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First meal date - ideas please
I was wondering whether anybody can help me. In the near future, I
shall be cooking a meal (for the first time) for a very special lady. The thing is, I am no expert at this type of thing, and I have no idea about what to cook for her. She tells me that she is "not fussy" and will eat "just about anything" - which leaves the ball very firmly in my court. However, I'm sure that if I provide something uninteresting like pasta, she'll think I'm devoid of originality. Have any of you any suggestions as to what I can cook - or more importantly what not to? I can do my bit in the kitchen, but sadly I'm used to the bachelor way of doing it! |
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wrote: > I was wondering whether anybody can help me. In the near future, I > shall be cooking a meal (for the first time) for a very special lady. > The thing is, I am no expert at this type of thing, and I have no idea > about what to cook for her. She tells me that she is "not fussy" and > will eat "just about anything" - which leaves the ball very firmly in > my court. However, I'm sure that if I provide something uninteresting > like pasta, she'll think I'm devoid of originality. Have any of you > any suggestions as to what I can cook - or more importantly what not > to? I can do my bit in the kitchen, but sadly I'm used to the bachelor > way of doing it! Under the circumstances I'd recommend you cook something you already have experience with and concentrate your efforts on presentation. Think about how you're going to serve the meal, table decorations, plate arrangements, a special dessert (even if it's bought). It's just too chancy to try to cook something new and fancy. -aem |
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kilikini wrote: > "Sheldon" > wrote in message > ups.com... > > > > wrote: > > > I was wondering whether anybody can help me. In the near future, I > > > shall be cooking a meal (for the first time) for a very special lady. > > > The thing is, I am no expert at this type of thing, and I have no idea > > > about what to cook for her. She tells me that she is "not fussy" and > > > will eat "just about anything" - which leaves the ball very firmly in > > > my court. However, I'm sure that if I provide something uninteresting > > > like pasta, she'll think I'm devoid of originality. Have any of you > > > any suggestions as to what I can cook - or more importantly what not > > > to? I can do my bit in the kitchen, but sadly I'm used to the bachelor > > > way of doing it! > > > > Champagne > > Salad > > Champagne > > Porterhouse > > Baked potato > > Champagne > > Pistachios > > Chocolate > > Champagne > > > > > > Sheldon > > > > I like your menu Sheldon, but somewhere in there you should open up a bottle > of champagne! > > kili Hehe, you gotta pop my cork.  Sheldon |
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www. ttdown. com wrote: > On 28 Sep 2005 10:59:28 -0700, wrote: > > >I was wondering whether anybody can help me. In the near future, I > >shall be cooking a meal (for the first time) for a very special lady. > >The thing is, I am no expert at this type of thing, and I have no idea > >about what to cook for her. She tells me that she is "not fussy" and > >will eat "just about anything" - which leaves the ball very firmly in > >my court. However, I'm sure that if I provide something uninteresting > >like pasta, she'll think I'm devoid of originality. Have any of you > >any suggestions as to what I can cook - or more importantly what not > >to? I can do my bit in the kitchen, but sadly I'm used to the bachelor > >way of doing it! > Well for starters, you can stop shooting yourself in the foot before > you even get started. If she wants originality, she can buy a one of a > kind painting. Make something easy. I would suggest: > > Surf n Turf > > Steak and some type of sea food Never serve seafood on a first date... just give her lots of beef. Sheldon |
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"Sheldon" > wrote in message ups.com... > > kilikini wrote: > > "Sheldon" > wrote in message > > ups.com... > > > > > > wrote: > > > > I was wondering whether anybody can help me. In the near future, I > > > > shall be cooking a meal (for the first time) for a very special lady. > > > > The thing is, I am no expert at this type of thing, and I have no idea > > > > about what to cook for her. She tells me that she is "not fussy" and > > > > will eat "just about anything" - which leaves the ball very firmly in > > > > my court. However, I'm sure that if I provide something uninteresting > > > > like pasta, she'll think I'm devoid of originality. Have any of you > > > > any suggestions as to what I can cook - or more importantly what not > > > > to? I can do my bit in the kitchen, but sadly I'm used to the bachelor > > > > way of doing it! > > > > > > Champagne > > > Salad > > > Champagne > > > Porterhouse > > > Baked potato > > > Champagne > > > Pistachios > > > Chocolate > > > Champagne > > > > > > > > > Sheldon > > > > > > > I like your menu Sheldon, but somewhere in there you should open up a bottle > > of champagne! > > > > kili > > Hehe, you gotta pop my cork. > > Sheldon > ROFL - Damn, I should have thought of that first! :~) kili |
