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  1. Sending healthy vibes his way! And maybe a tall, cold glass of brew. ๐Ÿ˜€
  2. I know some other Canadians will be familiar with China Lily Soy Sauce. It may be a bit coarse, but I have been known to have some in the cupboard and get the odd craving for it. A bit of a panic when it seemed to be in short supply last year, more pandemic buying? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/china-lily-shortage-1.5817336 https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2020/11/toronto-soy-sauce-factory-shuts-down-neighbourhood-wonders-whats-coming-next/
  3. A couple more places that are very local to me and easily shippable. BC Tuna (also salmon and smoked oysters) Clever Crow farms (Lia's products vary through the season, she used to do her own salt harvesting and salt blends, as well as herb blends from her farm)
  4. It has lard in it and I can always taste the lard. To me, it's not a great taste but I know people who love that soup.
  5. Will they be shipped within Canada? Which province? Some things would be a problem to ship outside of the country. Will they be for Canadians? I'm just wondering if things like Canadian maple syrup are desirable, it's pretty easy for Canadians to come by, but I've sent it to friends in Israel, ha. I like Saltwest for various products made from hand-harvested Canadian sea salt here on Vancouver Island and it's the type of thing that is easily shipped. https://www.saltwest.com/ There are lots of small farms that produce different things and their offerings can vary during the year. For example, here in the Comox Valley, Shamrock Farms currently has available goat milk soaps, lavender (including some culinary lavender) and seeds. I've never bought from them but Vancouver Island Gift Basket has gift baskets with locally made products. I recognize some of the products. Lots and lots of other things in various provinces and regions, but depends on what type of product and where you want to ship. For Canadian chocolate, I think @Kerry Bealis your best bet. There are commercial chocolate makers like Roger's and Purdy's but not sure that's what you are looking for.
  6. Never tried them, don't think we see them in stores here though I probably saw them in the US. But I'll always remember them from an early episode of Breaking Bad, when they are first setting out in the meth lab RV and Walter White asks Jesse to bring some food for their time out in the desert. Jesse brings Funyuns, it's a funny little exchange, as I recall.
  7. Dairyland here and $3.49, but still a good buy! Thanks!
  8. The question was about Jersey Royals, which are purportedly the UK equivalent to the Warbas in some ways. Though they don't look the same, maybe it's just that people really love them for whatever reasons. I was wondering if you were familiar with them? I know you haven't lived in the UK for some time, so apologies if this is a silly question. https://www.jerseyroyal.co.uk/
  9. Are you left handed? We've met a few times, but I can't remember! Or maybe you just need to hold things in your left hand to leave the right hand free for the camera photo? Not that it matters that much with this kitchen helper, but it does matter with some kitchen items! ๐Ÿ™‚
  10. I think it's tough to identify a specific variety sometimes. I know here in BC, a lot of the potatoes I buy may be identified as grown in BC but lack any specific varietal information. The exception is the Warba nugget potato, which many people here are MAD about, there's a buying frenzy when they first come out in May. They are my favourite potato for several kinds of potato salads. They are a very early potato and I think they are grown in Ontario also? I'm not finding a specific answer to that online, maybe you can ask around or check online yourself if you think you might be interested in them. We have a couple of farms right here in the Comox Valley that grow Warbas and the farm markets are very busy when they first show up, sometimes as early as early May or a couple of weeks later in a cooler Spring. In Ontario I would guess maybe in June? They are usually available for a couple of months but the earlier, the tastier! They aren't storage potatoes, they need to be kept in the fridge and should be eaten fairly soon. I like to steam or steam-roast them in the CSO. I like my potatoes in potato salad to be firm so I don't overcook them. But everyone is different in terms of their preferences. What I love is different from someone who likes a softer potato. If you do a search on eGullet for Warba, you will see a few posts where I have photos of the Warbas and some salads I made with them. Here's a standard potato salad, for example. (you'll have to scroll down) Here's another one with beets. One more, a warm salad with tomatoes and feta and green beans. Ha, now you don't have to search. ๐Ÿ™‚ Sorry to go on about the Warbas, but they are one of our fave Spring foods! I hope you can find them in Ontario. If you do, please let me know, OK? (Also, I hope you get vaccinated soon, I think you said you are eligible now!) Edited to add: Somewhere it said Warba potatoes are similar to Jersey Royal potatoes or they serve a similar role to people in BC, @liuzhou, are you familiar with those? How would you describe them?
  11. We acclimated our hardwood floors, engineered hardwood and laminate in various places we have done renos over the last several years. I think it's very common. Wood and wood products seem to require it.
  12. The website is great, also. There are updates to the Regrettable Food gallery but some of the other sections are also terrific fun to peruse! https://www.lileks.com/institute/index.html
  13. I've read about this a few times also. I know we can avoid some of it here because we can catch our own or buy it off the boats in the harbour or from the oyster farms, but grocery stores and restaurants can still mislead us (I think a fairly common one is a restaurant passing off farmed salmon as wild). I trust some stores and restaurants more than others, but they may not even know what they are getting at times. I know that Thrifty Foods had some initiatives to try and trace fish, but it's probably still open to manipulation. https://thisfish.info/generic/article/14/ https://thisfish.info/trace/
  14. Oh, I see what you mean! You are quite limited in counterspace. I'll second @ElsieD and say how impressed I am with what you create in that kitchen! You must be pretty organized. In fact, your space does look pretty well organized. Do you love lots of other things about your house? Do you think about redoing your kitchen and giving yourself a bigger workspace?
  15. FauxPas

