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At Superstore and Sobey's they run $15-$16-ish/kg, so individual birds can range anywhere from $60-something to almost $100. My GF is keen to try one sometime, so we may splurge at some point in the leadup to the holidays. The odds just got a bit lower, as I had to put an unexpected $400 into my van and historically freelancing dries up quite a bit in December. We'll see. Also, @Anna N, was it you who'd spoken of enjoying russet apples but never seeing them in a store? My local Sobey's has them now, so if you call the produce people at your closest store you might be able to snag some. (...not entirely OT, because goose and apples go together beautifully...)

A girl after my own heart. That's adorable.

Or, to coin a phrase, "Let them eat nori." https://grist.org/article/the-answer-to-climate-killing-cow-farts-may-come-from-the-sea/

Funny you should say that. I used to keep Pernod around for cooking at one point in my life, but now a local distillery's absinthe is available at my nearest liquor store in airline-sized bottles. I keep one of those up in my cupboard for when the impulse strikes.

Ontario only, potential listeria in the Farm Boy brand of cheese balls. https://inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/newsroom/food-recall-warnings/complete-listing/2019-11-17/eng/1574042653470/1574042660080?utm_source=r_listserv

A backgrounder, for those who want some context (bear in mind that one of the experts who's quoted extensively may have some axes to grind, as a cabinet minister in the previous administration). https://www.eurasiareview.com/13112019-reasons-for-ecuador-unrest-lie-much-deeper-than-fuel-subsidies-abolition-analysis/ ETA: ...and another. https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2019/country-chapters/ecuador

It's also quite possible that authorities have simply shut down the internet in the affected areas, now that I think about it.

Oh! ...Also very important (though you may be waaaayyy ahead of me on this) is that it must be called a "Unicorn" juicer.

I watch my carbs closely, lest they fall from my fork and fail to reach my mouth.

In the past she's had to lay low because being active online would have drawn unwelcome scrutiny ("the nail that sticks out gets hammered," and all that). I expect, under the circumstances, it's probably one of those moments.

An afterthought, and an alternative retail avenue: If you really want to swing for the fences, maybe pitch the device to Target. They've used superior design for years as a way of differentiating themselves from Walmart, and this might just hit their "sweet spot." You certainly wouldn't attempt to command a premium price in that market, but selling scads of them at Target might be more profitable than dribs and drabs at a Sur la Table or Williams-Sonoma sort of place.

Bear in mind, this is an especially tough crowd for a product of this type. Lots of focus on function, here, and most of our kitchens are already over-stuffed with gadgets and gewgaws. Earning a place in the mix is no small feat. I think it's probably a viable product in the right setting (ie, high-end, fashion-conscious retail). Many a fortune has been made on the back of products that were impeccably stylish if not necessarily the *most* practical: The fashion industry springs to mind, for starters, and a design-first mentality hasn't kept Apple from being one of the world's most valuable companies.

Listeria recall for a wholesale vendor's "European style" back bacon because of listeria. Currently affects BC and the Prairies, but possibly national. http://www.inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/newsroom/food-recall-warnings/complete-listing/2019-11-06/eng/1573096241946/1573096247885?utm_source=r_listserv Also, another update to the Ontario-centric beef/veal E. coli recall, this time adding a couple of halal butchers in Mississauga and Brampton. http://www.inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/newsroom/food-recall-warnings/complete-listing/2019-11-06/eng/1573088927607/1573088927998?utm_source=r_listserv Lobster in brine and crab in brine, botulism, sold in NB and Quebec. http://www.inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/newsroom/food-recall-warnings/complete-listing/2019-11-13/eng/1573696235713/1573696241811?utm_source=r_listserv

...and then, if we want to talk *seriously* old-school food storage techniques, there's this: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/the-worlds-oldest-leftovers-left-in-pleistocene-storage-containers/

I wouldn't have expected them to so resemble crabapples. Very interesting.

That makes sense. Spain's magical ability to export more saffron than it grows (despite using so much domestically) is the result of similar legerdemain.

Just out of curiosity, what size do whole chickens run in SoCal? Up here, it's rare to see anything that's not in the 2.5-3lb. range.

This relates more to the business side of brewing than the tasting side, but here in New Brunswick (where out-migration to other provinces is often driven by lack of jobs) a recent survey by the CBC showed that the province's craft brewers account for more jobs than mainstream brewers like Moosehead and Molson-Coors. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/craft-alcohol-producers-now-employ-nb-workforce-twice-the-size-of-traditional-brewers-1.5353978 When I moved here in 2007, the only local craft brewers (AFAIK) were Pump House in Moncton and Picaroon's in Fredericton. Now there are 70+, with more emerging all the time. Incredibly, Nova Scotia has a still-higher number of craft brewers per capita despite its larger population. It's just not possible to keep up without making it a full-time job (and having another, lucrative full-time job to pay for all the beer) but I try to make sure I taste something new a couple of times each month. My current favorite is an IPA-style rye beer from Trailways, one of the brewers featured in the article. It's called Rype, because it's a "ryePA." It's on the fruity end of the IPA spectrum, but with interestingly spicy undertones from the rye.

Sorry, I did not. I've moved to the other side of town and don't get in as often now that it's not my local beer stop (one of the ANBL outlets on my side of town has six taps for growlers, covering a range of local breweries, so I'm still well served in that respect).

My mom had one of those when I was a kid, and used it a lot for slaws and such. Goodness knows, it might still be in the back of one of her cupboards somewhere.

I forgot to report back on that, but the last day was definitely too late. Everything left in the store was on one little table at the front, and even that was pretty sparsely populated. I did pick up a pair of parisien scoops in different sizes, two of those little ceramic bird vents for pie baking, and a couple of very small saucepans (1-cup and 2-cup). Total expenditure was under $10, and I got a small wooden rack for free that was part of a display. It will now hold pot lids in my cupboard.

6 is "Once over lightly." I guess I was just overthinking number 1...

LOL If trampolines were organic and had scientific names, "Hoponius" would have to be the genus.

I found all the others easy, but I confess the first is still opaque to me. I'm sure I'll facepalm once you've given the answer.

Sadly, tight-fisted restaurateurs are seldom willing to invest in those any more...