Thursday, May 13, 2010

Compromising and Improvising

Mrs. Grumpy is out of town at a nurse's meeting for 2 days. So I'm trapped with the wild bunch.


Dr. Grumpy: "Hey, what do you guys want for dinner?"

Craig: "Tacos!"

Frank: "Hot dogs!"

Marie: "Don't care."

Frank: "We had tacos last week! He always gets what he wants!"

Craig: "You had a hot dog for lunch yesterday."

Frank: "You idiot!"

Craig: "You're stupider than Snowball!"

(scuffle)

Dr. Grumpy: "STOP THAT!!!"

(silence)

Dr. Grumpy: "Let me look in the fridge."

Hmm. We have some hot dogs, leftover taco meat from last week, shredded cheese. No buns, or bread. How can she leave us without bread?!!! Now what do I do...

Dr. Grumpy: "Okay! Instead of hot dogs or tacos... We're having Taco Dogs!"

(Put together on the spur of the moment from leftovers. A taco shell, with a hot dog, taco meat, and cheese. They were surprisingly popular, albeit unhealthy).

30 comments:

J-Quell'n said...

Oh gross!

AlexDreamz said...

Were you eavesdropping on a conversation between my husband and my 2 boys? Cuz I'm SURE that conversation has occurred in my house at least once during some absence of mine!!

Anonymous said...

solomon

Kimbra Kasch said...

I made spaghetti marinara last night and my husband wanted to add hot dogs - yuck - I told him, "No way." He could add it to his but not to the pot for everyone.

Maybe he just wanted more for him.

Anonymous said...

Better Taco Dogs than dog tacos.

BelleinBows said...

Doesnt sound half bad!

BelleinBows said...

Bahaha doesn't sound half bad!

Maha said...

I'm very tempted to try to recreate this when my shift is over!

bb said...

Did you eat it too? :)

The Duchess said...

LOL...did Marie roll her eyes, sigh, and get out the Chinese delivery menu for her dinner? Your life is like watching my favorite sitcom :)

Anonymous said...

Sounds like something I would make when I'm ravenous at 2am...lol

thegooddrlaura said...

"Dad food"! gotta love it.

Joann said...

YUCK!!! Wait 'til MOM hears about this!! LOL!!

Anonymous said...

Inventing the taco dog moves you from cook to chef.

Christie Critters said...

not so gross...not-spouse time is secretly wonderful. I (secretly) served "Stubble" popcorn and coke (the bottled kind) for dinner on Friday nights - back in the day...

Mark In Mayenne said...

Yay! Let's hear it for Grumpy creativity! Meets two conflicting needs at once, on fridge leftovers.

I'm sure, judging from one of your previous posts, they were either delicious, average, or horrible.

Anonymous said...

What I have learned by experience as a Dad: you are supposed to feed *pets* the appropriate food for their species...take-out pizza and large cokes to go!

ver. word: *dundst*
Some real *dundces* around here, methinks! Go stand in the corner!
Will bring over the little pointy hat later!

Anonymous said...

from now on, when Mrs Grumpy makes regular tacos, your kids will complain. And you will get a angry look.

Joe said...

awesome Dad.

Anonymous said...

One word: Awesome!

mongolian yak said...

don't you have ramen noodles any more? ramen dogs would be awesome :p

The Mother said...

Dinner Wars!

(get worse as the kids get older. Until about 21)

ndenunz said...

I hope you didn't secretly put Tobasco sauce in the taco sauce bottle.

anonymous hammer medic said...

not entirely related, but something you may wish to contribute to.

http://shitmykidsruined.com

medstud(ent) said...

you just brought back memories from my childhood! strangest one for me was ranch style beans with a can of tuna on crackers. surprisingly un-disgusting.

Louise said...

Absolutely f'n brilliant.

Kat's Kats said...

Sounds good to me! Hey, I'm a mom and that's what I would have done!!

moplans said...

nicely done Dr Grumpy! Way to improvise

ERP said...

Sounds like something my wife would crave when she was pregnant.

Jules said...

This is one of your cutest entries ever. "You're stupider than Snowball" also cracked me up.

(sorry for all the comments)

 
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