I Don't Always Do It the Same Way
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (99075)
United States
March 2, 2024 8:28am CST
For dinner last night I just made up a batch of Gorton's beer battered fish filets. They come out crispy and good and are quick and easy to make. We had a salad on the side and I even made some homemade tartar sauce.
Nothing special. Just a combination of pickle relish and mayonnaise. Or, in our case, Miracle Whip since we never have real mayonnaise in the house. It's a bit zingier, but still delicious.
To top it off, we love Spanish rice around here so I made a batch of that. I don't always do it the same way. But it generally always comes out VERY similar.
For this batch I just melted some bacon grease, then added in some chopped onions and fried that up a bit. Then I added in the raw rice and browned it before adding a cup of beef broth, another cup and a half or so of water and 2/3 cup salsa. Simmered it and covered it like normal.
Delicious.
What went on your dinner table last night, and how do you make your Spanish rice when you make it?
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14 responses
@GardenGerty (163145)
• United States
3 Mar 24
We had a "bowl" type dinner. It is inspired by a fast food dish but better. Taco John's sells "Potato Oles" which are tater crowns topped with various things like meat, cheese, guacamole and salsa. I do not even remember what goes in theirs. I had made a cheesy dip earlier this week with Rotel tomatoes and black beans in a cheese sauce that had melted cheese loaf kicked up with some extra cheddar and pepper jack. I used lean ground beef to make up "taco meat" . Both were put over tater tots. We then added chopped onion, salsa, chips to finish it off. It was "use what we have" my sour cream had gone bad and I did not have any guacamole. It was very tasty. My Spanish rice often involves Rotel, and whatever broth I have. Sometimes also bell peppers and onions.
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@Hannihar (130204)
• Israel
4 Mar 24
@porwest
During the week I eat breakfast and lunch and on Saturdays lunch and a meal not in the evening but some hours after I eat lunch. I eat meat for lunch and when want milk products have to wait till I can eat them after the meat. I really do not have a main meal.
@LindaOHio (187028)
• United States
3 Mar 24
I remember my mother making Spanish rice; and it always had a tomato base. I had a DQ Chicken Strip Basket - chicken strips, fries, Texas toast....Yum! Have a good day.
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@Tampa_girl7 (52245)
• United States
2 Mar 24
We had spicy baked chicken and baked sweet potatoes.
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@RasmaSandra (84135)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2 Mar 24
Your dinner sounds delicious. I have never made Spanish rice but have had it in restaurants. I had a pork sausage patty with BBQ sauce and some tater tots,
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@MarieCoyle (42948)
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2 Mar 24
I haven't made Spanish rice in quite a while. My son doesn't care for it for some reason, but he loves rice other ways so we have it regularly. I love fish, especially baked. Sounds just fine to me!
I made my Grandma's old fashioned salmon cakes. We love them, and I need to have them more often. We had broccoli and baked potatoes, easy and good.
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@Beestring (15240)
• Hong Kong
2 Mar 24
That looks delicious. Had fried potatoes with minced pork.
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@2ndchances24 (10303)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
2 Mar 24
Man you making all this good food it's killing me to read about
when I get back in the cabin I'm going to have to go to your
post & find them all so I can make me a list of them to eat. 
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