    Dinner 2021

    It's here! You've probably already noticed that Thrify Foods is doing a Halibut'fest to celebrate the start of the season. They have some tail pieces (if you don't mind those) for a fairly reasonable $2.49/100 g. I keep meaning to go check them out to see if they have any nice fat ones! Fillets are usually nicer, of course.
  16. FauxPas

    Dinner 2021

    We've still got quite a bit of sockeye salmon in our freezer thanks to our generous fisher neighbours. Most pieces are lovely thick fillets but one was slightly less, so decided to make salmon en croรปte with some frozen puff pastry. Using up chicken thighs from the freezer, made a chicken mole with Tucson's Mano Y Metate mole dulce starter. I love this stuff, it's so well made, all the blends are awesome. Served with my fave Instant Pot Spanish Rice, beans and a salad.
  17. Someone has probably mentioned this before, maybe even several people have! But I really like making a quick Spanish Rice in the Instant Pot (from Pressure Cooking Today). I'm afraid the colour is a bit 'off' in the photo, it looks a bit less orange than this. ๐Ÿ˜€
  18. Please do! I bet it looks just as lovely! You did so much work but wow, you had such wonderful results. Anything you would have done differently? It helps to have lived in a house for a bit before planning renos, doesn't it? And obviously you are happy with many other details of your home and location, given that you have stayed there for almost 30 years. Is your plan to stay there as long as possible? We love our location but we couldn't really make this house exactly what we wanted, so we keep thinking of moving. I suspect any new place we buy will probably need its own kitchen renos, arggghh! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ ๐Ÿ˜„
  19. @chromedome, you have really created a lot of storage in a small-ish space. You are very organized! Do you plan to cut down on your kitchen stuff at all or will your future home have space for all? How far off is your timeline for your own home?
  20. We need pictures!! ๐Ÿ˜„
  21. @patti, fabulous new kitchen! Thanks for sharing!
  22. I'd consider it if it were a bit closer to me, but I did enjoy perusing some of the images below the exhibition description. In particular, that Crown Roast of Frankfurters monstrosity (at the far right) made me scream a little bit, ha!
  23. Amazon was my friend. They always seemed to have some, though maybe a bit pricey. But I didn't care, it lasted such a long time. And I shared. ๐Ÿ™‚
  24. I'd forgotten about that stamp! ๐Ÿ˜€ I was kind of amazed that we would get a Canadian item so wrong on a Canadian stamp. Sigh. And the NYT photo is definitely off! Even though I like a slightly thicker bottom layer than some folks, that is the WRONG ratio! I do like Nanaimo bars, but a little bit goes a long way. I made them two or three times a year when we were living in the US, though. It was a fun thing to bring to dinners and gatherings and I was surprised how many people raved about them and asked for the recipe. I'd joke and say, nope it's a national secret, before I would share. I know, I'm pretty lame! ๐Ÿ˜„
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