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Alfred, Lord Tennyson/ lived entirely upon venison. Not cheap, I fear/ 'cause venison's deer. (An example of the form known as a "clerihew," if you're curious)

...and another, affecting Gerber. I don't know if they're related, but given they both contain oats and both involve cronobacter it seems a definite possibility. https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/gerberr-brand-oat-banana-mango-baby-cereal-recalled-due-cronobacter-spp?utm_source=gc-notify&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=hc-sc-rsa-22-23

There's been an update on the baby food recall, though it seems relatively minor. https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/baby-gourmet-organic-brand-banana-raisin-oatmeal-organic-whole-grain-baby-cereal?utm_source=gc-notify&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=hc-sc-rsa-22-23

Huh. Now here's an interesting take on how to mitigate the health impacts of excessive sugar consumption... https://www.wsj.com/science/biology/healthier-sugar-fiber-enzyme-harvard-scientists-a8bb2dce?page=1

Yup, that's the short version. When I lived in Vancouver in the 80s, my best friend was a first-generation Italian-Canadian and these were a frequent drinking snack. Just drained, and sprinkled very lightly with salt (if they're not already salty enough). You'll see that one end of each bean has a small opening. Place that against your lips, squeeze the hull, and the bean will pop into your mouth leaving the leathery husk behind. Chew, swallow, drink, repeat.

This one goes back a little farther than most of our links on this thread. It's less about the cooking as such than creating a baseline for other archaeologists to use as a reference point, but still fascinating. One of my fellow vendors at a farmer's market years ago knapped a range of replica flint arrowheads and spearheads, and I've often thought about tracking him down in search of a few flakes that I could experiment with myself just for personal interest. I had a notion to be an archaeologist at one point in my childhood (probably driven at least in part by a show-off desire to demonstrate that I could spell it, as a kindergartner). https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/07/hand-me-that-flint-flake-archaeologists-butcher-cook-fowl-like-a-neanderthal/

Send this link to your kids/grandkids and anyone else who has an infant: "Baby Gourmet" brand organic banana raisin oatmeal is being recalled for cronobacter contamination. https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/baby-gourmet-organic-brand-banana-raisin-oatmeal-organic-whole-grain-baby-cereal?utm_source=gc-notify&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=hc-sc-rsa-22-23

Avalon Dairy in BC (founded over a century ago by a Newfoundlander from the Avalon Peninsula) still offers home delivery - in glass bottles, yet - in parts of the province. I can't verify this personally, but when I lived there a friend of mine was a loyalist who would only get her milk from them (whole milk, non-homogenized, where the cream still rises to the top of the bottle). She told me that Avalon pasteurized its milk through an older process that used a slightly lower temperature for a longer time. "Do you remember your mom or your grandmother complaining that milk doesn't sour properly anymore?" she asked. I did indeed remember my grandmother grumbling about that ("it just rots instead of curdling" was her comment). My friend argued (again, I can't verify this and doubtless someone will correct me) that this corresponded with the changeover to the modern pasteurization method, and that was one of her reasons for going with Avalon. I *can* verify that it was wonderful milk. When I lived in Nova Scotia in the 90s the local dairies still offered home delivery on a limited basis, and Reddit tells me they still do, so I guess the tradition isn't quite dead just yet.

I doubt anyone here will be impacted, but the WeCook brand of swiss cheese meatballs in mustard sauce is being recalled for listeria. They're known to have been sold in Ontario and Quebec as well as online. https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/wecook-brand-swiss-cheese-meatballs-creamy-mustard-sauce-recalled-due-listeria?utm_source=gc-notify&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=hc-sc-rsa-22-23

My daughter sent me this one:

Very nearly opted to put this in the "bad ideas" thread:

Well that sucks a lot. This company claims their additives can help prevent it from happening (and explains why) but that doesn't help you now that it *has* happened. I'm not knowledgeable enough about two-cycle engines (or any engines, really) to offer any directly useful input, but I'll poke around and see if I can turn up any advice. http://www.wellworthproducts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/PHASE-SEPARATION-IN-ETHANOL-BLENDED-GASOLINE.pdf