Madonna's Meal

After looking through the recipes I picked yesterday, last night I really just wanted something reasonably quick.  It ended up taking just as long to get the groceries (I left the bag with the meat at the store...on the coldest, rainiest night of the year so far, of course) as it would have to make the chicken, but Nick opted for beef anyway so...there you have it.

Call it what you want: Schnitzel, Chicken Fried Steak, Melanesa, whatever...it's still beef breaded and fried.  It's delish.  Rebecca has a great description (and history less) on the dish here...worth the read, for sure.

Instead of making french fries on my own, I took the easy way and grabbed a bag of frozen sweet potato fries.  Worth. It.  However, I did attempt the grilled (though mine was fried) provolone recipe as well. On looking at the recipe again, I think what I did was nothing like the recipe...it was still yummy though.  I fried it up in the pan I'd used for the meat, turning it over every time it melted a bit, so the bread crumb flavoring got into the cheese.  The cheese itself was a big overpowering, but overall the effect was superb.  I won't even look at the calories.

So, this was dinner.  Simple, quick, loosely Argentinian.