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Post by Phar Lap on Oct 17, 2017 10:41:42 GMT -5
When it's going to be a hot day, what do cook for tea? Wednesday night is Family Night, Junior and his finance come over, London Lad, his missus and their two boys come over. The boys are still little - two and a half and eighteen months. Just wondering what to cook. I was thinking of doing a zucchini slice but I need something else.
Any suggestions?
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Post by shilgia on Oct 17, 2017 14:29:30 GMT -5
Gazpacho? (Cold soup.)
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Post by viv on Oct 17, 2017 14:35:14 GMT -5
Picnic. Here we have tiger bread, pate, prawn cocktail, cold meat - ham, chicken etc, salads, olives, pickles. Lay it all out, everyone can help themselves.
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Oct 17, 2017 16:08:39 GMT -5
tacos?
Get a BBQ chook from the supermarket, make some salads and have some crusty bread rolls
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Oct 19, 2017 6:21:05 GMT -5
I wouldn't cook anything. Salads and cold meat, etc. ice cream for dessert.
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Post by Phar Lap on Oct 19, 2017 10:21:48 GMT -5
I ended up making a Tuna Pasta Salad. The only problem was I hadn't made it for a year, so went to get the cookbook to check and couldn't find it, I think daughter or grandaughter may have thrown it out when they helped me clear up and declutter. Sigh! Book no longer in print. Made the salad from memory. Kraft thousand island dressing no longer available. Kraft not longer around. Substituted Praise instead, but not the same. Will have to work on that. This was the cookbook.  |
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Post by Liiisa on Oct 19, 2017 12:37:27 GMT -5
Simple tuna salad of just tuna, mayo, salt, pepper is wonderful & doesn’t need a recipe. But you have to use really good tuna and really good mayo (Hellmann’s, damnit)
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Oct 20, 2017 8:44:21 GMT -5
What makes tuna, mayo, salt and pepper a salad? Another example of the same word being used differently in different countries. In Australia, a salad has cold vegetables, eg lettuce, tomato, cucumber, onion, cabbage etc?
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Post by Liiisa on Oct 20, 2017 15:54:44 GMT -5
Yeah, the names tuna salad (and chicken salad) are nonsensical, but that’s what we say.
What’s even worse is if you put said tuna-mayo mixture or chicken-mayo mixture on bread: then you have a tunafish salad sandwich, or a chicken salad sandwich.
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Post by ozziegiraffe on Oct 20, 2017 17:17:08 GMT -5
In Australia, a tuna or chicken salad sandwich would include lettuce and tomato. Mayo optional. As I don't like the stuff, I would have a few drops of vinegar or lemon juice, or nothing.
For some reason, I always thought American chicken or tuna salad included veges in the mix.
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Post by Liiisa on Oct 20, 2017 18:46:55 GMT -5
No veges! - maaaaybe finely chopped onion and/or celery if you're feeling adventurous.
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Oct 20, 2017 20:07:47 GMT -5
The things you learn!  |
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Post by Liiisa on Oct 20, 2017 21:45:00 GMT -5
OH, and an egg salad sandwich: chop up hard-boiled egg, add mayo, salt, and pepper, spread on bread. Bizarre and of course I've never thought of it; it's like "egg salad" is a term that has nothing to do with the word "salad." (There's also ham salad, which is disgusting and should not be spoken of.)
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Post by HalcyonDaze on Oct 20, 2017 22:49:05 GMT -5
I would think that there is at least the addition of lettuce in any of those salad sandwiches.
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Post by sprite on Oct 21, 2017 10:52:39 GMT -5
nope. no lettuce. filthy green stuff.
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Post by sprite on Oct 21, 2017 10:54:10 GMT -5
just looked it up--salad comes from the word for salt, because the roman put veg in salted brine for preservation.
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Post by Phar Lap on Oct 21, 2017 17:39:48 GMT -5
Egg sandwiches - mmm they're to die for. Egg, lettuce and mayo cut into quarters.
I had the most wonderful egg sandwiches in Japan. The crusts are always cut off and the sandwiches are cut into quarters, although you can get them as soldiers, Delicious.
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