Quoting Michael Loo to Jim Weller <=-

Subj: 622 franchises

Canadian / A&W / pretty good coffee from Van Houtte.

I think the (American) A&W coffee supplier is Starbuck's, for
which "pretty good" is not the right term.

We bought one bag of their beans at Loblaws to brew coffee at
home... just once. Nasty stuff, over roasted and bitter. I may be
the only coffee lover left in North America who has never once
crossed the threshold of one of their stores.

The next one was 1 oz gin, 1/2 oz each vermouth
and Cointreau which was quite an improvement.

I am out of Cointreau now and fooling around with gin + cranberry
cocktail concoctions. I have discovered that vermouth, cranberry,
lemon juice and Angostura bitters combined ends up tasting somewhat
reminiscent of Campari!

Lamb's wool
3 pt (16.9 oz ea) real ale
6 sm cooking apples (Bramley or Pippin recommended)
1 whole nutmeg, fresh grated
1 ts ground ginger
5 1/2 oz brown sugar (Demerara) plus extra

I have never been tempted to mull beer, just cider and wine.

Subj: 633 cabbage rolls

There are so many Ukrainians in Alberta and Albertans in Yellowknife
that whole heads of sour cabbage are a regular thing in my super-
markets here.

Surely they're not in brine-filled barrels like in the old
province.

Nope. They come one at a time in hygienic, well sealed, heavy duty,
leak proof plastic bags.


Subj: 642 eating weeds

I thought that Chenopods, Amaranths, pigweeds, and lamb's quarters
were pretty indistinguishable.

They do taste quite similar.

My father once fed me pokeberries; they were bittersweet with a
pucker and an acrid aftertaste.

Luckily, not too many!

Subj: 648 restaurants 1 day a w

Title: Thai-Style Turkey Burgers with Pickled Cucumbers

Odd.

Indeed. Thailand is not known as a turkey loving country! [g]

I might try this if made with pork.

That was my thought as well.

Subj: 649 savory

Re: olives

But I still buy the cheap, nasty canned and jarred ones too.
nostalgia value

I'm perhaps lucky in that there were pretty few awful things in my
culinary childhood.

Speaking of childhood delicacies, I recently got a craving for some
hotdogs. Roslind started talking about making some crusty rolls,
buying some Mundare smokies and checking the fridge to make sure we
had kraut and good Dijon mustard on hand. But no, I was Jonesing for
nasty, cheap weiners, squishy store bought soft buns, French's
mustard and that hideous bright green relish! Which I actually went
out and bought. The first one was enough to satisfy my craving and
Roslind won't help me finish off the rest of them!

Subj: 658 economic stuff

Part of the appeal is the exclusivity. Only 24 people per week

If the venture with the ultra-rich flies, then that expansion is
almost inevitable

They are hoping for just that but planning to grow in sensible
increments. The place is already a destination in the summertime
because of the world record lake trout fishing.

Rocher River

There was also a controversial power dam built [...] which
flooded out a bunch of Native trap lines and the trappers never
got compensated.

Back then the now underrepresented were completely unrepresented.

True. But things are changing, at least in my part of the world.

in Cambridge Bay recently and came home with both smoked char

What kind of wood?

I'm not sure. It was very lightly smoked, mild and sweet. They would
of course be importing their wood chips as they are far, far above
the tree line let alone the deciduous fruit and nut tree regions.

Muskox is [...] similar in taste to both bison and beef
(they're all related).

In Nepal or some place like that I had real buffalo; the local
religious elders have decreed that it is not the same as beef.
It's the same as beef.

I'm not surprised. Again, another close relative with a similar diet
and sedentary ways

Cheers

Jim


... Lobsters are mermaids to scorpions.

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