Senior Sea Kayaker

Here's what I do: Out of the 2 purchased I'll keep out about 30% to consume in the near future. I slice the panettone into thick horizontal slices and freeze those (except for the bottom and top slices). Since they'll be used for French toast or bread pudding I don't worry too much about drying out. Hope that helps.

The panettone I purchased at our local Sobey's @ $19 pre Xmas was marked down to $6 on Friday so picked up 2 more for the freezer. They freeze well and make excellent French toast or bread pudding.

A breakfast using some of the leftovers of the past week. Toutiere with green tomato chowchow, beans, bannock and a herbed egg. Orange and grapefruit mixture on the side.

My annual practice is to pick up a few local hard shell lobsters (@ $10/lb. this year) to steam and serve with herbed butter and a few sides TBD.

I'll be attending a traditional, in our family, turkey dinner. My contribution will be the desert and cheese course. My neighbors, who are my BIL's sister and BIL, hosted their annual open house yesterday evening. This is their 40th year doing so and there is a huge pot of seafood chowder with some traditional breads and deserts (also lasagna as an alternative to the chowder). This was my third time attending and it was a good time. Happy holidays to all.

A quick dinner out of the fridge after a busy day. Hummus, house gravlax with a dab of mustard, pickled herring, olives, pickled red onion and a tomato, avocado and romaine salad.

@Alex Interesting article which, in many ways, mirrors the time when the simple burger became something costing thousands!!! incorporating things like caviar, edible gold leaf and other, in my opinion, ridiculous ingredients just to make it more 'upscale' and expensive. I think I'll stick with decent versions of panettone under $20.00 Cdn.

Some recent breakfasts including this morning's. I've been eating a lot of fish and seafood lately and it is one of my favourite breakfast sandwich inclusions. Egg with Thai and shishito peppers and green onions, haddock, tomato and shredded romaine. Egg with shrimp, Thai chilis and basil, green onions on toasted baguette. With a mandarin and a glass of extra spicy Clamato. Egg with leftover Italian sausage and mushrooms, green onion, pepper jack, tomato and shredded romaine.

Some very nice panettones posted. This was a new brand for me, TreMaria, which was quite good and I would buy again. Moist, aromatic and not overly sweet.

Three pepper (orange bell, shishito and green and red Thai) shakshuka with toasted sourdough.

I can assure you traditional Maritime Canada chow chow is 100% vegan 😇

This was my first attempt and it turned out pretty well. It was something I grew up eating and IMO is the best condiment to serve with tourtiere.

A modified western sandwich, dubbed the 'east meets western' by @blue_dolphin, of egg, onion, ham, shishito and Thai peppers, green onion tops, Thai basil and cilantro on toasted sourdough.

I dropped into a local pop up market on Sunday and picked up a very good sourdough loaf and a tourtiere. Tourtiere, which I would rate a 7 out of 10, with a baked potato and pickled beets and green tomato chow chow.

The current state of the window herb garden (the jalapeno, habanero and Carolina reaper pepper plants have been harvested and the plants into the composter). In no particular order: Thai basil, basil, rosemary, green onions, chives, garlic chives, cilantro, dill and flat and curly leaf parsley. Some things recently reseeded. This is a great location, at least when the sky isn't clouded over, with southern exposure. I've also put up a white backdrop to increase light exposure.