Best dinner ever!

[shaw8700@outlook.com]

I just had the tastiest dinner I’ve ever had - fried chicken breast (Popeyes), green beans, homemade mashed potatoes, and rich, homemade, chicken gravy. I wonder, what would you consider the most perfect meal?

[retiredguy123]

A dozen jumbo steamed Maryland blue crabs with Old Bay seasoning, and beer. Nothing else is needed.

[Randall55]

A dozen jumbo steamed Maryland blue crabs with Old Bay seasoning, and beer. Nothing else is needed. A thick medium rare steak grilled to perfection, creamed spinach, mashed potatoes and a glass of wine. Followed by an incredible chocolate dessert.

I like your style. Popeye's makes incredible chicken.

[Smalley]

What comes to mind is a lobster roll (while being in Maine) and a decaf latte.

[tophcfa]

A dozen jumbo steamed Maryland blue crabs with Old Bay seasoning, and beer. Nothing else is needed.

Dam, that sounds great!

[BrianL99]

I suspect Popeyes isn't going to make many lists.

I had it once. First bite was awesome. 2nd bite? I felt my arteries start to clog, my cholesterol rising and I knew the grease taste would never go away or the smell come off my fingers.

Threw away the sandwich.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

I just had the tastiest dinner I’ve ever had - fried chicken breast (Popeyes), green beans, homemade mashed potatoes, and rich, homemade, chicken gravy. I wonder, what would you consider the most perfect meal?

sportsguy: Fresh caught tuna, the same day preferably by me, tataki seared with fresh ground wasabi, and Bud Light Lime

or

coachk: fresh off the boat lobster with fresh corn on the cob, large salad and Chardonnay

[Mookie55]

To pound and a half Maine lobsters, in season corn on the cob,hot fudge sundae for desert

[shaw8700@outlook.com]

A dozen jumbo steamed Maryland blue crabs with Old Bay seasoning, and beer. Nothing else is needed.

My husband and I had that once on a trip to Baltimore - we still talk about that more than thirty years later.

[tophcfa]

sportsguy: Fresh caught tuna, the same day preferably by me, tataki seared with fresh ground wasabi
That sounds about as good as it gets, other than steamed Alaskan King Crab and freshly picked asparagus with drawn butter and a brandy sniffer filled with half Hennessy and half Grand Marnier. A few freshly shucked Wellfleet Oysters with fresh horseradish would take it over the top of culinary nirvana.

[MorTech]

Bistecca alla Fiorentina from Trattoria dall’Oste Chianineria...It's a bit out of town.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

That sounds about as good as it gets, other than steamed Alaskan King Crab and freshly picked asparagus with drawn butter and a brandy sniffer filled with half Hennessy and half Grand Marnier. A few freshly shucked Wellfleet Oysters with fresh horseradish would take it over the top of culinary nirvana.

I will take AKC over lobstah all day every day with lightly grilled asparagas, with a start of steamers, cold jelly pearl makers :barf: not so much. . . .

[ThirdOfFive]

Klobasa, roasted potatoes and dandelion-green salad. Mom made this a couple of times every spring around Easter. Maybe potica for dessert.

And a shot or two of Slivovitz.

[Bay Kid]

A dozen jumbo steamed Maryland blue crabs with Old Bay seasoning, and beer. Nothing else is needed.

As many Virginia/Maryland blue crabs that I can catch in my 6 pots, steamed with vinegar, Old Bay and a full can of beer added. Just add ice cold beer and friends on the porch with a nice southeast breeze off the bay. Maybe a few of my cage raised oysters roasted on the grill with Old Bay butter.

Life on the Chesapeake Bay!

[Stu from NYC]

sportsguy: Fresh caught tuna, the same day preferably by me, tataki seared with fresh ground wasabi, and Bud Light Lime

or

coachk: fresh off the boat lobster with fresh corn on the cob, large salad and Chardonnay

Too hard to cook tuna. Goes from undercooked to overdone faster than I can catch it

[collie1228]

Our annual family reunion - coming up on the 90th. Classic homemade picnic style dishes, like mac and cheese, potato and macaroni salad, three bean salad, fried chicken, baked beans, etc. and the list goes on and on. And don't forget the deserts. All (or most) homemade and delicious.

