What's for Dinner, Thurs. 10/20??

[cjs]

What's on the menu for today?

don't know here - maybe I'll get inspired reading your ideas.

[Trixxee]

I never did make dinner last night as I was so full from a sushi lunch - I only had two handrolls and four other slices of a roll. Really, that's not all that much for me! Turned out best though - Michael had one heck of a load of homework that he needed help on. If I had to cook and clean up, things would have been tense. I don't ever want to hear about Popocatepetl and Ixtlaccihuatl again!

So tonight it's chicken topped with blue cheese & chives, smashed potatoes and asparagus.

[cjs]

"I don't ever want to hear about Popocatepetl and Ixtlaccihuatl again!"

Dare I ask, what the heck is that/those???

[Trixxee]

Here it is in a nutshell. They are two volcanoes in Mexico. Michael is studying myths, legends, folklore, etc. I wanted to poke my eyes out at the end. I can't even pronounce the darn things! And apparently neither can anyone else - they are nicknamed Popo and Ixtla. LOL.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popocat%C3%...C3%ADhuatl

[losblanos1]

Tonights dinner: Chicken cutlets with an almond-butter sauce and steamed asparagus.

[Gourmet_Mom]

Trixxee, it is so hard to get kids not to stress over the pronunciation of a proper noun. I tell them and tell them, and they will still come ask me. I tell them it's Timbuktu, for all I know. They never get it....LOL!

The cold front finally moved in....WOW! What a difference! Perfect soup weather! We're having our old favorite, Lasagna Soup! It's sitting there waiting for William to get home from hunting. Just need to bring to a boil, add pasta and spinach, and dinner is served. Oh, and I have garlic bread to throw in, too. (No, I didn't make it.)

[cjs]

We ended up having the test frozen Pork and Bean Burritos from the new book - freeze great! And, I put a little packet of homemade refried beans in with the burritos, so what an easy oven dinner.

[Trixxee]

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Trixxee, it is so hard to get kids not to stress over the pronunciation of a proper noun. I tell them and tell them, and they will still come ask me. I tell them it's Timbuktu, for all I know. They never get it....LOL!

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Funnily enough he was reading about Timuktu last night as well for his African chapter in Social Studies! LOL.

[cjs]

Wow, it's a lesson in itself for pronunciation and forget spelling!!

[labradors]

Hehehe. When I was a kid, my favourite word to spring upon someone in a game of hangman was "Reykjavík."