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I don't watch cooking videos, to be honest. This one was sent to me by a niece who goes down odd rabbit holes, and weird cooking videos is a current track she's running on (along with true crime, and icky "medical oddities" videos, which sometimes overlap with the true crime).

So, you've just splurged on a 1-pound Wagyu ribeye. How you gonna cook it? Show of hands... who said "poach that bad boy in maple syrup"? Anyone? Anyone? ("...Bueller?")

After thinking about it overnight, I don't know that my eating habits would change much (though my GF would certainly want lobster more often). If anything I'd probably splurge on a whole wheel of good Parmigiano-Reggiano, maybe. Probably a cold room for that and some other cheeses, as well as my pickles and some of the hardier things from my garden. And a kitchen renovation. But those aren't directly "eating." Honestly, I'd probably be spending more often on books than anything food-related (though given the cost of a kitchen reno, I don't know that I'd be spending more on books... just buying them more often).

The Barenaked Ladies had this one covered, decades ago. "If I had a million dollars, We wouldn't have to eat Kraft Dinner. (But we would eat Kraft Dinner. Of course we would, we'd just eat more. And buy really expensive ketchup with it. That's right, all the fanciest... Dijon Ketchup. Mmmmmm.)" ETA: "Kraft Dinner" is what the blue-box mac & cheese is called, here in Canada, often just shortened to "KD."

Also several varieties of Andalos brand baklava are being recalled for salmonella. They were sold online, and in Ontario, Quebec and NB. https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/andalos-brand-pastry-products-recalled-due-salmonella

...and I've grown Genovese basil and San Marzano tomatoes here in NB, as far as that goes. Ddanno had expressed mystification, so explained why it'd tickled Shel's funnybone. No editorial comment or endorsement, express or implied, etc etc.

I'm tempted to get them for my GF, for the same purpose, but she might interpret that as an editorial comment on how much ice cream she engulfs at a sitting.

The description says Calabrian. The prominent label on the package says Sicilian.

Various brands of "Dubai chocolate" are being recalled due to salmonella. They were sold in BC, Ontario and Quebec, as well as online. https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/various-brands-pistachio-knafeh-milk-chocolate-recalled-due-salmonella

Ugh. After all of the well-reported issues from last year, Boar's Head is about to reopen its problematic plant. Issues there, and elsewhere within the company's operations, remain, though. As said upthread, "Why would anyone buy from Boar's Head ever again?" https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/boars-head-to-reopen-plant-as-mold-and-funky-meat-problems-pop-up-elsewhere/

If you've been thinking "Gee, aren't we overdue for another enoki mushroom recall?", well, you're right. Affects Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia. https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/enoki-mushroom-recalled-due-listeria-monocytogenes-4?utm_source=gc-notify&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=hc-sc-rsa-22-23

I haven't planted any yet, so I just have a few scraggly feral canes growing in less-than-ideal places around the edges of the property. Just enough for a taste. But when we walked our dogs regularly on the trails around town, we found a place at one of the local parks, in a spot where the hiking trail intersects with a maintenance roadway, that has a massive stand of heavy-bearing raspberries. I'm hoping to get there at some point this week and pick several pounds for the freezer.

We will almost certainly buy it if we see it, but so far I haven't found the "super-premium" Chapman's in any of our local stores. Those are the ones that compete with Haagen-Dazs and Ben & Jerry's, both of which are represented here, but there's also a local NB brand in that format and I think they've basically squeezed out the last slot that the Chapman's product might have fit into.