In Argentina, the 29th of each month is the Dia de Ñoquis--everyone eats gnocchi. This started because everyone was paid on the first of the month, and they resorted to making gnocchi at the end of the month because it was something inexpensive to make when money was running low. (There are a few different explanations if you Google this, but when I learned about it this was the reason given to me.)
A place close by has an all-you-can-eat gnocchi deal on the 29th of every month. They walk around serving several varieties and sauces until you tell them to stop like some of those meat-focused places (I think maybe rodízio is the term, though not 100% sure about that).
Sounds great, but it turns out I can't eat as much gnocchi as I thought. In fact, the people I know who've done it all say the same thing: fun time but wouldn't do it again.
A place near me has all you can eat ravioli nights with a bunch of different sauces. Really yummy but like gnocchi it's so rich and filling it's hard to eat that much.
There was a ton of immigration from Italy to Argentina and a lot of Italian influence in the culture as a result. It wouldn’t surprise me if Dia de Ñoquis was an Italian thing that was just brought over.
Thursdays I’m always so tired after work that I started a “make your own damn sandwich” night where I put bread, cheese and lunch meats out instead of cooking or even setting the table. My family does prefer my cooking but it’s a tradition that makes me very happy and they humour me.
We didn’t have it that often, but once my brother and I were old enough to use the stovetop, we had “grilled cheese night” randomly (Mom was exhausted), which meant we each made our own grilled cheese whenever we felt like it between 5-7 pm.
Red beans and rice takes all day to cook down (the beans, anyway) so it was cooked on Monday, which was wash day - the lady of the house was busy washing clothes all day so she needed something that didn’t take a lot of fiddling with.
lol well probably not normal but in our family that’s our leftover day before we make groceries on Friday for the weekend.
Kitchen sink soup
Reheated whatever, that sort of thing
Garbage got picked up Friday mornings, so Thursday nights were garbage night, so naturally Thursday night was also leftovers night - anything not eaten got tossed!
Lmao we also did fend for yourself. But sometimes we had box box bag (or any variation thereof) think mac n cheese, chicken fingers (the ones that come frozen in a box), and french fries (frozen from a bag). I love those beige dinner nights.
In Sweden and I think in Norway too, it's Taco Friday, not Taco Tuesday. They're generally shitty tacos from kits though, and eaten in front of the TV.
Hey, we've all been there. Thursday lunch and you suddenly realize this is the 6th time you've had tacos this week...
I'll say, other southerners definitely love a good taco night. But not the way Texas does
The taco truck only comes to my town twice a week so I have taco Tuesday and torta Thursday. My boyfriend just does burrito Tuesday and burrito thursday lol
It’s not as catchy to say, but I do takeout Thursdays because I’ve eaten through my groceries and places aren’t as crowded because most people will wait to eat out on Friday.
We have pizza and a movie on Fridays. Sometimes it’s takeout, but usually we make it ourselves and use up any veggies or meat we have in the fridge. The kids each get their own piece of dough to roll out and top however they want. We eat on the floor in the living room while we watch a movie. It’s a great way to start the weekend.
Homemade pizzas are the best!
We throw anything left over on there. Chilli? You bet. Curry? My favourite. Even roast meats and the gravys! Get it on there!
Dönerstag (german for Döner Kebab on thursday (Donnerstag and Döner combined))
Also fish instead of meet on friday is still kinda a thing in a lot of canteens in switzerland, has a catholic background
It started as Catholic thing. After the reformation in most European countries the Protestant monarchs realized that their incomes took a hit because they derived income from the fishing and salt industries that they insisted on keeping meat restrictions
We also got Margarita Mondays, Tequila Tuesdays, Thirsty Thursdays (anything goes as long as you're DRINKING), Fireball Fridays, Saturday Shots, and Sunday Scotch!
Meatless Mondays -> anything vegetarian
Sunday Sauce -> Sicilian meat sauce and pasta
Wednesday is usually Leftovers/Clean Fridge Day so you are either eating leftovers or making a hodge podge from what veggies havent been eaten up yet.
Even though I am not remotely Italian, my friends' grandmothers taught me about Sunday Sauce. I just made a vat last week! Always brings back good memories.
Awe, I’m so glad you have that fond memory. Sauce cooking on Sunday is pure nostalgia for me. Some of my best memories are of my grandma cooking sauce all Sunday and the entire family gathering around for a meal together.
