regarding my pizza choice. I don't know if this would be so prominent in other cities besides Chicago, well maybe NYC would be the same.
I brought some leftover fried chicken, coleslaw and corn on the cob that I didn't eat last night and a mango for the afternoon munchies. I think it might just be time for lunch.
I used to have vague Domino's craving (although my favorite crap delivery pizza is & always will be Pizza Slut), but we get it every freaking office meeting. Also, I think the last time I ate it so often was in college, where there was beer involved. Beer makes crap pizza better. I could even choke down Papa John's if I had enough beer.
Yeah, Domino's was the best in jr. high when even we could afford it on our piddly allowances. Sigh! Back in the day!
After helping some friends of friends move last weekend they bought us Little Caesars. I honestly thought they went out of business years ago.
I definitely judged them on their pizza choice. I judged them to be stoners.
Little Caesars will always hold a special place in my heart because of their taradactle origami commercial for the "pizza pizza - what do you do with the extra box?" marketing shtick.
I don't think I have ever had Little Caesar's. I'm kind of sad about that, they always had the funniest commercials.
I'm pretty sure I'm the only local VA person here, so no one can commiserate with me. We had the absolute, all-time worst delivery pizza ever. I want to say they were called Uncle Abe's or Honest Abe's or something. They were the only delivery pizza joint until Domino's came to town. Even when we got it, being grateful for delivery, we would eat it with grimaces & choke it down while complaining about how crappy it was. God, we were excited about Domino's. If only Uncle Abe's crust tasted like cardboard!
Holy crap Uni, you really butchered the word 'pterydactyl'. Uh, I'm sure I just butchered it, too, but in a different way.
Yeah yeah yeah...sue me...I suck at spelling. I think there is a "Y" in there some where...but LT I don't think there is a "P"...
Have you ever seen the movie "Spellbound"? Those whiz kid spelling bee contestants are all weirdos.
Little Caesar's crazy bread was kick ass! I would eat a whole package by myself right now and I just finished lunch.
Flying dinosaur definitely starts with "p." I shan't attempt spelling it futher (though I'm SURE I could nail it).
Yes! The origami extra box commercial. Also a favorite of mine. Uni, consider yourself to be judged a stoner.
Ok...so now I really need to know how flying dinosaur is spelled! Whoever can find out the correct definition will get a batch of tittiecakes or ass cake made especially for them!!
Wow. I am an aging stoner and I am a huge fan of Little Ceaser's. I love Pizza Pizza, and I always love the extra deals they would have every month. Like two pies and crazy bread, two pies and a tossed salad making kit, two pies and a pepsi and a love tester. Little ceaser's is my favorite national pizza joint. However, the pizza to love is easily the jumbo slice at pizza mart. no toppings, no toys, no class, just huge, filling and cheap. Never leftovers with the jumbo slice. It's either in your belly (or was before you puked) or on the sidewalk for the rats.
no peeking
pterodactyl
I think that commercial lead to a series of high school crushes on stoner skater boys who worked at the Little C's in my neighborhood.
So two duplicate correct spellings of flying dinosaur (at least I am assuming they are correct because obviously I have no idea)...dipso and jo...many many thanks! And LT...you were so much closer than I ever could've been!
Dipso- since you are in Chi-town Jo suggested that I whip up a batch for your Bonnaroo extravaganja...I can do..but just beware of who they will be traveling down with and the probability of them being gone by the time you get to them.
Oh, man, there used to be a great pizza restaurant near Tyson's called Shakey's (might have been a chain - local maybe? not sure - it's the only one I ever went to) & it was all dark wood & the tables were picnic tables & they had a window to the kitchen you could watch them make pizzas (if you were tall enough or your dad would hold you up) & the love testing machine & a jukebox and they served the soda in those tall red plastic cups with the marbly surface and that crunchy ice you can't find anymore. Man, it was fantastic. Until it took a turn - I went there in college with a bunch of co-workers & realized the food was sucky then (it used to be good, so it wasn't that I never realized) & they had a big Mike Tyson collage on the wall. This is post-rape trial. Lovely. And way to ruin my memories of the best pizza joint EVER!!!
And dammit! This is what I get for working - I totally would have had the right spelling if I had been over here! I know better now. Work has never given me titty cakes.
Obviously Uni is referring to Mikey Sunshine.
And it's "extravaganza".
no 'j'.
Oh no my friend Jo...Bonnaroo is with a "j"....
A thousand apologies to Uni!!!
We gonna get irie!
I totally know Shakey's...I grew up near one...birthday party central. I think it was a local chain.
If I get everything done thursday night LT, I may try and make some for da playa!
Awwwweeeesoooooommmmmeeeee.
I'm sure jo has no problem keeping his dirty mitts off of your titty cakes, uni. Right jo?
Yeah, peeP, Mr. and Mrs. Parker. You really missed out.
I'm attempting to switch afternoon snacks from mini snickers and smarties to carrot sticks and soy nuts.
One of my favorite new snacks is dry roasted edamame from Trader Joe's...they are good...go out an buy some.
Peep- if I were you I'd get a cherry/coke slurpee mixture with a go-go taquito.
I go back and forth and then I do a dollop at the very top so you can see both flavors through the special domed slurpee topper.
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