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Here in Canada, I've had Newfoundlanders ask me in all seriousness, "Oh, you're from the mainland? Maybe you know my cousin Phil, he moved over there." I was from Nova Scotia, and Phil turned out to work in Fort McMurray, some 4000-odd km away, but hey...it's all the mainland.

A bit of vindication for potato lovers: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2022.867378/full (ETA: Yeah, I know, the funding came from potato growers. But they do make a case...)

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-caramel-pie

In the spirit of many other such vain protestations on this thread... I will never again gesture eloquently with the hand that's holding the freshly-poured cup of coffee.

'Informed hypocrisy" is a great line. https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/food-and-farms/whats-the-most-climate-friendly-way-to-eat-its-tricky

I've tried to grow it a couple of times, indoors and out, with no success. It irritates me unreasonably, given that the stuff grows wild pretty much everywhere.

It can be, certainly, though I prefer the ones that cut triangles. It's used mostly for things like marking out sheet cakes and bar cookies into uniform pieces. You *can* cut with it, though ideally you only cut partway and then use something sharper for the final cuts after you've got it marked.

I was gifted one of these on my last trip to Nova Scotia, brand new and still in the box. I don't expect to use it a lot, but it *is* a tool I've wanted to have kicking around. I expect I'll do more baking after midsummer, when we've moved in with my stepdaughter and the grandkids (the house was built as 2 units, but they've been living in the whole house until now).

That's what I've read. Can't verify it personally, alas, for reasons cited above.

I find potato blossoms very pretty, though you do need to get up close to really appreciate them. You can actually grow potatoes from the seeds in the small tomato-like fruit, and I know of a few landrace gardeners who do exactly that in order to get varieties that are finely attuned to their own growing areas. I had attempted to save some from a couple of my plants, and try growing them out myself, but sadly they fell victim to an in-fridge spill during winter storage.

It's gender-flipped in my home, which is why my GF thought it was hilarious and sent it to me.

Live spot prawns sold by Tri-Star Seafood Supply (sold from BC to Ontario, and possibly redistributed elsewhere) have been recalled for norovirus. https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/certain-tri-star-seafood-supply-ltd-brand-live-spot-prawns-recalled-due-norovirus?utm_source=gc-notify&utm_medium=email&utm_content=en&utm_campaign=hc-sc-rsa-22-23&

The Jif peanut butter recall (salmonella) has now been broadened to include Canada. https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/certain-jif-brand-peanut-butters-recalled-due-salmonella?utm_source=r_listserv

Mind you, this still falls way, way short of the infamous Hoover debacle of 30 years ago.

They claim they did, but on the evidence I can only conclude it was not done especially well.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/18/this-cant-be-real-grubhub-promotion-turns-new-york-city-restaurants-into-a-war-zone

An amusing sidebar to the whole theme... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/18/florence-coffee-bar-customer-calls-police-over-price-of-espresso

This might just as easily go in the "Bad Ideas" topic, but it's an interesting read. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/aspics-jello-salad