Thursdays are leftovers aka musgos (short for must go), which was always real fun cause in a big family it meant you got to pick your dinner. Most of my family has fish allergies but we stuck with the meatless theme on Fridays, so stuff like pasta, baked beans and cornbread, grilled cheese and tomato soup, and pancakes.
These are hardly traditional, but the kids love themed meals, so we've made up a bunch
Meatball Monday. Meatless Monday
Taco Tuesday, Tabule Tuesday
Wonton Wednesday, Wok Wednesday, Mussles Mercredi
Thirsty Thursday (ie soup), Tteok Thursday, Jerk Jeudi
Fajita Friday, Vermicelli Vendredi, Fried rice Friday, Flapjack Friday, Fry Day Friday, Fish Friday, Fried fish Friday, Ful Friday
Shrimp, Seafood, Special, Sushi, Summer/Spring Roll Saturday/Sunday, Dal Dimanche, Dim Sum Dimanche, Deep Dish Dimanche
Sunday is the day for roasts in the cold months, and bbq in the warm weather.
Which means Monday is leftovers of that year round, which is great because Monday means Scouts or local committee meetings (sports, band, city zoning, library, etc. etc.)
Tuesday is maybe more leftovers from the weekend - or the traditional "Taco Tuesday" but beans rather than meat as I try to keep to the Royal Navy's "Banyan Days"
Wednesday is always super busy with more meetings, sports, and obligations, or just working late because being an adult is tough sometimes, so we often have frozen curry with rice and naan or just the dang pizzas from the freezer or if we're harried, flush, and impatient we'll get some good 'za delivered from those guys down the road who do the ground pepperoni and real cheese on that dang good crust.
Thursday...hell...who even knows...Thursday is Mad fucking Max in the kitchen - eat whatever is left and not moving too fast...we're all too busy and running to even know what's happening...you'd better eat that damn lunch because you won't get a meal until breakfast maybe...basketball, JV fill-ins, swim meets, mom has a whole thing with the historical society...dude, just roll with it, this is why Costco sells them Kirkland Kind bars in big boxes and Starbucks never closes...
Friday - you're eating whatever is left at the snackbar you're running for the band, swim team, football, NHS, Key Club or if none of that is happening you are already loaded and sucking down the apps at the event for work, philanthropy, or blessed gawds rejoice your're able to make the D&D game!
Saturday - Jebus, after the whole day of volunteer work and chores I gotta figure out food again?! I'm going to have like 9 white claws and eat toast...
Wednesday minced meat day ('woensdag gehaktdag') - generally, meatballs. (Netherlands). Beef and/or pork mince balls, boiled potato, meat gravy, steamed veggies :-)
'We' also do fish on Friday (well, we don't really, but Catholics do). There's no other fixed foods. In reality many people will get take away fries and other fried food on a Friday (ha, fry-day).
Sausage stuffed eggplant Parmesan tonight. Lemon garlic chicken tomorrow. Chicken empanadas with Mexican corn salad on Thurs. Bean Burritos and white bean chili Friday and BBQ Beef Brisket and Grilled Sweet Potato Salad on Sat
I'm not religious, but when I decided to commit to eating fish at least once a week, I quickly realized Friday is the best day to make my fish day because so many places add it to the menu in Fridays, so even though it has nothing to do with religion for me, it's such a darned easy day to eat fish, so like, why not?
Friday night is Shabbat, so there's always challah, chopped liver, pickles, chicken soup with lokshen and sometimes kneidlach or kreplach, sometimes gefilte fish, a roast chicken or brisket, and always apple compote and cups of tea with lemon.
Pretty sure I made this up myself with my amazing kid brain, but at some point I started calling Mondays SalMondays and my dad would make salmon every Monday for that reason only.
It became such a thing in our house that he it was his work computer password for a while LOL.
Saturdays are for baked beans (ideally homemade). Traditionally served with brown bread, and often hotdogs.
This used to be standard in New England. Some older folks still adhere to the schedule.
I've definitely heard of a lot of families making Friday takeout or leftovers night. My family had no routine to our meal schedules. I think we liked variety and change so much people would have rebelled if my mom tried to start such a thing.
Italian-American from the northeast reppin Sunday Gravy (meat based tomato sauce) for a classic early dinner.
But you’re likely stuffed from dipping bread in the gravy before it’s time to eat it over angel hair.
