What's for Lunch

Say, it's just before Lent. We should chow down on some steak and stuff tonight!

Yeah, we're having left over Spaghetti today.

I had a craving for Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips tonight. I haven't had any for a long time. I planned on going and getting some for lunch tomorrow and found they have closed down.   Whenever we get fish, we usually get it from Long John Silvers, but they aren't the same as they used to be. I find their batter too thick and way to salty. Dag-Nab-It, I really wanted some Arthur Treachers!!!

I remember that place. I didn't know they weren't around anymore. I'm not much for fish (the finned ones, anyhow), but since my wife is Catholic we do that Lent thing. So I usually give her tuna of some sort and I have shrimp, lobster or scallops (we she hates). Works out pretty well. I usually give up something for Lent, too. She's not having any candy or cookies and I'm not drinking beer. We'll see how that goes.

I told my Dad I haven't seen any coupons or anything for them in quite awhile. Now, I know why. I didn't know they closed so many. They are still in business on the East side, but nothing around here.

A lot of these places got bought up by competitors who then cut back. It seems that sometimes the ones that made a quality product are the ones that fold. Cheap sells well these days, I guess.

A lot of the 'Friendly's Resturants' have recently closed down too.

Now that you mention it, I haven't seen any Friendly's for a long time. There used to be one in Fredericksburg, VA, when I lived in that area, but that was a few years back. It was a nice place and had good food. A lot of places like that have disappeared. Fast food these days is pretty much cardboard with ketchup and self service. No sense sitting down since nobody cleans the tables or seats.

Yeah...fast food with globs of Tartar sauce!

When it gets colder later today, I'm not going to feel like making dinner. Fortunately, we have a good little pizza/deli sandwich place about 3 blocks away that delivers. Time for a day off from cooking!

Porkchops and fried potatoes today!

That's a good meal to stay warm with on a chilly day!!

Yes, it was very good. No leftovers, now I have to figure out what to make today. I think soup and sandwiches sound good. Campbell's Tomato soup!

You can't miss with comfort food! It's supposed to get warmer today, too. And then back to cold, again.

I'm vegetarian and take a box thingy with salad in it.
Or you could try mini pizzas, english muffins with pizza sauce and vegan cheese on it.
Or maybe even a pasta salad, I have different colored spiral pasta, tomatoes, cucumber and vegan mayo.

Those sound good, DeanPerkins! My wife has been getting tired of the usual stuff I pack for her lunch and she's not to keen on meat, so I'm going to give these a try. She'll like the pasta especially!

I just can't seem to eat green and orange pasta. I've seen chefs use black pasta on TV. I think they use squid ink to color it or some kind of fish ink. EWWWW!

Green pasta is spinach. Orange is carrot. Black would be psilosybin mushroom, I think.

Alan, seeing your new Avatar and your location...I'd say you've gotten up on the wrong side of the tree limb again.

Your right! The Arizona cactuses are darn uncomfortable so I figured I'd check out some pine trees up north in Canada. They're sticky and it's cold up here so I'll have to find another location. It's hard to find a good tree these days!

Just click your heels three times and say, 'There's no place like home' and you'll be back in your tree outside my window.

Today's Basher's Blue Plate Special will be meatloaf, mashed potatoes and green beans!

My heels are clicking and I'll be by the window!!

Stripes missed his tree and there's a cold keg up there, too!

Today, it was Haddock steamed and baked in some kind of foil bag it came in with butter/garlic seasoning. It was pretty good...but, there was a lot of 'shrinkage' of the fish. A problem George Castanza knows too much about. Had some REAL onion rings...which are actual slices of onions and not that mashed stuff formed into a ring. And...with the onion rings, I made the dip that is used for the Blooming onions. That was really good...if ya want the recipe for the dip, just let me know.