[CoachKandSportsguy]

Too hard to cook tuna. Goes from undercooked to overdone faster than I can catch it
Does take practice to cook it!

secret is thick steaks, and very hot iron skillet for maybe 15-20 seconds a side.

I did it once and it started to rain, and the rain drops sent hot oil onto the side of the house. . . :oops:

[fdpaq0580]

I just had the tastiest dinner I’ve ever had - fried chicken breast (Popeyes), green beans, homemade mashed potatoes, and rich, homemade, chicken gravy. I wonder, what would you consider the most perfect meal?

The most perfect meal? That's a tough one. The setting/location means a lot.
For instance:
Rack of musk ox, grilled asparagus, smashed Yukon gold with musk ox au just at a first rate restaurant overlooking Vancouver Island as the sun sinks slowly in the west, or,
Fresh caught white abalone steak, lightly dipped in egg batter and quickly pan fried, with fresh mixed green salad and grilled garlic sourdough while at anchor in Cherry cove, Catalina, or,
Baramundi "wings" (pectoral fins) cooked in a wine and butter sauce with (I really can't remember. It's been so long ago) in a jungle themed restaurant in Port Douglas, Australia, or,
Saimin on Waikiki after spending the morning surfing/snorkeling.
This reminiscing could go on for hours. Thanks for asking.

[RedChariot]

A Jersey Shore lightly fried fish fry consisting of fried fillet, sea scallops, jumbo shrimp, crab cake, and at an extra charge an added fried lobster tail. None of this is greasy. A side of Mac & Cheese and stewed tomatoes. Start the meal with a big bloody Mary with shrimp and olives. We have this meal at a certain Jersey Shore restaurant when we can. Privately owned. Not a chain. Being down the shore they are not open all year.

[fdpaq0580]

A Jersey Shore lightly fried fish fry consisting of fried fillet, sea scallops, jumbo shrimp, crab cake, and at an extra charge an added fried lobster tail. None of this is greasy. A side of Mac & Cheese and stewed tomatoes. Start the meal with a big bloody Mary with shrimp and olives. We have this meal at a certain Jersey Shore restaurant when we can. Privately owned. Not a chain. Being down the shore they are not open all year.

Instead of a bloody mary, make it a Caesar. Just a suggestion. Now I'm hungry!

[Stu from NYC]

Does take practice to cook it!

secret is thick steaks, and very hot iron skillet for maybe 15-20 seconds a side.

I did it once and it started to rain, and the rain drops sent hot oil onto the side of the house. . . :oops:

Think we will stick to tuna in a can, hard to screw that up

[Randall55]

A Jersey Shore lightly fried fish fry consisting of fried fillet, sea scallops, jumbo shrimp, crab cake, and at an extra charge an added fried lobster tail. None of this is greasy. A side of Mac & Cheese and stewed tomatoes. Start the meal with a big bloody Mary with shrimp and olives. We have this meal at a certain Jersey Shore restaurant when we can. Privately owned. Not a chain. Being down the shore they are not open all year.My mouth is watering. Sounds fantastic!

[GaryKoca]

I am from the Midwest, so I will say fresh walleyed pike.

[MikeN]

Sounds better than most of the food restaurants here in the villages serves

[Blackbird45]

Capital Grill
Steak Oscar a filet mignon, topped jumbo lump crab and bearnaise, sides mashed potatoes and asparagus.
Oh, I forgot Canadian Club and ginger ale over ice.

[Normal]

Bow tie with thick truffle sauce and a cab.

Around here, try Flemmings in Orlando. Best dry aged rib eye in the area.

[jacksonla]

A dozen jumbo steamed Maryland blue crabs with Old Bay seasoning, and beer. Nothing else is needed.