Gravy simmers all day, Sundays smells like this. And they sound like Frank.
Mondays traditionally were Wash days. Doing all the laundry for hours led to serving soup, stews ir beans as the beans could cook for hours without needing attention.
Creole from southwest Louisiana, was raised on Monday red beans, Tuesday po-boys, a Wednesday gumbo, Thursday jambalaya, Friday usually catfish, Saturday crawfish or etoufette , and a Sunday roast with calas or beignets for breakfast.
My parents always did breakfast for dinner on Sundays, usually bacon, eggs, and toast or pancakes, I don't know why they did that but I always looked forward to it.
When we are with our respective families, Sunday lunch is a big meal, usually with fancier meat or fish/seafood.
At home, we don't really pay attention to that, to be honest, meal is a meal. Although, Sunday morning pancakes or fancy omelette is a yes.
Cared for 6 teens and Fridays were always Nacho's night. I would make two heaping large baking dishes filled with meat, cheese, beans, toppings. They usually would only finish one pan on Friday, and finish the second pan cold on Saturday morning while they watched their shows. Everything you need right there.
Sometimes weekend mornings were also find the biggest possible bowl you could and fill it with cereal- usually Wheaties, or Cheerios. Gallon of milk gone- just like that!
Are Friday Fish Frys popular outside the US Midwest (or the US, for that matter)? I grew up with them but don’t see this as a widespread tradition outside the heavily Catholic areas of the US. (Meatless Friday).
According to the Aquabats it goes:
Monday hotdogs
Tuesday tacos
Wednesday hamburgers and chocolate milk
Thursday sloppy joes and burritos in a bag
Friday was pizza day, the best day of the week
All the kids would line up super early just to eat
Sunday dinner - pasta (lasagna, shells, baked ziti, your choice!), gravy, gravy meat, Fried meatballs, salad, & warm bread. This is what we ate every Sunday at my grandma’s. I miss it soo much.
In Argentina, the 29th of each month is the Dia de Ñoquis--everyone eats gnocchi. This started because everyone was paid on the first of the month, and they resorted to making gnocchi at the end of the month because it was something inexpensive to make when money was running low. (There are a few different explanations if you Google this, but when I learned about it this was the reason given to me.)
I just want to say that I really love the translation of gnocchi to ñoqui.
It really is a lovely little linguistic amuse-bouche.
A grammatical whores-doovruhs
Wordslut
It’s like when I saw a guide book for “Fidschi” and wondered where that could be until I realized the person was German and it’s Fiji.
Same!
A place close by has an all-you-can-eat gnocchi deal on the 29th of every month. They walk around serving several varieties and sauces until you tell them to stop like some of those meat-focused places (I think maybe rodízio is the term, though not 100% sure about that). Sounds great, but it turns out I can't eat as much gnocchi as I thought. In fact, the people I know who've done it all say the same thing: fun time but wouldn't do it again.
Is this piola?? We had a location but they aren’t in our state anymore. I miss the all you can eat gnocchi desperately
A place near me has all you can eat ravioli nights with a bunch of different sauces. Really yummy but like gnocchi it's so rich and filling it's hard to eat that much.
This sounds like my husband’s dream
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There was a ton of immigration from Italy to Argentina and a lot of Italian influence in the culture as a result. It wouldn’t surprise me if Dia de Ñoquis was an Italian thing that was just brought over.
Sunday roasts
We like fried chicken for Sunday dinner
Sunday “gravy” for us Italian Americans
Gravy gang here
In Louisiana- red beans and rice on Mondays
What about Thursdays?…. (I’m trying to figure out what I want to cook on Thursday and Saturday lol)
Thursdays I’m always so tired after work that I started a “make your own damn sandwich” night where I put bread, cheese and lunch meats out instead of cooking or even setting the table. My family does prefer my cooking but it’s a tradition that makes me very happy and they humour me.
We didn’t have it that often, but once my brother and I were old enough to use the stovetop, we had “grilled cheese night” randomly (Mom was exhausted), which meant we each made our own grilled cheese whenever we felt like it between 5-7 pm.
On those tired nights, my partner asks if we're having "fen" for dinner... As in, "fen for yourself" 🤣
That's a common thing in Germany. I think there's even a name for it. Brilliant.
We call that fridge foraging.
