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Thanks for an inspiring week RRO!
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That's a very nice collection RRO.
I love blue and white pottery too. I keep promising myself I won't buy more pottery but I fall off the wagon fairly often!
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Formaggi Ocello, photo policies aside, IS excellent - my favourite cheese is the testun barolo, a cow/ewe's milk mix matured in nebbiolo wine must..incredible. There's an eG member here called barolo, and every time I see his/her name online around the traps, I get a Pavlovian craving for cheese.
OK, that made me delurk. Great blog. I'm going to keep reading, so your cheese consumption may spike this week.
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At work I have fruit at around 10:00 am and fruit or a handful of nuts at around 4:00 pm. I eat breakfast at 6:30 and it's a long slog to lunch without something mid-morning. In the late afternoon I have an energy lull so a small snack gets me through to the end of the work day.
On weekends or otherwise when I'm not working I don't usually snack.
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I sniff in appreciation, especially ripe fruits like strawberries, raspberries, peaches, but I'm pretty subtle about it (I hope so anyway). Like some others, I have done a lot of sniffing of wine so it is part of appreciating what I am about to eat or drink.
Sniffing is not to see if it is "off" in some way. Although I do sniff stuff from my fridge if I am unsure about it.
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I also think gifts aren't gifts if there are strings attached.
But tomatoes are difficult to grow here, and I don't even have a balcony let alone a yard, so if someone offered me homegrown tomatoes with conditions, I would accept them gladly.
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Brandy Snaps here too.
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All of the above but noise is probably the most frequent culprit these days. I like to have a conversation when I'm dining out, but facilitating conversation seems to be a low priority in a lot of restaurants these days.
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Could also use some suggestions on what to do with squash, cucumber, peaches and blueberries (maybe a dessert of some sort with the latter two?)
This peach blueberry cake is good: epicurious peach blueberry cake
That's a great looking haul.
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Grand Marnier
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I doubt you have anything to worry about because commercial stuff is so processed - it sits on shelves for months so I doubt it is particularly temperature sensitive.
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as far as I know, any fish sold raw as sushi in California HAS to be previously frozen to kill those parasites. So, while freezing it most likely does have some influence on the texture, I would never know, since that's just the way the fish comes here.
Yes I believe the same is true here in BC. Also we do not have much of a day fishery here. Most boats are out for a few days and freeze fish on the boat as they are caught.
Edited to add: Coincidentally this thread was revived today: Wormy Fish
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Does the next blogger happen to play in a Big Band, too? I'm wracking my brain; and can see the sig line, about the Coronado Big Band, but can't recall the person's NAME! Damn a swiss cheese memory! That's the kind with holes...)
You mean Octaveman, I think.
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On the other hand, the most entertaining food show I ever watched was two women, from England I believe. In the one show I saw they were butchering a large piece of beef and drinking wine. As the show progressed they got tipsier and tipsier, and funnier and funnier. Does anyone remember these two?
This sounds like Two Fat Ladies: link
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Thanks for showing us your part of the world, haresfur.
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The culinary heart of the city shifted toward Gastown, and it became clear that quality casual food is what most diners were seeking in a post-recession economy. Small wonder that this year’s winners include lots of upstarts among the perennial favourites
And here they are: Vancouver Restaurant Awards 2011
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I'll take a beef and onion pie with some of that tomato relish. The fish and chips look good too.
Thanks for sharing some of your favourite pots with us. I prefer glass for my wine but I love the the pots. And I'm with Shelby on the healing wines.
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I've been thinking about a name for the genever Sazarac. How about "Man Enough to Drink Pink"? Or maybe "Drink Enough to Go Pink, Man"?
How about "Very Secure"?
I like Man Enough to Drink Pink and Very Secure
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Going to grocery stores is an important travel activity for me. And to get to know a place, check out the pre-packaged and junk food as cultural research (that's my story and I'm sticking to it).
Yes I agree. Small, local hardware stores are lots of fun too.
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Love the pink drink, haresfur.
I wouldn't add beets or turnips to the lamb shank braise. Keep it simple, a little white wine, some tomato, some aromatic vegetables, and "low and slow". White beans on the side.
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I'm looking forward to learning more about what is like to live in a smaller city in Australia and especially through the eyes of someone "FOB".
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Not a closing, but La Brasserie will no longer be open for lunch on weekdays. They are still doing Saturday and Sunday brunch.
Your Daily Sweets (2005-2012)
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Not to barge in on Panaderia but Nanaimo Bars are pretty widespread in Canada; here's a link to a recipe