I had a week-end cottage on St. George Island, Maryland for 20 years. We'd set the pots out on Friday night and collect crabs through the weekend. Sunday afternoon crab feasts with fresh picked corn and ripe sliced tomatoes from the Amish farms in Loveville, Md. good times

[BlackHarley]

Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles...etc, etc

[Two Bills]

Was once trapped by a blizzard for three days and two nights.
Nothing death defying, had water, made shelter, fire for warmth, no food though.
When we finally got out, had a bowl of hot stew, a cup of tea, and a cigarette.
Best 5-star meal I ever had.

[Johnsocat]

I just had the tastiest dinner I’ve ever had - fried chicken breast (Popeyes), green beans, homemade mashed potatoes, and rich, homemade, chicken gravy. I wonder, what would you consider the most perfect meal?
Love that chicken from Popeyes!

[airstreamingypsy]

When I was a kid my mom would make whatever we wanted for our birthday. I always wanted leg of lamb, mint jelly, mashed potatoes, spinach and birthday cake.

Now, since I haven't eaten mammals for about 25 years..... seafood and pasta, preferably linguini. Shrimp, scallops and lobster being my very favorite.

[waterflower]

Research the oil that popeyes uses. Mechanics use it too.

[Joe C.]

Roast beef, mashed potatoes, string beans, carrots, onions, gravy, biscuits and butter. That's my absolute favorite. Closely followed by corned beef and cabbage dinner.
For "comfort" food, I'll be happy with American chop suey.

[G.R.I.T.S.]

I just had the tastiest dinner I’ve ever had - fried chicken breast (Popeyes), green beans, homemade mashed potatoes, and rich, homemade, chicken gravy. I wonder, what would you consider the most perfect meal?

Southern cornbread (not the sweet stuff), greens and fried okra.

[BrianL99]

Research the oil that popeyes uses. Mechanics use it too.

Not so much these days, as most cars take synthetic.

They do use the same stuff in older cars.

[USAF RETIRED]

I just had the tastiest dinner I’ve ever had - fried chicken breast (Popeyes), green beans, homemade mashed potatoes, and rich, homemade, chicken gravy. I wonder, what would you consider the most perfect meal?

Please forgive me but if this is the best meal you have "ever" had I feel very badly for you. Maybe, and I say maybe it was the best fast-food meal you have ever had but please tell us you grew up in a home where your family cooked home cooked meals. I spent 30 years in the Air Force, and I have to say there were meals I ate in the Chow Hall that would surpass the quality of a Popeye's meal. I have eaten all over the world and could list dozens, maybe hundreds of better tasting meals.

[skippy05]

I just had the tastiest dinner I’ve ever had - fried chicken breast (Popeyes), green beans, homemade mashed potatoes, and rich, homemade, chicken gravy. I wonder, what would you consider the most perfect meal?
Your meal listed was also my favorite until I had 2 heart attacks and 5 by pass surgery last Fall. My new favorite is baked sweet potato and a mixed green side salad.

[fdpaq0580]

Your meal listed was also my favorite until I had 2 heart attacks and 5 by pass surgery last Fall. My new favorite is baked sweet potato and a mixed green side salad.

Hang in there, Skip. I'm cheering for ya!

[fdpaq0580]

two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles...etc, etc

roflmao!

[ThirdOfFive]

Was once trapped by a blizzard for three days and two nights.
Nothing death defying, had water, made shelter, fire for warmth, no food though.
When we finally got out, had a bowl of hot stew, a cup of tea, and a cigarette.
Best 5-star meal I ever had.
I hear ya.

Back in 1968 I landed a job on a survey crew contour mapping what would eventually become Voyageur's National Park, up on the border of Minnesota and Ontario. Great summer job for a young buck: ten on, four off and the four off if not spent at home were spent in places like International Falls raising hell. Maybe 12 of us, living in tents and running lines from benchmark to benchmark that were always near lakes. One night my buddy and I, together with our surveyor, misjudged the time and ended up not being able to get back to camp by dark. No problem; we just bedded down on whatever looked soft and sort of slept. No food, and water gone. Just before dawn we got up; my buddy remembered a small stream about 100 yards down hill from where we were, and volunteered to get water. He used his hard hat for the purpose. When he got back we all had a big drink. When it became light enough to see though we saw what was left in his hard hat wasn't just water: dozens of mosquito larvae were busily swimming around.