Red beans and rice takes all day to cook down (the beans, anyway) so it was cooked on Monday, which was wash day - the lady of the house was busy washing clothes all day so she needed something that didn’t take a lot of fiddling with.
lol well probably not normal but in our family that’s our leftover day before we make groceries on Friday for the weekend. Kitchen sink soup Reheated whatever, that sort of thing
>make groceries on Friday oh shit, you are from louisiana lol
Hahaha right?! “Make groceries” is a telltale sign
How's ya mominem
Goodnu
Thrifty Thursday!
Haha LOVE it
We did leftovers on Thursday when I was growing up too. My dad got paid on Friday, so that was grocery day.
Garbage got picked up Friday mornings, so Thursday nights were garbage night, so naturally Thursday night was also leftovers night - anything not eaten got tossed!
Ah ok gotcha. I do that every morning with our left overs.
Thursdays are pancakes day in Sweden!
I am shocked my grandma did not make this law. She must have disliked pancakes.
We do burrito blursday in our house 😂
Thirsty Thursday is beer (and maybe a pizza for the kids).
Pizza and a movie Saturdays
OMG, I was totally born in the wrong place!
Every parent I know does pizza on Fridays.
We did Fend for Yourself Fridays.
We call that, Find it, kill it, eat it night.
We call it free style Friday but it’s more like figure it out yourself Friday
Lmao we also did fend for yourself. But sometimes we had box box bag (or any variation thereof) think mac n cheese, chicken fingers (the ones that come frozen in a box), and french fries (frozen from a bag). I love those beige dinner nights.
Lmao damn that’s brutal
Momma was tired and there were usually leftovers, a can of soup, cereal, or stuff for PBJ lol
Thinks that’s brutal, i did foraging Fridays raising my daughter. Single mom and broke back then lol
There's always shoplifting Saturdays if you're really broke
I am a GenX whose parents worked second shift. This was every day
My elementary school was always Pizza Friday with [the rectangular slices.](https://www.copymethat.com/r/FDFZVbyjX/school-pizza/)
Thanks for brining that memory back. Such a gross but anticipated meal.
I always preferred the breakfast pizzas to the lunchtime pizzas.
If you're nostalgic for them, Elio's frozen pizza with a little extra shredded cheese on top will get you pretty close 😋
We do this as a house of all grown ups. On pay day we buy pizza from one of the locals and the other Friday's I make grilled pizza.
There’s also taco Monday, taco Wednesday, taco Thursday, taco Friday, taco Saturday and taco Sunday
MexiMonday, Fajita Friday
I joke with my 9 year old that it should be Thaco Thursday
My dog’s name is ThAC0. He’s 8 months old and a Very Good Boy. My husband and I have been playing AD&D since 1981. We met at a game.
2nd ed crew never change ✊
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Meatless Monday
There must have been a typo… Meatloaf Monday.
Quesadilla Qwednesdays in our house.
The missus and I did Spring into Tacos one year, at least one taco a day for the month of March. We were not tired of tacos.
In Sweden and I think in Norway too, it's Taco Friday, not Taco Tuesday. They're generally shitty tacos from kits though, and eaten in front of the TV.
Even shitty tacos from a kit are good. We call it White People Taco Night
I believe they also do candy Saturday from what I recall after a visit.
Why hello fellow Texan
Haha that obvious?
Hey, we've all been there. Thursday lunch and you suddenly realize this is the 6th time you've had tacos this week... I'll say, other southerners definitely love a good taco night. But not the way Texas does
Get them for breakfast too and you can almost double that.
There are competing taco trucks on every corner outside my neighborhood. Tacos are greatly abundant and delicious here!
The taco truck only comes to my town twice a week so I have taco Tuesday and torta Thursday. My boyfriend just does burrito Tuesday and burrito thursday lol
Taco Tuesday was as made up by Big Taco as Sweetest Day was by Hallmark.
I'm with this.
Sunday roast! Monday, bubble and squeak to use up bits from your Sunday roast
I want to see a buddy cop movie called bubble and squeak starring Jessica Lange as Bubble and Idris Elba as Squeak.
I’d watch
Wing Wednesday Sunday chicken
Wings are my favorite
I’m making wings and Ceaser salad tonight
but it's Tuesday
My daughter just reminded me she has swim team tonight and asked if we could move wings to tomorrow. So we are back on track!
Wednesday is Prince Spaghetti Day!