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> wrote: >I was wondering whether anybody can help me. In the near future, I >shall be cooking a meal (for the first time) for a very special lady. >The thing is, I am no expert at this type of thing, and I have no idea If your expertise is so low that this is your first-ever cooking experience, then I suggest you see a professional and have a dinner catered in -- at least the more challenging parts. -A |
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In article .com>,
"Sheldon" > wrote: > www. ttdown. com wrote: > > On 28 Sep 2005 10:59:28 -0700, wrote: > > > > >I was wondering whether anybody can help me. In the near future, I > > >shall be cooking a meal (for the first time) for a very special lady. > > >The thing is, I am no expert at this type of thing, and I have no idea > > >about what to cook for her. She tells me that she is "not fussy" and > > >will eat "just about anything" - which leaves the ball very firmly in > > >my court. However, I'm sure that if I provide something uninteresting > > >like pasta, she'll think I'm devoid of originality. Have any of you > > >any suggestions as to what I can cook - or more importantly what not > > >to? I can do my bit in the kitchen, but sadly I'm used to the bachelor > > >way of doing it! > > Well for starters, you can stop shooting yourself in the foot before > > you even get started. If she wants originality, she can buy a one of a > > kind painting. Make something easy. I would suggest: > > > > Surf n Turf > > > > Steak and some type of sea food > > Never serve seafood on a first date... just give her lots of beef. > > Sheldon > <snort> You are SO bad Shel'! ;-) -- Om. "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson |
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> wrote in message
oups.com... >I was wondering whether anybody can help me. In the near future, I > shall be cooking a meal (for the first time) for a very special lady. > The thing is, I am no expert at this type of thing, and I have no idea > about what to cook for her. She tells me that she is "not fussy" and > will eat "just about anything" - which leaves the ball very firmly in > my court. However, I'm sure that if I provide something uninteresting > like pasta, she'll think I'm devoid of originality. Have any of you > any suggestions as to what I can cook - or more importantly what not > to? I can do my bit in the kitchen, but sadly I'm used to the bachelor > way of doing it! > >Man, pick up a six pack of Lone Star beer and a couple of Big Mac's. She'll >love you for it! ... No seriously, there are a lot of really amazingly good >recipes that are very simple. Quality ingredients are essential: Appetizers: 1) 1 block of cream cheese with a bottle of Pick-A-Peppa sauce poured over it with crackers. You will be surprised at how good that is. 2) 1 Bag of tortilla chips with a quality salsa and slices of cheddar cheese 3) 1 port wine cheese log with crackers. I like whole wheat crackers for that one. If you don't like port wine cheese logs, just set out some crackers with a nice Havarti or a nice Cheddar, or both. 4) 1 bag tortilla chips - 2 Avocados smashed up with salsa and lime juice to taste Salad: 1) Chopped Lettuce, grated Carrots, fresh Spinach and/or Arugula, sprouts, chopped Apples, chopped walnuts and red wine or balsamic vinaigrette 2) Cottage cheese with cling peaches on top with black pepper 3) Chunks of mixed types of fruit cut up into a bowl with chopped walnuts and a lime squeezed over it Main course: Red Meat - 1) Get two well marbled Rib Eye steaks 1.5 inches thick, dump worsteshire sauce on them and then dust them with course black pepper, Broil for 6 minutes each side. While they are broiling, steam some asparagus, and melt some butter in a pan with a half a lemon squeezed in it. Pour the lemon butter on the asparagus when served. Baked potatoes with butter and sour cream go well with this. 2) Take a glass baking dish and pour a beer in it. dump in a teaspoon of worsteshire and 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce. Add three or four GOOD Quality sausages and bake for 20 minutes at 350 (cheap sausage would be a mistake). Serve with good mustard and kraut. (find out if she likes kraut first) If she doesn't like kraut, scratch it and the mustard and serve with bar-b-que sauce. That goes well with store bought potato salad and steamed green beans with butter and black pepper. 