[Gpsma]

Tray of oysters at Oshucks with some cheap beer

[Keefelane66]

I just had the tastiest dinner I’ve ever had - fried chicken breast (Popeyes), green beans, homemade mashed potatoes, and rich, homemade, chicken gravy. I wonder, what would you consider the most perfect meal?
I too enjoy Popeye occassionaly plus Veterans 20% discount on entire order.

[Bonanza]

A three pound (3 lb.) steamed Maine lobster with drawn, clarified butter.

Yes, you can go to the movies and when you get back, I might be finished!
:icon_hungry:

[Sweatman]

Thanks for starting a “tasty” thread. Fun reading others dream meal. Love to eat and love to cook. Traveled for business and always came home trying to replicate the best dishes. My fav recent dish was Kung Pao brussel sprouts at Bonefish Grill. But if it was my last meal it would be anything with noodles!

[shaw8700@outlook.com]

Please forgive me but if this is the best meal you have "ever" had I feel very badly for you. Maybe, and I say maybe it was the best fast-food meal you have ever had but please tell us you grew up in a home where your family cooked home cooked meals. I spent 30 years in the Air Force, and I have to say there were meals I ate in the Chow Hall that would surpass the quality of a Popeye's meal. I have eaten all over the world and could list dozens, maybe hundreds of better tasting meals.
You didn’t pay attention what I said. We bought four breasts from Popeye’s because I wouldn’t have to waste all that oil to deep fry them. And I made the mashed potatoes (cook three potatoes till soft and drain them and put in a mixer with a block of cream cheese, about a tablespoon of salt, ditto with butter) and I made the green beans. Plus I made the gravy. I’m getting hungry again!

[Two Bills]

I hear ya.

Back in 1968 I landed a job on a survey crew contour mapping what would eventually become Voyageur's National Park, up on the border of Minnesota and Ontario. Great summer job for a young buck: ten on, four off and the four off if not spent at home were spent in places like International Falls raising hell. Maybe 12 of us, living in tents and running lines from benchmark to benchmark that were always near lakes. One night my buddy and I, together with our surveyor, misjudged the time and ended up not being able to get back to camp by dark. No problem; we just bedded down on whatever looked soft and sort of slept. No food, and water gone. Just before dawn we got up; my buddy remembered a small stream about 100 yards down hill from where we were, and volunteered to get water. He used his hard hat for the purpose. When he got back we all had a big drink. When it became light enough to see though we saw what was left in his hard hat wasn't just water: dozens of mosquito larvae were busily swimming around.

You had protein drink! :icon_wink:

[RustyandEthel]

My best dinner was my first meal after I got released from prison. Just a simple Big Mac and fries. I served 35 years for elder abuse and aggravated manslaughter.

[Two Bills]

My best dinner was my first meal after I got released from prison. Just a simple Big Mac and fries. I served 35 years for elder abuse and aggravated manslaughter.

The Villages will be like a playground for you! :22yikes:

[BrianL99]

My best dinner was my first meal after I got released from prison. Just a simple Big Mac and fries. I served 35 years for elder abuse and aggravated manslaughter.

The Villages will be like a playground for you! :22yikes:


Overheard at Mallory Country Club

3 single women sitting together, when a dark haired stranger walks by.

One of the women turns around to talk with him and asks who he is and where he's from.

"I'm new here and just move to TV", he says.

The women ask, "so where are you from?" He hesitates and then says, "I'd rather not say".

"Oh come on, you can tell us," they reply.

"Well, I just got released from Prison last week. I served 30 years for killing my wife and hiding her body parts in a freezer."

One of the women jumps in ... "Oh wow, so now you're single? Why don't you sit down and join us.?"

[phojo]

Best chicken in The Villages is at MacCall’s Tavern in Spanish Springs.

[sloanst]

I prefer the fried chicken at McCall's Tavern in Spanish Springs. It's the best I've ever had.

[Laker14]

Bistecca alla Fiorentina from Trattoria dall’Oste Chianineria...It's a bit out of town.

that sounds amazing.

