Friday Night Party! BYO FOOD

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Posted by Theresa111 • 1/25/11
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This Friday night around 8PM let's hang out for about an hour and catch up. Everybody bake or cook a favorite and upload photos and recipe.

We still have two months of winter and this will help us get the weekend off to a great start.

Friday Night Party, sharing

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urbanideas (1/26/11)

Will try, that is if I am not driving Miss Rita (my daughter back and forth from dance!)

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  Theresa111 (1/26/11)
  
  You can bring Miss Rita along and introduce her.
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  urbanideas (1/27/11)
  
  May just bring the laptop to the kitchen and make it a family affair. Especially as I will be a "single" mom this weekend!
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  Theresa111 (1/27/11)
  
  This will be cool! See ya then!
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Theresa111 (1/28/11)

I'm doing something Italian. What are you going to make?

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urbanideas (1/28/11)

A broiled chicken and an interesting side dish

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  Theresa111 (1/28/11)
  
  I'm hungry. You're making my mouth water!
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Theresa111 (1/28/11)

Going down the spiral staircase to the kitchen. See you a little later @ 8PM

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  sugarpies (1/29/11)
  
  I'm kinda hoping Michael will stop after teaching this evening and pick up something for supper.
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  Theresa111 (1/29/11)
  
  Bring him and the take away!
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  Theresa111 (1/29/11)
  
  Buck, What does Michael teach?
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urbanideas (1/29/11)

am here. Lentils are now boiling and am preparing a broiled chicken with all sorts of herbs

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  Theresa111 (1/29/11)
  
  I'm going to eat and be right back!
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Belle (1/29/11)

I just had a good-sized and very late lunch. Chicken for me, too. We seem to be on a roll (with butter, please)!

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  urbanideas (1/29/11)
  
  of course with butter, LOTS of herbs mixed in the butter!
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  Theresa111 (1/29/11)
  
  I made green beans to go with the butter.
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  Belle (1/29/11)
  
  Yes! When I make a turkey sandwich, I spread the mayo on first and then sprinkle generously with my favorite herb, Persaillotte (garlic, parsley and onion and only available in France). My son introduced me to it and has a friend who gets it for me and sends it. But in any event, it takes the sandwich - and most other dishes - to new heights.
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  Theresa111 (1/29/11)
  
  You could get Chef Robert to teach you how to make it. He is always going to France.
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Theresa111 (1/29/11)

I made a different recipe Italian sauce, yesterday. I only used bay leaves and no other spices. It is a remarkable flavor.

Five bay leaves and five garlic cloves, onions, salt pepper fire roasted can of tomatoes, tomato paste olive oil butter garlic salt and 1/4 to 1/2 cup of dark red wine.

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  urbanideas (1/29/11)
  
  yummmmm
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  Theresa111 (1/29/11)
  
  I need a napkin! I'm sloppy eating PaSketti and sauce.
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Theresa111 (1/29/11)

Has anyone else been watching the programs on OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network)?

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  urbanideas (1/29/11)
  
  I rarely have a chance to watch tv. WOW... house smells of bacon right now
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  Theresa111 (1/29/11)
  
  Bacon is irresistible!
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  Belle (1/29/11)
  
  Back to bacon. I always use bacon grease in my green beans. It makes them taste so much better.
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  urbanideas (1/29/11)
  
  Bacon much as eggs (here we go again with eggs are such an important part of my fridge. We have a bacon here in WI which is FANTASTIC. If anyone ever is able to buy it, please try it. It is called Nueske
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  urbanideas (1/29/11)
  
  Belle I do too. bacon and garlic. Yummm now I want some mustard greens
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Theresa111 (1/29/11)

Have you ever made pizza dough?

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  urbanideas (1/29/11)
  
  Always make it at home
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  Theresa111 (1/29/11)
  
  Which ingredients do you use?
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  urbanideas (1/29/11)
  
  4 cups of flour, 2 of water, 1 tbsp of olive oil, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp of bread yeast, 2 tsp of dry herbs (a mixture of basil, oregano, etc) and sometimes I add 1 tbsp of grated cheese.
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  Theresa111 (1/29/11)
  
  Is that 2 cups of water?
  