3) Take some butterflied pork loin chops and put cooked stove top cornbread stuffing in the middle of them and tie them up with bakers string. Bake in a covered dish at 325 for 20 minutes. Paint them with bar-b-cue sauce and bake them for another ten minutes uncovered. While they are cooking, quarter some small new potatoes and boil them until soft. drain them and dust them with Cajun Seasoning or Seasoned Salt. Serve with Cheddar and French bread. Chicken- 1) Take some chicken breasts and marinade them in your refrigerator over night in Italian dressing. Bake them until white all the way through (20 or 30 minutes at 350) and serve them over buttered rice with peas mixed into it. While they are cooking, steam some carrots until they are soft and drain them. Add some butter, some maple syrup and some black pepper to the carrots and stir them up. Fry some Zucchini or Squash slices in Italian dressing until done. 2) Take a whole chicken and put it in a glass baking dish with a lid. Cover it with Tamari sauce until it is about 1/2 inch deep in the dish. Cover the chicken with lots of Rosemary and bake for 50 minutes at 350. Serve with the Cornbread you can buy in the tubes that pop open from your grocery store and fresh peas with butter and pepper. Fish- 1) Mix 1/4 cup melted butter, 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard, and 1 and 1/2 tablespoons honey and spread it all over a nice 1/2 pound Salmon filet. Next take a 1/4 cup finely chopped pecans, 1/4 cup dry bread crumbs, and four teaspoons finely chopped fresh parsley mixed up and sprinkle liberally over the salmon. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 or 15 minutes until flaky. This one is an amazingly tasty recipe! Serve with vegetable of choice and fresh bread. 2) If you have access to an outdoor cooker/burner, this is a simple and very tasty meal neither of you will soon forget. You will need to get a couple of Dungeness crabs (any crab works, but Dungeness is the best if you can get them, King Crab or Snow Crab is good too) and 1/2 pound of fresh shrimp. Put a couple of gallons of water in a big pot and throw in a bunch of new potatoes, 6 half ears of corn, 1/2 pound of sliced Andouille sausage (if you can get it, if not any GOOD quality sausage will work) and a bag of good, spicy crab boil. Boil it until the potatoes are soft and then toss in the crabs. Boil for one minute and then toss in the shrimp. Boil for another three minutes and turn off the fire. You will have boiled the crabs for a total of 4 minutes, that is important. Drain it all and then dump it in the middle of the table on butcher paper. Put out some cocktail sauce and melted butter and enjoy! I use a rolling pin to break up the crabs. Dessert- 1) Get some of those Nestle toll house cookies they sell in the refrigerated section of your grocery store. You can make them any time and they are easy, fast, and tasty! 2) Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia ice cream! The premier, frozen dairy confection (although I have to admit, some of this Gelato stuff that has been showing up lately is mighty god!) |
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> wrote in message oups.com... > ... she'll think I'm devoid of originality. Something unoriginal done well is far better than something original done badly. George |
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projectile vomit chick wrote: > On 28 Sep 2005 10:59:28 -0700, in rec.food.cooking, > hit the crackpipe and declared: > >I was wondering whether anybody can help me. In the near future, I > >shall be cooking a meal (for the first time) for a very special lady. > >The thing is, I am no expert at this type of thing, and I have no idea > >about what to cook for her. She tells me that she is "not fussy" and > >will eat "just about anything" - which leaves the ball very firmly in > >my court. However, I'm sure that if I provide something uninteresting > >like pasta, she'll think I'm devoid of originality. Have any of you > >any suggestions as to what I can cook - or more importantly what not > >to? I can do my bit in the kitchen, but sadly I'm used to the bachelor > >way of doing it! > > Lean back from the table, pull out your cock and slap it on the table. > Yell "IT'S DINNERTIME, BITCH!"....then get up and shove it into the > shocked "O" of her mouth. I left an impression, eh? Sheldon |
