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The BBC on turkey at Christmas (in Britain): https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211214-how-the-humble-turkey-became-a-christmas-staple

I bought one knowing full well it would only be used a couple of times/year at most. It does, and I'm perfectly happy with that. Primary uses are with raw beets for salads, and also potatoes for deep-frying into "nests." They're also good as a chip-like snack, though I haven't yet carried out my threat of adding Liquid Smoke to some salt and making DIY Hickory Sticks.

It's confirmed now that the corn from this recall has been sold as far east as Quebec, and may have been redistributed further. Date codes have been updated as well, but will be meaningless to anyone who's not in the business.

Well, given that most of them have checked anxiously to see if I'm still doing it this year, I'm pretty confident. That said, I absolutely *will* be trekking to the (ahem) ONE location in my city where they're offered, to pick up a pack of rapid antigen tests. It's all the way right uptown, on the waterfront, at the cruise ship terminal, and therefore an out-of-the-way trek for most of the city's inhabitants. I generally only go uptown two or three times a year (once, in a good year!) so yeah, I'm motivated.

I'm doing my usual cookies and small loaves for friends, family and neighbours. Scaled down from previous years, because I've had a LOT on my plate.

There's another sesame-related recall for salmonella, which may or may not be linked to the earlier ones upthread. The culprit in this case is Phoenicia Group's "Aoun" brand of tahineh/tahini/tahina/whatever transliteration you favor. Distribution is national on this one, so check your date codes, folks! https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/food-recall-warning-aoun-brand-tahineh-recalled-due-salmonella

(...and before Liuzhou jumps in to correct me, I'll do it myself...they're mostly Chinese-American or Chinese-Canadian. But still.)

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-the-wednesday-edition-1.6287165/this-man-has-eaten-at-nearly-8-000-chinese-restaurants-and-he-s-not-done-yet-1.6288778

This isn't seasonal, but...

Nothing earth-shaking, here, but an interesting little peek under the hood (and a chance to meet some of the recipe developers). https://tastecooking.com/just-like-brandma-made/

Labeling here in Canada has included sesame and mustard for years. Also sulphites, which I don't think are part of the US labeling regimen.

Here's another one of those awkward "sold to the foodservice industry" recalls: a particular brand of IQF corn kernels is being recalled for salmonella. It affects the three western provinces for sure, and is possibly national. https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/alasko-brand-iqf-individually-quick-frozen-whole-kernel-corn-recalled-due-salmonella?utm_source=r_listserv

...or just come here to crow over your best finds?

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/aisle-of-shame-aldi

Maple bourbon chopped salad kit from Taylor farms, BC-Ontario and "possibly national," for salmonella. https://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/taylor-farms-brand-maple-bourbon-chopped-kit-salad-recalled-due-salmonella?utm_source=r_listserv

It would be perfect for a "road food"-themed dinner party, no?

It irks me greatly that all the nice braising cuts are so expensive now; easily twice the price of a steak (because there's *always* a steak on sale). I'll go years between steaks, but I love my braises. Of course it's all rather moot now, as my GF can't eat red meats for medical reasons.

LOL Who knew?

So there's a sequel, in which the chef replied with a rebuttal that was every bit as rambling and incoherent as the meal itself.

For me it wasn't the over-the-phone part, but the hastily-scrawled part. A partial O is automatically a C. I've done this more than once to myself, and my printed lower-case Rs, Ns, Us and Vs all look pretty much alike.

Funny how our minds work, isn't it? I was the opposite; I went straight to "olives" and never would have thought of cloves or chives.

We have those where I live, too. One chain (Sobeys) uses them, the other (Superstore) does not.

Having given their website a once-over, I'm pretty sure it is.

My "setup" is neither elaborate nor photogenic. I have two small windowsill planters on (...wait for it...) a windowsill, with a single Sun Blaster tube positioned over them. I grew some lettuce under it last winter. My other space is on top of a small buffet/sideboard sort of piece, with an inexpensive full-spectrum LED suspended over it. It's roughly 10"X13" and IIRC provides the equivalent of an old-school 1000-watt light but with much lower power consumption. They're all over Amazon under a hundred different brand names, with probably a half-dozen manufacturers turning out variations of the same design. Wedged into the corner between the buffet and the door is a corner shelf, which holds the ground cherry plant. It shares the LED with the plants on the buffet, which consist of six pots (the herbs, the tomato and the remaining greens) and my third windowsill planter. That's it. No tent, no reflectors, and no natural light to speak of. My office window faces roughly north, and the apartment's remaining windows face west and a bit north. They get afternoon sun for much of the year, but my office does not.