I had spaghetti carbonara in some little hole-in-the-wall neighborhood place in Rome, 20 years ago, with my dad, that I still dream about. Just the red house wine with it, was delightful.

[Laker14]

My best dinner was my first meal after I got released from prison. Just a simple Big Mac and fries. I served 35 years for elder abuse and aggravated manslaughter.

You win the prize for Best First Post Ever!
Congratulations on your release, and we all hope parole goes well for you.

[Taltarzac725]

Jenny's Birthday dinner on the Zephyr Dinner Train back in 1990. Zephyr Dinner Train - Stillwater MN - On the Lake (https://onthelake.net/zephyr-dinner-stillwater/)

It might have been 1989.

I do remember she argued with the man from the couple seated with us during the trip about the worth of lawyers as a profession. But that was and is Jenny,

[CFrance]

Bistecca alla Fiorentina from Trattoria dall’Oste Chianineria...It's a bit out of town.
Bistecca alla Fiorentina, sitting outside at a restaurant in a park in Cortona--husband.
Me: simple pasta dish with shaved white truffles in a tiny restaurant in San Quirico d'Orcia in 2000. Can't get it out of my mind.

[patriciashew@me.com]

My husband and I had that once on a trip to Baltimore - we still talk about that more than thirty years later.


As a fairly new Florida transplant I can say we grew up eating steamed crabs almost every Sunday. My brother caught and steamed them. They are the one thing we miss the most.

[CFrance]

The most perfect meal? That's a tough one. The setting/location means a lot.
For instance:
Rack of musk ox, grilled asparagus, smashed Yukon gold with musk ox au just at a first rate restaurant overlooking Vancouver Island as the sun sinks slowly in the west, or,
Fresh caught white abalone steak, lightly dipped in egg batter and quickly pan fried, with fresh mixed green salad and grilled garlic sourdough while at anchor in Cherry cove, Catalina, or,
Baramundi "wings" (pectoral fins) cooked in a wine and butter sauce with (I really can't remember. It's been so long ago) in a jungle themed restaurant in Port Douglas, Australia, or,
Saimin on Waikiki after spending the morning surfing/snorkeling.
This reminiscing could go on for hours. Thanks for asking.
OMG, baramundi at our son's wedding reception at an eco lodge in the n Daintree Rainforest, Australia. Yellowtail snapper in the Florida Keys.

[Two Bills]

OMG, baramundi at our son's wedding reception at an eco lodge in the n Daintree Rainforest, Australia. Yellowtail snapper in the Florida Keys.

We stayed at the old Rusty Pelican, Port Douglas, Aus. for five nights. 1992.
Had Pumpkin Soup, Barramundi, and Pavlova every night. It was that good.

[Carla B]

I had the misfortune to break a leg in July in Dover, England a few years ago. I spent nine days in a hospital in Ashford having surgery and getting well enough to be put on a plane accompanied by a nurse from "On Call Intl." The hospital was an old facility and there either was no AC, or it was broken the whole time. So was the WiFi.

The care from the staff at the hospital was very caring and good, but the meals were beyond skimpy and tasteless. Usually no more than a cup of thin soup and maybe a piece of dry bread at lunch and dinner, though one day they did bring a baked potato. One of my four roommates thought that National Health spent $3 or $4 per day per patient on food.

So, after days of this regimen, the one meal I daydreamed about was a big helping of tender boneless chuck pot roast submerged in a rich red wine gravy with onions, carrots, red bell peppers, etc., a piece of artisan bread, and mashed potatoes on the side. No matter it was hot in the room with no AC. My hunger overrode all other desires.

On arrival home, at the first opportunity, my husband made the trip to Sam's Club for a beautiful piece of boneless chuck and roasted it to perfection.

[Two Bills]

I had the misfortune to break a leg in July in Dover, England a few years ago. I spent nine days in a hospital in Ashford having surgery and getting well enough to be put on a plane accompanied by a nurse from "On Call Intl." The hospital was an old facility and there either was no AC, or it was broken the whole time. So was the WiFi.

The care from the staff at the hospital was very caring and good, but the meals were beyond skimpy and tasteless. Usually no more than a cup of thin soup and maybe a piece of dry bread at lunch and dinner, though one day they did bring a baked potato. One of my four roommates thought that National Health spent $3 or $4 per day per patient on food.