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Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article .com>, > wrote: > > >>my court. However, I'm sure that if I provide something uninteresting >>like pasta, she'll think I'm devoid of originality. > > > Save originality for your bedroom adventures. Make something tasty that > you're comfortable cooking. If she's worth the effort and you hit it > off, there'll be time enough for originality. I'd love a well-prepared > pasta dish. Something that's not too messy to eat, perhaps. JMO. A > nice green salad, good bread. Good dessert. Enjoy the evening. Agreed even though you are a little bad with the bedroom adventures I would tend to be very conservative unless you know exactly what she likes.. For example, DH is a real foodie and he is an absolute treat to cook for BUT he doesn't care for heavily spiced foods. I love spicy foods so I compromise by making some of whatever I'm cooking spicier for myself but less spicy for DH. This is one of those things you learn about others over years of living together and yes we are married so I can't just toss him out even though I never would anyway. He's the best taste tester I have I like the idea of a nice pasta dish lightlyseasoned and served with a tossed salad maybe with a homemade viniagrette and I would toss in homemade bread or at the very least a couple of nice store bought crusty rolls. Top the pasta with fresh ground parmesan and she will be putting in your hand. I'd use a nice red wine and something lighter for desert. I'd be tempted to just serve vanilla ice cream so as to not over power the dinner. Oh and I always like nice quiet dinner music while I'm eating. It's a girl or at least a me thing. To the OP - I hear girls are really into Harry Potter right now so you might choose HP & the Sorcer's Stone as you're first cool movie. From experience it is very good! I'd forgoe the icecream if you plan on popcorn smothered with butter & salt later  |
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Thanks for all that - very entertaining stuff! The gist does seem to
be to do something that I'm used to doing (and yes I am a dab hand in the kitchen), rather than to try something complicated and make a pig's ear of it. I have one or two thoughts that I'll run by the lady concerned, and then I'll take it from there. But thanks for all your contributions so far folks - and do keep them coming. I can try the more complicated examples later in the relationship - if that's how it pans out. Alan S - you've definitely given me some "food for thought" there!! Cheers all. |
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Sheldon wrote:
> I left an impression, eh? > > Sheldon Oooooh Sheldon.. I'm sure you have better taste than that one... ::shiver:: |
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In article >, ~patches~
> wrote: > Melba's Jammin' wrote: > > > In article .com>, > > wrote: > > > > > >>my court. However, I'm sure that if I provide something uninteresting > >>like pasta, she'll think I'm devoid of originality. > > > > > > Save originality for your bedroom adventures. Make something tasty > > that you're comfortable cooking. If she's worth the effort and you > > hit it off, there'll be time enough for originality. I'd love a > > well-prepared pasta dish. Something that's not too messy to eat, > > perhaps. JMO. A nice green salad, good bread. Good dessert. > > Enjoy the evening. > > Agreed even though you are a little bad with the bedroom adventures Honey, I try to be a realist. :-) Gotta adapt or become extinct. BTW, I wasn't meaning to suggest that the bedroom adventures begin after this meal. I wonder how deep I can dig this hole? :-/ > couple of nice store bought crusty rolls. Top the pasta with fresh > ground parmesan and she will be putting in your hand. <coughchokesputter> And what EXACTLY will she be "putting" in his hand, patches? Eh? I'll bet you meant to say puDDing. ROTFL! -- -Barb, <http://www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 9-26-05 |
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Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >, ~patches~ > > wrote: > > >>Melba's Jammin' wrote: >> >> >>>In article .com>, wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>my court. However, I'm sure that if I provide something uninteresting >>>>like pasta, she'll think I'm devoid of originality. >>> >>> >>>Save originality for your bedroom adventures. Make something tasty >>>that you're comfortable cooking. If she's worth the effort and you >>>hit it off, there'll be time enough for originality. I'd love a >>>well-prepared pasta dish. Something that's not too messy to eat, >>>perhaps. JMO. A nice green salad, good bread. Good dessert. >>>Enjoy the evening. > > >>Agreed even though you are a little bad with the bedroom adventures > > > Honey, I try to be a realist. :-) Gotta adapt or become extinct. BTW, > I wasn't meaning to suggest that the bedroom adventures begin after this > meal. I wonder how deep I can dig this hole? :-/ > > >>couple of nice store bought crusty rolls. Top the pasta with fresh >>ground parmesan and she will be putting in your hand. > > > > <coughchokesputter> And what EXACTLY will she be "putting" in his hand, > patches? Eh? I'll bet you meant to say puDDing. ROTFL! err, a little slip of the tongue. That was meant to be *putty* not putting or pudding BUT I am blushing |
