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Yup. Over the last couple of decades Quebec has become a serious football hotbed. Mostly we see those players in the CFL, but a few have made it south of the border.

Until this thread, I'd only ever seen/heard of it as a short-lived Kraft bottled dressing back in the 70s. I guess I'd just assumed it was a period piece, like the green appliances.

Many years ago I ran a retail store in a senior-heavy neighbourhood of a senior-heavy small town. We all learned to dread the words "Now I know I've got the right change in here somewhere...." as one of the old dears began scouring the nether regions of her purse with shaky hands. I was pretty patient about it overall, though less so in mid-December with a long lineup waiting to be served. Now of course my own mother is battling Parkinson's, so I'm on the other side of that equation when I take her shopping. It took me two solid years of lobbying to get her to just use the tap instead of trying to insert her debit card, and no sooner I had her trained than one of her friends scared her into having the tap disabled, lest someone make away with her card and drain her account in $100 increments. She mostly uses cash anyway, so I just keep my mouth shut and let her do as she wants. She's my mother, not my child, and gets to make her own decisions.

I actually consider that to be the best method when the intent is to have crumbled bacon. The unnaturally crisp texture of microwaved bacon is perfect for that specific purpose.

You're welcome. I really enjoyed the book as well...it's a fascinating period, just at the cusp of New World foods beginning to arrive.

...another cookbook drawing from the Converso experience. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/12/22/789864201/trove-of-recipes-dating-back-to-inquisition-reveals-a-familys-secret-jewish-root

Really? Middle school always has that "Lord of the Flies" vibe to it...

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/01/the-math-of-brewing-a-better-espresso/

My sister's hubby is a trucker, hauling seafood from Yarmouth NS to distributors in New England. Amusing to speculate if your salt cod had left the country on his truck. When I was a kid we would get "CARE packages" a couple of times a year from Newfoundland, which always included a few big, shingle-like whole salted cod from my grandparents. I always looked forward to those arriving, because it meant homemade fishcakes (not that those really belong on this thread, but...).

My mom's a big fan of their chocolate, and stocks up on it after the major holidays when it gets marked down.

Has it improved? I tried it 5 or 6 years ago, and found it crazy-making. Ordinarily I make my list on a whiteboard over the course of the week, and it takes me maybe a total of 5 minutes. OOM "simplified" that to about 45 minutes, and using it in-store was a trial as well.

A followup to this cropped up in my news this week: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/tareq-hadhad-canadian-citizen-1.5427390?cmp=FB_Feed_CBCMain

No, I think it's a pretty universal last-resort method to find what you're looking for.

My GF spotted those products on Amazon the other day. She's keto-ing, so I suspect there'll be some in our not-too-distant future.

I'm an oatmeal guy. The most satiating of the cereal-type breakfasts, according to the limited clinical research that has addressed the subject. In my case, I use steel-cut oats and add a handful of raisins (they plump nicely as the oats cook) and a generous sprinkle of cinnamon. Not the way my Scots ancestors would have done it, by any means, but it works for me. Sometimes I'll add a spoonful of yogurt or some additional fruit to the bowl.

Alberta only, ground frozen veal from The Italian Store has been recalled for E. coli: https://www.inspection.gc.ca/food-recall-warnings-and-allergy-alerts/2020-01-13/eng/1578959926811/1578959932803?utm_source=r_listserv Also Alkanater brand tahini, possibly national, for salmonella. https://inspection.gc.ca/food-recall-warnings-and-allergy-alerts/2020-01-14/eng/1579039733281/1579039739334?utm_source=r_listserv

That, to me, is a "killer feature." I don't know anyone else who cares, but I'm the guy who lunges for the "cancel" button before the last few seconds tick off. My hearing is none of the best, but that piercing beep grates on my nerves. I've had a couple of microwaves in the past that cut the chirp when the door opened, and it was my favorite thing about them.

Something similar is available at Tim Horton's as well here in Canada, under the name "omelet bites." My GF's had them occasionally when keto-ing. No cottage cheese in this case. One version has whole eggs with bacon and cheese, the other is egg whites with spinach and cheese.

Supposedly it makes heating more even in the microwaves that have it. My new/current one (4-5 months) is a Panasonic w. inverter. Just FYI, one of the most common things that goes on microwaves is a simple fuse. Costs a couple of bucks to buy a replacement, the tricky part is getting into the unit (easy on a standalone, less trivial on a built-in).

This guy, and ditto.

I was shooting for the look of the little country churches you'll see up and down the coast here. The brushwork on the walls was an attempt at making royal icing look like shingled siding. It wasn't entirely successful, but it was an interesting effect.

Remember back in the day, when replacing conventional food with pills and powders was a standard sci-fi trope? Well...they're working on it. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51019798