So, after days of this regimen, the one meal I daydreamed about was a big helping of tender boneless chuck pot roast submerged in a rich red wine gravy with onions, carrots, red bell peppers, etc., a piece of artisan bread, and mashed potatoes on the side. No matter it was hot in the room with no AC. My hunger overrode all other desires.

On arrival home, at the first opportunity, my husband made the trip to Sam's Club for a beautiful piece of boneless chuck and roasted it to perfection.

I know our hospitals do not serve gourmet meals, but gruel and dry bread?
I call BS.
If you had any decent medical insurance, you would have been in a private ward anyway.

Ashford NHS Hospital menu below.
https://www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/patients/support-and-facilities/meals

[Stu from NYC]

My best dinner was my first meal after I got released from prison. Just a simple Big Mac and fries. I served 35 years for elder abuse and aggravated manslaughter.

Make sure you only say nice things about the developer, last person who did not got 10 years in Leavenworth.

[Carla B]

I know our hospitals do not serve gourmet meals, but gruel and dry bread?
I call BS.
If you had any decent medical insurance, you would have been in a private ward anyway.

Ashford NHS Hospital menu below.
https://www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/patients/support-and-facilities/meals

Dear Two Bills: I certainly didn't mean to insult you or the NHS; as I said, the care was very good and attentive, actually better than most I've experienced in the U.S. When the Wi-Fi was out one of the nurses allowed downloading data from my insurance co. to his cell phone.

Also, I thought we had good trip insurance from Berkshire Hathaway, with medical being primary rather than secondary to Medicare. It paid the hospital bill and all the associated trip expenses. As far as accommodations, maybe placement in a ward is standard procedure for people with trip insurance.

Actually, I misspoke; the hospital was not Ashford, it was Wm. Harvey Hospital, in Ashford. And I'm sorry, at that point I would have looked forward to a meal at Denny's.

[Bonanza]

A dozen jumbo steamed Maryland blue crabs with Old Bay seasoning, and beer. Nothing else is needed.

Pick some up at Bubba's in Leesberg.
You won't be sorry!
:mmmm:

[shaw8700@outlook.com]

The best I’ve ever had out was at The Worthington Hotel in Fort Worth, TX. I don’t know what possessed me and my husband as this was about 35 years ago when we certainly weren’t rolling in the dough so to speak. The restaurant server told us they never have to seat a table twice in one night and I can sure see why. We had course after course, from soup to salad to fruit and best thing they had was steak, about three inches thick and done to perfection. I still think back on it and the hundred dollars we paid for it was sure worth it!

[Decadeofdave]

Fresh Lake Superior white fish.

[Ecuadog]

Not a dinner, but just about the best thing that I have ever tasted was the porchetta at La Norceria di Iacozzilli in Trastevere, Rome.

[CFrance]

Fresh Lake Superior white fish.
In Charlevoix, MI, there was a restaurant that served planked Lake MI whitefish. They also had the best fish chowder ever.

Lightly dusted and sautéed Lake MI lake perch at the former Spinnaker Restaurant at the Hilton Hotel on 28th St SE in Grand Rapids, MI. Back in the '90s. The first time I ever liked fish, and it's been onward and upward from there.

[fdpaq0580]

The best I’ve ever had out was at The Worthington Hotel in Fort Worth, TX. I don’t know what possessed me and my husband as this was about 35 years ago when we certainly weren’t rolling in the dough so to speak. The restaurant server told us they never have to seat a table twice in one night and I can sure see why. We had course after course, from soup to salad to fruit and best thing they had was steak, about three inches thick and done to perfection. I still think back on it and the hundred dollars we paid for it was sure worth it!

With good beef, my idea of "done to perfection" is when it mom's when I cut off a chunk. Bloody good, eh wot!

[Ham_and_Cheese]

A dozen jumbo steamed Maryland blue crabs with Old Bay seasoning, and beer. Nothing else is needed.Maybe a ½ lb of steamed shrimp while waiting for the crabs