DCUM pearl-clutch dinners

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I'm having a rather large G & T with a lime and a half for vitamin C, and a handful of mint from the garden muddled in for greens.

[Anonymous]

2 cans peas + mayo + lots of salt

1 lb schmaltz herring and 4-5 potatoes

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Anonymous wrote:2 cans peas + mayo + lots of salt

1 lb schmaltz herring and 4-5 potatoes

To be clear, I don't make this for my family. These are two examples of dinners I'd make for myself on a day when my family had to eat without me.

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Anonymous wrote:Serving takeout. Someone on DCUM was upset her friend was hosting her and dared to serve "to go" food.

If you're coming to my house on a weeknight for dinner, you're getting takeout.[/quote]

I actually prefer this to most things listed here! Bonus if you tell me where you're ordering from and ask what I want. No shame in that game.

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Anonymous wrote:Pasta with “meat sauce” using a big jar of Prego and some ground beef.

What's wrong with that? I use pizza sauce from Trader Joe's to make meat sauce.

+1, I consider this a totally legit dinner, especially if I throw in some chopped spinach. Although I use Rao's sauce bc YUM

+1 to Raos. DH and I always shunned those fancy more expensive tomato sauces at the grocery store, but have been unable to buy anything other than Rao's since I bought it on sale once. If there's an even better jarred sauce, let me know, but I even prefer Rao's to many homemade sauces

I also like Rao's, but my DH is a big fan of Michael's of Brooklyn. Not as many varieties, but it is legit if you're looking for another to try for simple sauce.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll go first: tonight I made gooey grilled cheese sandwiches with Velveeta. Some on white bread, some on rye, some with tomatoes, some without. And canned tomato soup, and a phone-in salad.

Whaddaya got, DCUM? What dinners do you make that DCUM Would NEVER?

That’s not food. I’m not a pearl clutcher but why eat like that? You could get a nice sour dough and havarti with lots of butter. At least it’s actual food.

As for myself, homemade pizza.

Your mom.

No! I think I’ve just been ruined living in Los Angeles. I don’t know anyone who eats like this and I’m also not American. I have found this thread so interesting and had to Google some of the foods. I just didn’t understand why you wouldn’t want real cheese?!!! America has good cheese!!!

I don’t get it either. I never eat like this- it is disgusting. There is plenty of good real food to be found. If I don’t feel like actually cooking I’ll make something super simple like scrambled eggs. I don’t understand why we are celebrating loving garbage food. But a lot of people really love garbage food I guess- hence the obesity epidemic

We found our pearl clutchers.

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Manwich!!

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Anonymous wrote:I get the two pound pack of asparagus from Costco and my family can polish the whole thing off in one sitting. And my family is two adults and two kids under 8.

That seems highly gauche as everyone knows no more than 3 spears per person.

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Stoeffers frozen lasagna! I’d be more ashamed but my picky eating son had 2 huge servings.

My mom used to serve Vienna sausages and crackers along with canned soup for lunch very often. Just typing that made me throw up in my mouth a little bit.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll go first: tonight I made gooey grilled cheese sandwiches with Velveeta. Some on white bread, some on rye, some with tomatoes, some without. And canned tomato soup, and a phone-in salad.

Whaddaya got, DCUM? What dinners do you make that DCUM Would NEVER?

That’s not food. I’m not a pearl clutcher but why eat like that? You could get a nice sour dough and havarti with lots of butter. At least it’s actual food.

As for myself, homemade pizza.

Your mom.

No! I think I’ve just been ruined living in Los Angeles. I don’t know anyone who eats like this and I’m also not American. I have found this thread so interesting and had to Google some of the foods. I just didn’t understand why you wouldn’t want real cheese?!!! America has good cheese!!!

I don’t get it either. I never eat like this- it is disgusting. There is plenty of good real food to be found. If I don’t feel like actually cooking I’ll make something super simple like scrambled eggs. I don’t understand why we are celebrating loving garbage food. But a lot of people really love garbage food I guess- hence the obesity epidemic

I agree with you in principle, quite specifically about using scrambled eggs or an omelette as our quick meal. I just cannot align myself with a pretentious fool who say “hence the obesity epidemic”. Get over yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:I get the two pound pack of asparagus from Costco and my family can polish the whole thing off in one sitting. And my family is two adults and two kids under 8.

That seems highly gauche as everyone knows no more than 3 spears per person.

I just spit out my coffee!

Thanks, pP

[Anonymous]

A slice of rye bread, toasted and rubbed with raw garlic, smeared with pork fat (or duck fat, depending on what I have in the fridge), and sprinkled with salt. A pearl clutcher's nightmare!

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Grilled cheese and canned tomato soup is a staple in my house.

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Anonymous wrote:I get the two pound pack of asparagus from Costco and my family can polish the whole thing off in one sitting. And my family is two adults and two kids under 8.

That seems highly gauche as everyone knows no more than 3 spears per person.

I just spit out my coffee!

Thanks, pP

Was starting to think no one would appreciate my family's asparagus gluttony

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Anonymous wrote:I get the two pound pack of asparagus from Costco and my family can polish the whole thing off in one sitting. And my family is two adults and two kids under 8.

That seems highly gauche as everyone knows no more than 3 spears per person.

I just spit out my coffee!

Thanks, pP

Was starting to think no one would appreciate my family's asparagus gluttony

Be careful of stinky pee. Gotta love that little asparagus side effect!!