We are having sort of a short rib stew.

Been raining here, too. I have bridge tonight so just having some leftover quiche and some ham.

Went with friend to recently opened Middle Eastern restaurant, Jerusaleum, and had their special of the day:
Chicken Shawarma with 1/2 Rice and 1/2 Couscous, Hummus and Fresh Pita

We are having a very unhealthy but very tasty meal
Deep fried chicken wings and homemade deep fried French fries and DH will top it off with homemade chocolate cake!

It's really cold here today and raining. I made potato salad. My favorite way is with chopped radishes, green onions and dill pickle. Dusted with dill and celery salt. I used to use paprika too but it doesn't seem to taste good anymore.

We're having left over navy bean soup that I cooked yesterday. I used chicken broth,a ham bone, ham slices and chicken slices that I froze after cooking during Thanksgiving. (The meat was added mainly to induce Husband to eat it since he's a large meat eater.) For me, I added carrots, chopped onions, spinach and a few tablespoons of rice. I flavored it lightly with salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder and basil. It's delicious. I'll make a small skillet of baked cornbread to go with it and I have red grapes for dessert.

I have been busy packing up the RV and stuff for the trip tomorrow to Louisiana. My house sitter helped.
I loaded up the aroma cooker with cowboy taco casserole for dinner.
Only one pot to clean up.
I am tired.

Left over turkey pot pie....homemade with a curry sauce.

Sorry, fellow dinner posters, but I won't be back on here to add comments. My head hurts. My throat's so sore that I couldn't eat some of my meal because it hurt too much to swallow. If anyone wants to add some comments, feel free to do so. I'm going to bed.

Shirley

Oh no Shirley that's terrible. I sure hope it's just a one day thing and not anything else. I have been drinking my emergen-C daily, taking vitamin C, and echinachea daily, I really feel better when I do that, it certainly can't hurt my limited immune system.

Shirley, your meal sounds fabulous! It's a drizzly, foggy and rainy day here. Yuck!

I made a big meat sauce the other day and we had that with ziti.

Shirley....Hope you feel better soon....!!!

Oh Shirley, I sure hope you feel better in the morning. I wish I could offer something to soothe your throat, but I can't think of anything.

Sorry to hear you're not feeling well, Shirley. Try drinking some hot tea with honey and a squirt of fresh lemon in it for that sore throat...

I roasted a turkey this weekend so just had easy leftovers for an entire meal: roast turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes, green beans, corn, and cranberry sauce. yum!

I tried the Epicurious recipe for homemade peppermint patties last night -- they're excellent!

PS: Glenda, I had to look up a recipe for chicken shawarma and see that it's made with curry... how was it? Did you like the restaurant?

This post was edited by party_music50 on Tue, Dec 16, 14 at 20:37

Oh, Shirley, I hope you feel better. Poor thing!

I made rigatoni with chicken and fresh baby spinach, tossed in a sun dried tomato cream sauce. A big green salad and garlic bread on the side.

I roasted a chicken with carrots, fennel, onions, and sweet potatoes....a one pot dinner. Delicious!

Feel better, Shirley!

I've not had chicken shawarma with a curry flavor.

It's the Middle Eastern version of what the Greeks call a gyro (sounds like your-o). Garlic seems to always be used (among other flavorings) and I'm sure there are regional variations.

snidely, when I did a recipe search I checked the first two hits -- they both contained curry so I assumed it was a standard ingredient. lol!

PS: since you mentioned regional differences, perhaps your non-curry version is the abberation. :O)

This post was edited by party_music50 on Tue, Dec 16, 14 at 22:04

Oh Shirley, I'm so sorry you're not feeling well. Take plenty of Vitamin C and get plenty of rest. I swear by it. I take two a day and if I'm around anyone who seems to have a cold, a take two more. Working for me. I hope you feel better soon.

Shirley, I hope you feel better soon!

We had a green salad, cheese quesadilla, and roasted corn & poblano chowder.

Party music, I was sharing what I know from my own experiences, not from a google search. I've eaten in many Middle Eastern restaurants in the US and abroad, and have had home cooked meals prepared by a close friend who is a Mediterranean area Arab. I've never seen a curry dish or flavor in this type of food.

My experiences could be incomplete and could be wrong, yes. But I'm not guessing.

snidely, my favorite local restaurant happens to be Middle Eastern and I've never seen a curry-flavored dish on their menu either.

Snidely, the pronunciation where you live may be as you've indicated but anywhere I've lived, gyros (the singular ends in an s) is pronounced hee' ros.

Snidely opines: "It's the Middle Eastern version of what the Greeks call a gyro (sounds like your-o)."

I must say, that's the first I've heard that particular pronunciation. Admittedly, the word "gyro" is an import into American English, and really has a life of its own, pronunciation-wise, so who's to say? In Greek, the word is "óÃÂÃÂÿÃÂ" (observe "s" at the end), pronounced something like "yee-ros", but non-native speakers of Greek are unlikely to pronounce it correctly in any case, even after hearing a sound clip. English speakers feel uncomfortable with singular nouns ending in "-os", so the terminating "s" has been dropped completely. ("Kudos" is singular, for example, but one almost always hears it used in a plural sense). As an import, I'd accept "jyro" or "yee-ro" or "year-o" or even "hearo", but I'd bet that if you said "your-o" in Greece, they'd think you were asking how much one cost.

This post was edited by threadbane on Wed, Dec 17, 14 at 9:34

No curry in our shawarmas either. Cardamom is very popular and lots of garlic :-)

Gyros are popular at the Farmers Market, and in the Greek food courts etc. Pronounced Yee-ro

Never heard gyro pronounced "your-o" before. I wouldn't know what you were talking about.

My intent was to distinguish the sound from Gee ros, which is what I've frequently heard vocalized. I don't speak a word of Greek, but I'll say that sound I've heard maybe resembles Euros with the first sound a diphthong from ee to your. If that's inaccurate, sorry, as before, I'm just sharing an experience, not proclaiming a fact.

angel, it's not the first time you've suggested you don't know what I'm talking about.