  Is this enough for one or two pizzas?
  
  How long does it rest and I guess instructions please. Thanks.
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  Belle (1/29/11)
  
  I believe that pizza should be eaten as God intended, either from a pizza restaurant or a deliveryman!
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  urbanideas (1/29/11)
  
  2 cups of water indeed. I add all ingredients to bread maker and let it work the dough. Am lazy sorry! hehe. This will work for two pizzas. I usually make one for us and have another ready to take to my toddler's daycare next morning.
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  Theresa111 (1/29/11)
  
  There is a brand new Brooklyn, NY pizza place opened in Bethesda, MD. Hailing from NYC I miss the real-deal Pizza.
  
  Belle, not everyone wants to make dough, but it is fun to get it all over your fingers.
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  urbanideas (1/29/11)
  
  T: reminds me of when I went to school, in Brooklyn, NY, there was this tiny pizza place right next door to Pratt. They had AWESOME pizza
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urbanideas (1/29/11)

browning the chicken all side on a cast iron pan, then soon going to the oven

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  Belle (1/29/11)
  
  Just how I cook mine, only with lots of Rosemary and salt and pepper.
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  Theresa111 (1/29/11)
  
  What's going into the cast iron skillet with the chicken, before you place it into the oven? Is it cut-up chicken or halved or whole?
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  Theresa111 (1/29/11)
  
  I prefer tarragon leaves, salt and pepper.
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  urbanideas (1/29/11)
  
  Belle, we are on the same page, mine has rosemary, thyme, parsley, garlic, salt & pepper. Theresa, Nothing else on the cast iron, just the chicken straight to the oven it is a whole chicken. as a side dish we are having lentils with mushrooms and bacon bits on top
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  Theresa111 (1/29/11)
  
  I'm quite full but that chicken is ringing my front door!
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urbanideas (1/29/11)

which is the ONE ingredient you use everyday when cooking?

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  Theresa111 (1/29/11)
  
  Salt and ice cream
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  urbanideas (1/29/11)
  
  GARLIC!!! perhaps we still have not many friends here in WI? j/k
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  Belle (1/29/11)
  
  I'm with Theresa. If I could only have one thing it would have to be salt.....and then Persaillotte! Obssession? What obssession?
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  Theresa111 (1/29/11)
  
  Garlic is also a staple of life. It is so aromatic and compliments almost any dish.
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  Belle (1/29/11)
  
  Salt and ice cream do not a good combination make. Besides, the salt would melt the ice cream!
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  Theresa111 (1/29/11)
  
  Belle, I do not use them together. Silly
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Theresa111 (1/29/11)

Sofia? What's it like to live in Wisconsin? Do you ever feel cut off from the ocean?

I am three hours from the ocean, but close to two major rivers and bay, so I am not too set apart from the ocean. I wish I lived in Staten island so I would be able to smell the salty air everyday and see the city I long for.

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  urbanideas (1/29/11)
  
  T: WI... hmmm. ok, beautiful, actually absolutely GORGEOUS place. Amazing cheese and as we live right next to Milwaukee we have the lake. To get to know people though has been tough. People here are not very transient, meaning they are very rooted, having same friends since elementary, family etc. As newcomers it is tough to break the boundaries. I use cooking and entertaining as my medium to get to know people and it is working.... but ohhh so slowly. We are a family where we LOVE to entertain, have good times, with friends and so on. So it has been an adjustment. My tween though (Rita) totally integrated herself very well, has amazing friends through school and dance. Ocean... oh how I miss the ocean. Going to portugal in a week and a few days and will be seeing, smelling and enjoying all goods from the ocean!
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  Belle (1/29/11)
  
  Portugal sounds wonderful. I've been watching a lot of Rick Steves shows lately on HGTV and just recently he had a couple on Portugal. Very beautiful. Have a very happy trip. Immerse yourself and enjoy every single hour.
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  urbanideas (1/29/11)
  
  Thanks Belle. I am actually from Portugal, going there to visit my parents. It IS a beautiful country and so very good food, especially IF you like seafood and good red wine. I am a little spoiled brat as I am not only staying at my parents place, but they have a GORGEOUS B&B (www.quinta-riotouro.com)
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  Theresa111 (1/29/11)
  
  Oh S., have a wonderful trip and take some photos of your B&B and vacation, and Wisconsin, so we may enjoy them from afar. I need a vacation.
  