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"~patches~" > wrote in message ... > Melba's Jammin' wrote: > >> >> <coughchokesputter> And what EXACTLY will she be "putting" in his >> hand, patches? Eh? I'll bet you meant to say puDDing. ROTFL! > > err, a little slip of the tongue. That was meant to be *putty* not > putting or pudding BUT I am blushing A little slip of the tongue might go over very well indeed! ;-) |
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"~patches~" > wrote > Melba's Jammin' wrote: > >> In article ~patches~ > wrote: >>>couple of nice store bought crusty rolls. Top the pasta with fresh >>>ground parmesan and she will be putting in your hand. >> <coughchokesputter> And what EXACTLY will she be "putting" in his hand, >> patches? Eh? I'll bet you meant to say puDDing. ROTFL! > > err, a little slip of the tongue. That was meant to be *putty* not > putting or pudding BUT I am blushing (giggling) Dinner must be *real* interesting at patches' house. nancy |
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> wrote in message ups.com... > Thanks for all that - very entertaining stuff! The gist does seem to > be to do something that I'm used to doing (and yes I am a dab hand in > the kitchen), rather than to try something complicated and make a pig's > ear of it. I have one or two thoughts that I'll run by the lady > concerned, and then I'll take it from there. But thanks for all your > contributions so far folks - and do keep them coming. I can try the > more complicated examples later in the relationship - if that's how it > pans out. Alan S - you've definitely given me some "food for thought" > there!! Cheers all. > Absolutely go with what you know and are comfortable with. Don't worry about if it's "just pasta" - you can do some pretty fantastic things simply with pasta and not spend all the time fussing over a stove or a grill or whatever. If she likes seafood, you might think of a shrimp and crab linguini dish with a cream sauce topped with grated Parmesan. Serve it with some hot crusty bread, warmed olive oil with some dried herbs (oregano or marjoram, basil) in it and cracked black pepper for dipping the bread in and a crisp chilled white wine. Atmosphere is everything and it sounds like you would like to impress this lady. Have a vase of flowers on the table and candles. Music in the background... something subtle; we aren't talking Metallica here! Good luck! Jill |
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Joseph Littleshoes wrote: > > > Take 1 or 2 fillets of sole per person, season and cover with raw sliced > button mushrooms and cook. <miles and miles of inane halucination snipped> Yikes... mushrooms with seafood is a thousand times worse than cheese with seafood. You're extremely verbose but that's it... you haven't an iota of culinary acumen... you may have little shoes but I bet you wear a huge hat. I'm sure you're another WOP. You could become a data input specialist but never a cook. Sheldon |
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jmcquown wrote: > > wrote in message > ups.com... > > Thanks for all that - very entertaining stuff! The gist does seem to > > be to do something that I'm used to doing (and yes I am a dab hand in > > the kitchen), rather than to try something complicated and make a pig's > > ear of it. I have one or two thoughts that I'll run by the lady > > concerned, and then I'll take it from there. But thanks for all your > > contributions so far folks - and do keep them coming. I can try the > > more complicated examples later in the relationship - if that's how it > > pans out. Alan S - you've definitely given me some "food for thought" > > there!! Cheers all. > > > Absolutely go with what you know and are comfortable with. Don't worry > about if it's "just pasta" - you can do some pretty fantastic things simply > with pasta and not spend all the time fussing over a stove or a grill or > whatever. If she likes seafood, you might think of a shrimp and crab > linguini dish with a cream sauce topped with grated Parmesan. Serve it with > some hot crusty bread, warmed olive oil with some dried herbs (oregano or > marjoram, basil) in it and cracked black pepper for dipping the bread in and > a crisp chilled white