Well, here we are again. Another week, another meal plan.
On a food note (the only tune I play), I had a dream last night that a group of friends was insisting we all go to Domino’s to get pizza. And I kept thinking that if I were going to splurge (barf – I hate that term) on pizza, I wanted it to be GOOD pizza, not Domino’s pizza. And my husband kept saying that I was being unfair to Domino’s because I hadn’t had in more than a decade. There was no resolution to this dream, just arguing.
On a totally unrelated note, but yet still also tangentially food-related, I watched the first episode of the newest season of Great British Baking Show and one of the contestants used the phrase “oh, suck an egg” as an imprecation, and I realized how close it is to “effing A.” A very satisfying replacement, I think.
Okay, here’s what’s on the menu this week:
Dinners for the Week of September 28-October 4
- Tacos
- Grilled Ginger Lime Swordfish with Grilled Zucchini
- Breakfast for Dinner
- Oven Roasted Chicken Shawarma with Steamed Broccoli
- Garlic Balsamic Crusted Pork Tenderloin with Roasted Asparagus
- Roasted Fish with Scallions and Ginger
- Takeout or Snack Dinner
I really don’t have the will to rewatch the episode (I love it really, but it definitely doesn’t need to be seen twice !), but I remember the exchange and think you’ll find that it was a variation of ‘don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs’. I’m not sure whether it’s as well known a phrase in the US as it is here in the UK, but it’s not an insult so much as basically an exhortation to not mansplain.
My favourite British saying, that I got from Downton Abbey, is “girl’s blouse” in that, don’t be such a girl’s blouse about it.