What's For Dinner #72 - Wait, Summer Is Almost Over? Edition - August 2021

The beach, Tiki torches, comfort food, and Corelle? All in the same evening? I love everything about this.

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Pricewise, I think it’s very similar here in the U.S. We can get 10 oz. (283 grams) for $4.99 (4.26 €). They opened a Rana factory in Chicago, Illinois in 2012, and they’ve grown exponentially in the U.S.

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Costco has Rana lobster ravioli and usually one other choice.

I think they’re about even to TJs options (some of those have finer pasta - the seasonal ones).

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Eh - bad pizza is good sometimes too!

Lobster roll was from a tiny south shore fish shop attached to an auto place - I got the warm drawn butter version, for a change from the cold mayo one, so that roll is drenched in butter :joy: It was nicely griddled too. And the seasoned fries. Ok I have to stop now.

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Just a quick Insalata Caprese and a pasta … We shall be heading north to Valencia City in the morning.


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I had not read about this. This is super news !

I truly enjoy their tortellini … They are very light … And with a home made sauce from scratch, they are a lovely lunch.

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I’ve only ever seen Rana do cheese or cheese & spinach. I’ll have to look for their mushroom. Contadina/Buitoni has a tasty mushroom ravioli, if you haven’t tried it. Similar - refrigerated fresh pasta. Half moons. Does anyone make beef ravioli anymore? Everywhere I look, it’s cheese here cheese there…

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Deelicious!!

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Do you mind sharing the price? I got one last month (3rd lobster roll in life?) and I’m curious how badly I got punished. We paid $20 and got 1/2 as much lobster meat as you, it looks like.

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I agree about Rana’s ravs too, love their thin pasta :yum:

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I traditionally only post my home cooked meals here, however for the heck of it I’ll share a “nosh-take-in-night” looks like around here. A very local place to me makes a wide variety of things including sushi-pizza-burgers and more, and does them all fairly well.

Mango habanero wings (boneless by error) lobster bisque in a sourdough bread bowl (pretty cool to go item) hanger steak salad - Turkey club. (son will hit the lottery when he suddenly gets the munchies at 12am)

A very enjoyable nosh-night!!

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I assume the components were packed separately!

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Correct, “some assembly is required”.

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Big-ass bone-in pork chop, seasoned with Penzeys Tsardust Memories seasoning mix, pan-seared in olive oil and butter, finished in the toaster/convection oven. Topped with a roasted shallot and tomato relish from Food dot com…not too bad.

Sides were leftover rice pilaf and steamed broccoli.

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Very spicy buffalo chicken thigh with tasty but too salty blue cheese coleslaw.

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$25 or thereabouts.
But it’s literally a fish shop - there’s nowhere to eat.

That said, it was loaded with lobster - pretty sure there was a whole one in each. They said 6oz of meat, seemed more like 8oz.

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Ok @LindaWhit. Please tell me how much of that pork chop you eat vs save for another meal.

I bought two of them today (on sale, looked very fresh) and I think I might eat a whole giant one just because it’s there.

(They’re going to be marinated Vietnamese style.)

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It looked very generous.

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That big ll’ honker makes two meals for me. And the bone goes into a bag in the freezer with other pork bones to make pork stock at a later date.

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Son’s favorite, “mashed, smashed chicken”
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