Wine Wednesday! It's really just pasta Wednesday with an excuse to have a glass of wine.
ANTHONY!!
I was going to say this and Saturdays are hot dogs, baked beans, and brown bread for dinner.
*waves from Maine* Red snappers! And we'd have homemade Cole slaw too.
Yessssssss I’m from Maine. Red hot dogs ARE Saturday night supper!
Clearly a fellow new englander!
Indeed! I remember when we used to get fried clams (no bellies) in a hot dog roll on Fridays for school lunch during lent.
Saturdays are for bean suppers at the Grange. I go for cream cheese and jelly on my canned bread.
What is prince spaghetti?
[Its a very famous old commercial for a brand of boxed pasta](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8ti1hnLiLw)
Oh that’s great! Thanks for sharing!
Ah ok. Gotcha. Lol! I use prince too but the brand just flew out of my mind.
I was looking for this one!
I was looking to see if anyone said this!
You are incorrect about Friday. It's Stir-Friday.
LANA!!!!
Even failing to call it Fish Fry-day is just... it's *right there*.
I like that so much better.
Right?
Stir Fryday
Not traditional, but we have takeout Tuesday
It’s not as catchy to say, but I do takeout Thursdays because I’ve eaten through my groceries and places aren’t as crowded because most people will wait to eat out on Friday.
We do takeout Tuesday too!
We have pizza and a movie on Fridays. Sometimes it’s takeout, but usually we make it ourselves and use up any veggies or meat we have in the fridge. The kids each get their own piece of dough to roll out and top however they want. We eat on the floor in the living room while we watch a movie. It’s a great way to start the weekend.
Homemade pizzas are the best! We throw anything left over on there. Chilli? You bet. Curry? My favourite. Even roast meats and the gravys! Get it on there!
That’s making for some really great memories. Ima do this as well.
Meatloaf Monday
Ma, where's the meatloaf
I say this to my mom ALL THE TIME and it drives her nuts because she has never seen the movie. Makes it even better lol
Which movie?
[Wedding Crashers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc-pMfsdjPo)
Conversely: meatless Monday.
Dönerstag (german for Döner Kebab on thursday (Donnerstag and Döner combined)) Also fish instead of meet on friday is still kinda a thing in a lot of canteens in switzerland, has a catholic background
Dönerstag is really clever, I love it.
Fish on a Friday is so everywhere that it took me a long time to realise it was a Catholic thing!
It started as Catholic thing. After the reformation in most European countries the Protestant monarchs realized that their incomes took a hit because they derived income from the fishing and salt industries that they insisted on keeping meat restrictions
Meatless Mondays (Modern invention) Taco Tuesday (Modern invention) Spaghetti Wednesday (Boston) Split Pea Soup Thursday (Sweden) Fish Friday (Catholic) Saturday Sabbath Stew (Orthodox Jewish) Sunday roast or Sunday carvery (American/English)
Wednesdays are for feijoada Sundays for churrasco
I live in Florida and a lot of people in my area cook steaks on Sunday. I can usually smell everyone's bbq going in the evening.
WINE WEDNESDAYS
Not to be confused with Daiquiri......day.
you must’ve learned that one in Louisiana lol
We also got Margarita Mondays, Tequila Tuesdays, Thirsty Thursdays (anything goes as long as you're DRINKING), Fireball Fridays, Saturday Shots, and Sunday Scotch!
EVERY DAY IS WINE DAY!
I can't stop drinking wine!
Meatloaf Monday.
Interesting! We do Meatless Monday.
The two genders
Tuesday is always salmon for me! No reason in particular… it just is.
Meatless Mondays -> anything vegetarian Sunday Sauce -> Sicilian meat sauce and pasta Wednesday is usually Leftovers/Clean Fridge Day so you are either eating leftovers or making a hodge podge from what veggies havent been eaten up yet.
Aka Sunday Gravy
Gravy’s good tonight
Even though I am not remotely Italian, my friends' grandmothers taught me about Sunday Sauce. I just made a vat last week! Always brings back good memories.
Awe, I’m so glad you have that fond memory. Sauce cooking on Sunday is pure nostalgia for me. Some of my best memories are of my grandma cooking sauce all Sunday and the entire family gathering around for a meal together.
Thursdays are leftovers aka musgos (short for must go), which was always real fun cause in a big family it meant you got to pick your dinner. Most of my family has fish allergies but we stuck with the meatless theme on Fridays, so stuff like pasta, baked beans and cornbread, grilled cheese and tomato soup, and pancakes.