  B, I watch his shows and the HGTV House Hunters International.
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  urbanideas (1/29/11)
  
  T, feel free to come to WI anytime you want, but perhaps better during the summer? What about during SummerFest? It is a whole week of amazing concerts!
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Belle (1/29/11)

Pizza once more. When my family moved from Tennessee to Staten Island, we'd never heard of pizza, and when we did, we laughed our heads off. Imagine anyone eating a pie made of cheese and tomato! And then we tasted our first New York pizza and our taste buds woke up and sang.

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  urbanideas (1/29/11)
  
  Where from TN are you from? There are a few things I miss about NYC, pizza, bagels and Juniors cheesecake!
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  Theresa111 (1/29/11)
  
  See someone else who appreciates NY pizza! I believe it has to do with the ingredients they use for their dough. The sauces are usually guarded recipes and the quality of their cheeses makes all the difference.
  
  I can see why pizza pie and pie would be a laughing matter. Ha!
  
  That would make for a good story for your blog.
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  urbanideas (1/29/11)
  
  And perhaps all the fat they carry? How can you go wrong with that? lol
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  Belle (1/29/11)
  
  Norris when I was quite young, and Knoxville before we moved to NY.
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Theresa111 (1/29/11)

I don't ever cook lentils. I believe my Daddy cooked them once in a while, but I am thinking they take a while to cook in the pot. Probably the reason I don't cook hard beans. I need to learn their nature in order to understand them and perhaps I will consider them twice a month.

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  urbanideas (1/29/11)
  
  Ohhhh T, not at all. The secret is leaving them soaking for a while. then they do not. Last night I made lentils with oxtail... I guess this has been a lentils week! I will post the lentils with oxtail recipe tonight on my blog
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  Theresa111 (1/29/11)
  
  oxtail ... ? is that one of those old fashioned herbs? I hope (fingers crossed).
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  urbanideas (1/29/11)
  
  nahhhh just the cow's tail and you KNOW that and so very tasty. Belle, you are from the South, help me out here as when I lived the Memphis the people there called my cooking "soul food"!
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  Belle (1/29/11)
  
  Theresa, I think she means a real oxtail.
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  Belle (1/29/11)
  
  urbanideas, sorry, but it's so far back now, I'd prob be of minimal assistance. I was only 12-1/2 when we moved. Although I will say that my maternal grandmother cooked the best fried chicken in the world and she cooked it every Sunday, w/o fail. And I recognize good Southern home cooking when I eat it.
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  Theresa111 (1/29/11)
  
  I figured out it was a poor ox's tail but I had slim hopes that it was like foxglove, and that does sound a little funny.
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urbanideas (1/29/11)

Took the dog out and noticed it started snowing here, we are supposed to get 3 more inches of snow by tomorrow morning!

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  Theresa111 (1/29/11)
  
  Lucky you. I forgot you had the Great Lakes. That's a consolation.
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Belle (1/29/11)

Well, we've talked about food till I'm getting hungry again, plus I must feed the boyz (my 2 cats). I've enjoyed chatting with you. Have a great weekend, one and all.

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  urbanideas (1/29/11)
  
  Have a good weekend Belle, we still have to eat, but chicken is yet to be done!
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Theresa111 (1/29/11)

I also enjoyed hanging out. Need to go now. Hope it doesn't snow too much more. I heard Washington and the East Coast will be visited again next week.

Enjoy your dinners ladies.

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  urbanideas (1/29/11)
  
  good night to all. Enjoyed our time!
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  Theresa111 (1/29/11)
  
  Ditto!
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LadyGourmet (1/31/11)

Sorrythat I missed this Friday evening get together. I hope to enjoy all of your company real soon. You ladies sound like you all had a very enjoyable evening.

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  urbanideas (1/31/11)
  
  Thank you and we certainly did
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  Theresa111 (1/31/11)
  
  You were truly missed Catherine. We did have a good time.