wine. > > Atmosphere is everything and it sounds like you would like to impress this > lady. Have a vase of flowers on the table and candles. Music in the > background... something subtle; we aren't talking Metallica here! Good > luck! All's really necessary is a big ole slab o' colby, a box of Ritz, Champagne... and a bath. Good idea to put on fresh undies and fresh linens on the bed too... those raunchy shit-stained rags you've been sleeping in for three weeks will negate even the fanciest schmanciest dinner. Decent gals are impressed with cleanliness... dust, vacuum, polish your furniture, windex all glass. Disinfect yer terlit and scrub the tar stains off your bath tub, have clean fluffy towels, fresh soap, a new in-the-box toothbrush, last thing you want displayed is an extra used toothbrush (even if it's yours, she'll never believe you use two)... which reminds me, make sure you've been to the dentist within the last four months... decent wimmen aren't impressed that you rely on sanitizing your mouth daily with dago red. Get rid of all the pictures of your exes... shoulda been burned a long time ago... 'specially those you snuck of them sleeping nekid... and about that 8 x 10 on top of the TV you took through the glass shower door of your sister... you'd be far better off with serving a fistful of slim jims and a six pack... but she is cute all pressed up against the glass. hehe Sheldon |
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> wrote in message oups.com... > I was wondering whether anybody can help me. In the near future, I > shall be cooking a meal (for the first time) for a very special lady. > The thing is, I am no expert at this type of thing, and I have no idea > about what to cook for her. She tells me that she is "not fussy" and > will eat "just about anything" - which leaves the ball very firmly in > my court. However, I'm sure that if I provide something uninteresting > like pasta, she'll think I'm devoid of originality. Have any of you > any suggestions as to what I can cook - or more importantly what not > to? I can do my bit in the kitchen, but sadly I'm used to the bachelor > way of doing it! Pasta uninteresting? Only if the imagination is also. How about a stir fry, with egg noodles, choose your veggies well - make it /colourful/ as well as flavourful (like if using sweet peppers, don't use all one colour etc.), use a VERY hot wok (smoking oil!) and don't over-do the veggies, for meat I'd go with good, large prawns, fresh if at all possible. Pick your sauce - plain soy, oyster sauce, black bean, invent a mixture - whatever boats your float. Quite quick and simple to make, vibrant to look at, and delicious (if you don't cook the veggies to limpness and/or the prawn/shrimp to rubber). I can't be bothered thinking any more! Shaun aRe |
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> wrote in message ups.com... > Thanks for all that - very entertaining stuff! The gist does seem to > be to do something that I'm used to doing (and yes I am a dab hand in > the kitchen), rather than to try something complicated and make a pig's > ear of it. I have one or two thoughts that I'll run by the lady > concerned, and then I'll take it from there. But thanks for all your > contributions so far folks - and do keep them coming. I can try the > more complicated examples later in the relationship - if that's how it > pans out. Alan S - you've definitely given me some "food for thought" > there!! Cheers all. Here's a good idea for pasta if you both like hot/spicy food - goes great after a cool salad starter and before an iced desert: - Just a pasta with a spiced tomato sauce, well herbed with oregano and plenty of FRESH basil (reserve some for garnish). For the sauce I'd start with plenty of finely diced red onion and garlic sautéed with finely sliced (whole rings) hot chiles to your taste (if you can find red and green, a mixture looks good), juliennes of yellow capsicum, sliced Italian raw cured spicy sausage of some sort but good stuff, add that for a couple minutes before adding the tomato, when the peppers are still not quite cooked (I'd make this with a smooth sieved tomato paste - passata - I ain't gonna spend hours cooking down fresh tomatoes to have it taste no where near as good) lots of fresh cracked black pepper, 1/4tsp ground ginger or if you have fresh, about 1/2 tsp finely grated, give it a few minutes to cook all through but don't make the peppers etc. cook until all soft. Serve that over your preferred pasta - I like this with shell types that hold the sauce. garnish with ripped fresh basil. Grate a bunch fresh Parmesan into a bowl and bring to the table with the pepper etc. Wine is your choice, but I'd go with something well tannined and robust for my tastes. Shaun aRe - sorry I don't have a recipe because I almost never use them. |