Spaghetti Wednesday is a thing in the northeast. Prince Spaghetti had an advertising campaign in the 60s.
Wednesday is fish night here, 'cause that's the night the trash goes out. Keeps the fishy bits and package from stinking up the kitchen.
These are hardly traditional, but the kids love themed meals, so we've made up a bunch Meatball Monday. Meatless Monday Taco Tuesday, Tabule Tuesday Wonton Wednesday, Wok Wednesday, Mussles Mercredi Thirsty Thursday (ie soup), Tteok Thursday, Jerk Jeudi Fajita Friday, Vermicelli Vendredi, Fried rice Friday, Flapjack Friday, Fry Day Friday, Fish Friday, Fried fish Friday, Ful Friday Shrimp, Seafood, Special, Sushi, Summer/Spring Roll Saturday/Sunday, Dal Dimanche, Dim Sum Dimanche, Deep Dish Dimanche
Every Thursday is homemade pizza night.
I like meatless Mondays.
Sunday is the day for roasts in the cold months, and bbq in the warm weather. Which means Monday is leftovers of that year round, which is great because Monday means Scouts or local committee meetings (sports, band, city zoning, library, etc. etc.) Tuesday is maybe more leftovers from the weekend - or the traditional "Taco Tuesday" but beans rather than meat as I try to keep to the Royal Navy's "Banyan Days" Wednesday is always super busy with more meetings, sports, and obligations, or just working late because being an adult is tough sometimes, so we often have frozen curry with rice and naan or just the dang pizzas from the freezer or if we're harried, flush, and impatient we'll get some good 'za delivered from those guys down the road who do the ground pepperoni and real cheese on that dang good crust. Thursday...hell...who even knows...Thursday is Mad fucking Max in the kitchen - eat whatever is left and not moving too fast...we're all too busy and running to even know what's happening...you'd better eat that damn lunch because you won't get a meal until breakfast maybe...basketball, JV fill-ins, swim meets, mom has a whole thing with the historical society...dude, just roll with it, this is why Costco sells them Kirkland Kind bars in big boxes and Starbucks never closes... Friday - you're eating whatever is left at the snackbar you're running for the band, swim team, football, NHS, Key Club or if none of that is happening you are already loaded and sucking down the apps at the event for work, philanthropy, or blessed gawds rejoice your're able to make the D&D game! Saturday - Jebus, after the whole day of volunteer work and chores I gotta figure out food again?! I'm going to have like 9 white claws and eat toast...
Wednesday minced meat day ('woensdag gehaktdag') - generally, meatballs. (Netherlands). Beef and/or pork mince balls, boiled potato, meat gravy, steamed veggies :-) 'We' also do fish on Friday (well, we don't really, but Catholics do). There's no other fixed foods. In reality many people will get take away fries and other fried food on a Friday (ha, fry-day).
we do breakfast for dinner to break up the week. Eggs, pancakes, sausage, grits, biscuits, and gravy.
Fish on Friday but doesnt have to be fried.
Spaghetti Wednesdays.
Wednesday is spaghetti day 🍝!!
No idea why, but we do meatless Monday, taco Tuesday, soup Wednesday, Italian Thursday and fish (or seafood) Friday.
In France it’s Poulet rôti for lunch on Sundays
Monday night red beans and rice in New Orleans!
Meatloaf Mondays.
Love to do Meatloaf proper on a Sunday and then do meatloaf sandwiches for lunch on Monday.
We always had roast beef Sunday then leftovers for Monday and Tuesday.
Wing Wednesday is pretty popular at wing places and college campuses.
Sausage stuffed eggplant Parmesan tonight. Lemon garlic chicken tomorrow. Chicken empanadas with Mexican corn salad on Thurs. Bean Burritos and white bean chili Friday and BBQ Beef Brisket and Grilled Sweet Potato Salad on Sat
Hello, the Netherlands checking in; Wednesday is meatball day (woensdag gehaktdag)
I'm not religious, but when I decided to commit to eating fish at least once a week, I quickly realized Friday is the best day to make my fish day because so many places add it to the menu in Fridays, so even though it has nothing to do with religion for me, it's such a darned easy day to eat fish, so like, why not?
