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I had to get a translation as I'm not familiar with that name. Fresh water whitefish species. It's in the salmonidae family so it should be excellent smoked.

I always have cheese, canned mussels and sardines, some form of bread, fruit and salad makings so if I'm lazy or rushed I can throw something together in under 5 minutes.

It's the opposite here. Great for lettuces, greens and peas and terrible for tomatoes and peppers.

@Darienne Not surprising that you've plenty of field guides. One I would suggest is 'Edible Wild Plants' by Thomas S. Elias and Peter A. Dykeman. Published in 1990 and re-issued in 2009 it's a North American field guide to edible foraged plants, has good photos, and as a bonus is good winter reading.

If interested I'll recommend a few field guides that your library may carry. You never know what they have.

Not surprised they have other regional names. Locally they're called Indian or wild pears.

My sister brought over some cherries from their tree. I guess sending them over sugar snap peas paid off 😇.

Egg, bacon, pepper jack and green onion on a toasted WW English muffin. With tomatoes, V8 and peaches and cherries.

Oh I have very good local access to fish and shellfish. Just not Atlantic halibut. I have about a four minute drive from the South Bar Fisherman's Harbour Authority, which despite the long name, is a protected wharf for local lobster boats. You can even call ahead so they'll let you know when to pick up. My other favorite is Louisbourg Seafoods. They're a large operation but what they do is run a bunch of 'fish trucks' for retail sales to the surrounding communities. You can drop in, one is usually about a ten minute drive, or if I want something like a five Kg. case of frozen haddock we can make arrangements. Local mussels and scallops readily available.

I've no problem with Atlantic halibut however: i/ The fishery for halibut here has severely declined. It's not fished locally (where I can drive to buy). ii/ I'll only purchase fish that I know where it's coming from. At the prices halibut commands there's a lot of shady sellers. I'd want to see the fish or at least the filets (with skin attached) my purchase if coming from.

First bush beans picked yesterday.

A simple early dinner after a long day outside. Pork, sugar snap and snow peas and wheat noodles in chili oil. Followed with two peaches.

@Ann_T Nice! I can only dream of obtaining fresh Pacific halibut here.

I went out on a chantarelle hunt today (no luck) and scouted: Some wild raspberry bushes (sorry for the poor focus). Blueberries. I ate about half a liter walking and should start harvesting next week when they're thick enough to make it worthwhile. The blackberry patch. By the middle of next month or later. Saskatoon or service berries. Also found on the trail. Blueberry coloured bear scat. The hockey shooting practice area (with a bucket of pucks). All I brought back was some wild spearmint. And wild roses.

A little 'Mind of a Chef' parody:

@FauxPas I envy your tomatoes. I'm just starting to see fruit forming.

I'm in the minimalist camp. A great tomato, home made mayo but usually Hellman's and bread soft enough to bite through without crushing the tomatoes. My bread of choice is a soft brioche bun, enough tomato that it resembles a thick burger and if using Hellman's a bit of added Dijon.

Mushroom and cheddar omelet and WW bagel with apricot preserve.

Made a batch of baked bao yesterday for a 'grazer's pot luck': pork, mushrooms and caramelized onions in a mildly spicy mustard sauce. A lot of good food however no photos. I made twelve, taste tested one, saved one for myself and brought the remaining ten.

Now this is the perfect example of why every family should have a dog that is allowed to hang around under the table.

Yesterday's dinner: ribs, sugar snap peas, cold noodle salad and pickled garlic scapes. Enjoyed with a Propeller Brewing Tropical Haze Summer Ale.

Shashuka for breakfast this morning. We're due for a very rainy day. Base of tomato, sweet and hot peppers, garlic, onion and finished with chives and a chiffonade of basil and zucchini flowers.

A little something from the past. Aired by the BBC in 2003. Episodes can be found on YouTube. I'm sure it's been posted before but if you haven't it's a good laugh.

@chromedome That first zucchini was about 12 cm. long so I should have left it but wanted it for breakfast. Inspecting my bush beans this morning the earliest planting has lots of flowers and emerging beans of about 2-3 cm. so soon. I haven't started harvesting kale, collards or chard yet as I want them a bit more mature. My strategy with lettuce is to thickly sow an area (I've 8 varieties) and keep thinning the patch. I usually pick a 2 day supply at a time. My only tomato variety doing reasonably well is Scotia followed by Golden Nugget (both short season determinate varieties). Cheers.

Outside early this morning before the heat built up. 20 C. with a 20 C. dewpoint and 100% humidity. Harvested first zucchini, snow and sugar snap peas, herbs and lettuces. Herb planters on the deck: from the right clockwise: dill and summer savory, basil, germinating Thai basil, habanero peppers (round pots), purslane and oregano and chives. Snow peas and bush beans. Fish peppers. The only variety that's doing reasonably well. Spring onions in the same pot. The weather has not been cooperative for both other pepper and tomatoes. Lack of sunny days, too much rain and damp. Cukes and squash showing blossoms.