What did you have for dinner last night?

@TheHorse (224905)
Walnut Creek, California
March 24, 2020 3:55pm CST
A few nights ago, I ordered some really good Chinese food for take out from a local restaurant. Like many restaurants around the United States (and perhaps the world), they are offering only take out at this time. I ordered something called "hot pot chicken," which is a delicate chicken dish with a nice, slightly spicy, sauce on it. The flavors are subtle, not overwhelming, like much American Chinese food can be. I ordered "rice for two," meaning that I could get three meals out of the order. The cost was $18.00. Last night, I heated some up and had it for dinner. As you can see, this restaurant provided delicious sweet peanuts with my order order, so I cooked some of that up on the side. It was yummy. What did you have for dinner last night? Are you using more canned foods? Or doing your usual thing these days? I have some canned foods stored up here, but I'm trying to eat as "normal" as possible.
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Courtney
@Courtlynn (67091)
• United States
24 Mar 20
French toast and scrambled eggs
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The Horse
@TheHorse (224905)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Mar 20
That actually sounds quite good! I had bacon and eggs for breakfast again today. I'm kind of addicted to bacon right now. Did the French toast and scrambled eggs satisfy?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (224905)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Mar 20
@Courtlynn Oh oh. What was for lunch?
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Courtney
@Courtlynn (67091)
• United States
24 Mar 20
@TheHorse for like an hour. But it didn't make me full.
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John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109845)
• Los Angeles, California
24 Mar 20
I had mini pizzas last night.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (224905)
• Walnut Creek, California
24 Mar 20
Were they (initially) frozen? Did they do the job?
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John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109845)
• Los Angeles, California
25 Mar 20
@TheHorse They were homemade.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (224905)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Mar 20
@JohnRoberts Ah, cool! Anything on them other than cheese and tomato?
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Torunn
@Torunn (8607)
• Norway
25 Mar 20
I'm doing my usual thing: staring into the fridge and thinking "what's fast?" If there's nothing fast, I'll go the shop and get something fast. But Chinese. You know this virus is from China, right? Have you asked the precident if this is safe?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472526)
• Switzerland
25 Mar 20
No take out orders here and all restaurants are closed, this does not change my life, I always cook from scratch. I made something exotic yesterday "Accras de Morue" (Salt cod fritters) it's from the French Antilles.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472526)
• Switzerland
26 Mar 20
@TheHorse No side with this dish, but a sauce made with onions, garlic, hot pepper and oil. Accras are usually served as appetizers, but we were not hungry and we only had them and a dessert.
The Horse
@TheHorse (224905)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Mar 20
What do you have on the side with this dish? I had not heard of it, of course.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (185512)
• United States
25 Mar 20
I had a Spam Lite sandwich.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (224905)
• Walnut Creek, California
25 Mar 20
Spam lite? What does Spam lite taste like? Did you smother it in mayonnaise?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (224905)
• Walnut Creek, California
26 Mar 20
@LindaOHio It sounds...absolutey horrible! But I hope you enjoyed it.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (185512)
• United States
25 Mar 20
@TheHorse Fried up it's almost like bacon. I put a little bit of ketchup on it.
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G
@freelancermariagrace (28886)
• Philippines
25 Mar 20
I had fish for dinner. I don't have canned goods often
marguicha
@marguicha (225720)
• Chile
24 Mar 20
I don´t use many cans in my cooking and I don´t have more than the usual now.
much2say
@much2say (57381)
• Los Angeles, California
24 Mar 20
We had taco salad as we had all the ingredients for it and I had to use up teeny avocados (made guacamole). We had ground chicken instead of our usual ground beef (and half the amount). Before this pandemic, we have been trying to eat less meat and eat smaller portions . . . so this situation actually has made us stick to the plan. Plus this way we can conserve our ingredients (just in case). But eating well relatively well still .
Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (113836)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Mar 20
My usual thing is eating at home.
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (349710)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Mar 20
We've just doing the usual. We picked up fresh vegies a day or two ago. They should last a week or two. And I doubled up on staples so we can cook from scratch which is pretty much what we do anyway.
Faye
@FayeHazel (40239)
• United States
25 Mar 20
Oh that looks lovely/ We are pretty much cooking our normal here. Up to the craziness I have been trying to stock up some groceries so we're ok there :-)
Simone
@Janet357 (75646)
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24 Mar 20
i ate beef steak and chickn with veggies. no canned goods
MrsJ
@SophiaMorros (5044)
• Belews Creek, North Carolina
25 Mar 20
Last night? Beef and sweet potato stew. We've been eating normally around here. I have a freezer full of beef from the last cow we bought last fall and I usually have at least a couple of packages of chicken in the freezer as well. My grocery habits haven't changed and at this point, neither have our eating habits.