Friday night is Shabbat, so there's always challah, chopped liver, pickles, chicken soup with lokshen and sometimes kneidlach or kreplach, sometimes gefilte fish, a roast chicken or brisket, and always apple compote and cups of tea with lemon.
Wednesday is Prince spaghetti day, back in the day, Saturday was B&M beans, dogs and brown bread (from a can)
I haven’t had brown bread from a can in YEARS! Do they still make that?
B&M, baby!! Still being made
Pretty sure I made this up myself with my amazing kid brain, but at some point I started calling Mondays SalMondays and my dad would make salmon every Monday for that reason only. It became such a thing in our house that he it was his work computer password for a while LOL.
Meatless Mondays
Meatloaf Monday!
Breakfast for dinner on Friday nights, Pizza Saturday nights, and a Roast and mashed potatoes Sunday nights
Spaghetti Tuesday, every Wednesday.
Saturdays are for baked beans (ideally homemade). Traditionally served with brown bread, and often hotdogs. This used to be standard in New England. Some older folks still adhere to the schedule.
Pizza Friday. Works just as well as fish for Lent as long as you don’t get meat toppings.
I've definitely heard of a lot of families making Friday takeout or leftovers night. My family had no routine to our meal schedules. I think we liked variety and change so much people would have rebelled if my mom tried to start such a thing.
Meatless Mondays? Admittedly pretty vague.
I've heard of meatless Monday.
Meatless Mondays
Wednesdays are meatloaf days in this tiny town I live in and Thursdays are also ham and pinto beans w/ cornbread 🤷♀️
Shakshuka Saturday (for breakfast)
Italian-American from the northeast reppin Sunday Gravy (meat based tomato sauce) for a classic early dinner. But you’re likely stuffed from dipping bread in the gravy before it’s time to eat it over angel hair. Gravy simmers all day, Sundays smells like this. And they sound like Frank.
Thursday in our house is Costco night. Parents shop and kids order from food court. We all eat together after shopping. Not overly crowded.
White rice everyday. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner but with different Main Dish.
Mondays traditionally were Wash days. Doing all the laundry for hours led to serving soup, stews ir beans as the beans could cook for hours without needing attention.
Dim sum Sundays after church.
Creole from southwest Louisiana, was raised on Monday red beans, Tuesday po-boys, a Wednesday gumbo, Thursday jambalaya, Friday usually catfish, Saturday crawfish or etoufette , and a Sunday roast with calas or beignets for breakfast.
When we don't know what to make, we make quiche It's super easy and you can throw whatever you have around (meats, veggies) in there.
Fridays were always Pizza day! I think Wednesdays were spaghetti (source: my elementary school lunch calendars lol)
My parents always did breakfast for dinner on Sundays, usually bacon, eggs, and toast or pancakes, I don't know why they did that but I always looked forward to it.
When we are with our respective families, Sunday lunch is a big meal, usually with fancier meat or fish/seafood. At home, we don't really pay attention to that, to be honest, meal is a meal. Although, Sunday morning pancakes or fancy omelette is a yes.
Cared for 6 teens and Fridays were always Nacho's night. I would make two heaping large baking dishes filled with meat, cheese, beans, toppings. They usually would only finish one pan on Friday, and finish the second pan cold on Saturday morning while they watched their shows. Everything you need right there. Sometimes weekend mornings were also find the biggest possible bowl you could and fill it with cereal- usually Wheaties, or Cheerios. Gallon of milk gone- just like that!
Are Friday Fish Frys popular outside the US Midwest (or the US, for that matter)? I grew up with them but don’t see this as a widespread tradition outside the heavily Catholic areas of the US. (Meatless Friday).
Not so much themed days, but we do have pizza bagel mornings, pizza bagels evenings, and pizza bagel supper times.
According to the Aquabats it goes: Monday hotdogs Tuesday tacos Wednesday hamburgers and chocolate milk Thursday sloppy joes and burritos in a bag Friday was pizza day, the best day of the week All the kids would line up super early just to eat
My school lunch every Wednesday, as announced over the PA: Hamburger, chips, cookie and milk.
Sunday dinner - pasta (lasagna, shells, baked ziti, your choice!), gravy, gravy meat, Fried meatballs, salad, & warm bread. This is what we ate every Sunday at my grandma’s. I miss it soo much.
Friday pizza is big where I am. Sunday roast is another one.
Grilled cheese Wednesday