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Well, then. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/loblaws-will-no-longer-offer-50-discount-on-expiring-food-products-1.7084299

Sounds really tasty. It's cold here right now, so it's speaking pretty loudly to the "want something warming" itch.

Because "Dad Jokes 'R' Us":

Another repercussion of the Quaker granola recall, affecting Urban Fare brand parfait cups (sold in Alberta and BC): https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/urban-fare-brand-uf-chia-tropical-fruit-parfait-and-yogurt-parfait-recalled-due?utm_source=gc-notify&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=hc-sc-rsa-22-23 There's also recall of Eagle brand frozen corn for salmonella, currently thought to affect Ontario only: https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/urban-fare-brand-uf-chia-tropical-fruit-parfait-and-yogurt-parfait-recalled-due?utm_source=gc-notify&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=hc-sc-rsa-22-23

Where "food funnies" meets the weather forecast:

For those of us who occasionally want to get just the recipe from a site, without scrolling through a few thousand words of maunderings about what the blogger's family does or doesn't like, there is now help. Tamar Haspel just posted about this on The Platform Formerly Known as Twitter, and I can attest that it works. Just type "cooked.wiki/" - minus the quotes - into the address bar of your browser, and then paste the URL of the page without any spaces (so the end result looks something like this) ... Magically all the bumf will disappear, and just leave you with the recipe in a nicely formatted state.

Yesterday's granola recall has now hit its second wave. A raft of parfait and yogurt bowls made and sold in the Loblaw's and Sobeys chains have also been recalled, because they were made with that same granola. https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/various-parfait-and-yogurt-bowls-recalled-due-salmonella?utm_source=gc-notify&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=hc-sc-rsa-22-23

Well, few people get enough fiber in their diet and prunes certainly deliver that. We're only just beginning to understand the importance of fiber to overall good health (above and beyond the well-known "keeps you regular," which is an underrated benefit in itself). Obviously whole grains, legumes, vegetables and fruit can also be excellent sources of fiber as well, and also play important roles in a healthier diet. As for the ACV, Alex's link above is consistent with what I've found in researching the topic in the line of work. I always have a bottle of it on hand, for the simple reason that it's what I normally use on my salads. No advice for you on that point (aside from attesting that it's good on salads). If you like it, and it seems to help in some respect, there's no reason not to persevere with it. Unlike many such popular supplements it's low in cost, and you can give your money to a local artisanal producer if you choose (as opposed to a celebrity like Gwyneth Paltrow, or one of the various MDs who have been forced by their profession's penurious pay structure to prostitute themselves by hawking dubious nostrums for money). ...yeah, that last was sarcasm. I've always had a low tolerance for grifters, and after the events of the past few years it has utterly bottomed out.

A big one, nationally: some batches of Quaker Harvest Crunch, granola bars, and Cap'n Crunch "treat bars" are being recalled for potential salmonella. https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/quaker-brand-granola-bars-and-cereals-and-cap-n-crunch-brand-treat-bars-berry-bar?utm_source=gc-notify&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=hc-sc-rsa-22-23

Dial used to make a foaming hand soap that didn't make my hands dry and the corners of my nailbeds crack (this is when I still had my restaurants, and hand-washing was constant). Of course, it was discontinued, because that's just how these things go. I bought every bottle I could find in local stores, and when I finally ran out I went on using those bottles and refilling them by diluting the next-best soap I could find. Those eventually wore out, of course, and I hadn't really given any thought to the whole foaming-soap idea again until this thread. Might have to get me one of those dispensers (he says, contemplating his dried and cracked fingertips...).

Okay, we've debated the sustainability and environmental impacts of beef on here repeatedly over the years, and we've largely agreed to disagree and/or understand each others' positions on the matter (ie, "'It's not the cow, it's the how,' is not a scientific statement but literally a marketing slogan created by the beef industry"). And then there's... this. And even in the context of our current disenchantment with tech bros, it's kinda special. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/10/zuckerberg-cattle-hawaii-beef-environment

I don't recall seeing it here until... I dunno, the 90s maybe? We had our homegrown equivalents, mind you, called Kam and Klik.

Pertinent to that huge recall of infant/toddler food a little while ago: https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/chromium-found-in-lead-tainted-fruit-pouches-may-explain-contamination/

One of the big adjustments I had when my ex and I were first together was the issue of jars/canisters and their lids. I NEVER put a lid back on a jar or canister without tightening it. She, for her part, ALWAYS did so, but habitually checked and tightened lids before picking things up. That led to a lot of floor-cleaning, when I was putting things away.

Mine is the same, and at least as old. It was a gift from my father (a woodworker and a big fan of Lee Valley) a year or two before we moved to Alberta, and that was in 2003.

Space blankets are just thin sheets of aluminized plastic, which reflects energy (your body heat in the "survival blanket" usage, or sunlight if you put it behind a plant). They were originally developed by NASA for use in space, hence the name. Looks like this: They sell 'em at Dollarama, Canadian Tire, and places like that. I keep one in the console of my van (they're very small when folded) just in case I should ever run into a road closure or other issue while traveling to NS in wintertime. Backstory is here, if you're interested. https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2006/ch_9.html

"Dad jokes" ftw:

There have to be enough restaurant-related Herman cartoons out there to make up a full book. I would absolutely buy that. ...and they could almost certainly get another book out of the home-cooking ones. Let's call them, for the sake of argument, "Herman's Restaurant" and "Herman's Cookbook." you would think Jim Unger's estate, and the syndicate, would cheerfully leap at the chance to make more money from existing IP, wouldn't you?