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"~patches~" > wrote in message ... > err, a little slip of the tongue. Harlot ',;~}~ Shaun aRe |
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OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> In article >, > jake > wrote: > > wrote: >> >> >>>I was wondering whether anybody can help me. In the near future, I >>>shall be cooking a meal (for the first time) for a very special lady. >>>The thing is, I am no expert at this type of thing, and I have no idea >>>about what to cook for her. She tells me that she is "not fussy" and >>>will eat "just about anything" - which leaves the ball very firmly in >>>my court. However, I'm sure that if I provide something uninteresting >>>like pasta, she'll think I'm devoid of originality. Have any of you >>>any suggestions as to what I can cook - or more importantly what not >>>to? I can do my bit in the kitchen, but sadly I'm used to the bachelor >>>way of doing it! >>> >> >>Whatever you dom, chocolate mousse for dessert. store bought is fine as >>long as you get a qualtiy brand (maybe try it first). Do serve it such a >>way that you can't tell it was fro the store. >> >>Do keep things easy for yourself. I've been known to get tto ambitious >>and awanting to impress through my cooking that I became bvad at >>conversation and being attentive (which is they key, really). >> >> >>And I'd stay away for very heavy meals, she might be watching het diet >>(,lotsa women do). So maybe an easy salad with vainaigrette (oil + >>vingar+ a touch of mustard), steak and bread or potatoes. I'd get easy >>starters form the storem, too. Marinated artichoeks, olives, sun blushed >>tomatoes, things like that. >> >>If you find getting all the foods reay at the same time complivated, >>consider baked dishes. Maybe lasagne and salad? > > > Chocolate is an aphrodesiac..... (sp?) or a substitute. Or so I'm told. |
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"Dog3" > wrote in message 1... > "kilikini" > wrote in > m: > > > > > "Sheldon" > wrote in message > > ups.com... > >> > >> kilikini wrote: > >> > "Sheldon" > wrote in message > >> > ups.com... > >> > > > >> > > wrote: > >> > > > I was wondering whether anybody can help me. In the near > >> > > > future, I shall be cooking a meal (for the first time) for a > >> > > > very special > > lady. > >> > > > The thing is, I am no expert at this type of thing, and I have > >> > > > no > > idea > >> > > > about what to cook for her. She tells me that she is "not > >> > > > fussy" > > and > >> > > > will eat "just about anything" - which leaves the ball very > >> > > > firmly > > in > >> > > > my court. However, I'm sure that if I provide something > > uninteresting > >> > > > like pasta, she'll think I'm devoid of originality. Have any > >> > > > of you any suggestions as to what I can cook - or more > >> > > > importantly what not to? I can do my bit in the kitchen, but > >> > > > sadly I'm used to the > > bachelor > >> > > > way of doing it! > >> > > > >> > > Champagne > >> > > Salad > >> > > Champagne > >> > > Porterhouse > >> > > Baked potato > >> > > Champagne > >> > > Pistachios > >> > > Chocolate > >> > > Champagne > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > Sheldon > >> > > > >> > > >> > I like your menu Sheldon, but somewhere in there you should open up > >> > a > > bottle > >> > of champagne! > >> > > >> > kili > >> > >> Hehe, you gotta pop my cork. > >> > >> Sheldon > >> > > > > ROFL - Damn, I should have thought of that first! :~) > > > > kili > > > > > > Lard woman! What is with you these days? First it's heat and stamina in abf > and now cork popping in rfc. What's the world coming to > > Michael > I have no idea! :~) kili |
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jake > wrote: > > Chocolate is an aphrodesiac..... (sp?) > > or a substitute. Or so I'm told. If you get the right brand, Lindts for instance, it's better. ;-) -- Om. "My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson |
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Om quipped:
>>> Chocolate is an aphrodesiac..... (sp?) >> >> or a substitute. Or so I'm told. > > If you get the right brand, Lindts for instance, it's better. ;-) Then you're not doing the other thing right. Bob |
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Bob Terwilliger wrote: > Om quipped: > > >>> Chocolate is an aphrodesiac..... (sp?) > >> > >> or a substitute. Or so I'm told. > > > > If you get the right brand, Lindts for instance, it's better. ;-) > > > Then you're not doing the other thing right. Knowing her she'll be doing both, probably together...! Sheldon |
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