Darienne

Can you say where the Signature brand is sold. I mean main grocery stores only, like Sobey's or No Frills, FreshCo... Ed, who does the shopping, thinks that Signature brand is FreshCo.

Just makes me shake my head sadly.

Where is the 'aarrgghhh!!!' button?

Farm Boy: In Peterborough, there's a Farm Boy and also in Kingston...but Ed says they have nothing to do with each other. Is the Kingston Farm Boy part of some chain?

I'm with above. Looks cute but I wouldn't buy one. I already have more practical ways to get lemon or lime juice. Sorry.

Is it my imagination, or are the number of recalls in Canada going up and up and up? Certainly makes me stand behind our decision not to eat commercially prepared foods. OTOH, there are a lot of ingredients being recalled...see above post from CD.

I know nothing about salt cod...but when we go out for fish and chips, cod is our preference. Added: fish and chips is one dish which I refuse to make or we'd have nothing to eat out for in our area. And often the restaurants will not offer cod which is very sad to me.

It's all about the taste to me.

This is terrible. Six deaths. Not acceptable. Where in NJ is this? We have dear friends who live in NJ.

Me too. And living on a dirt road in a 150-year old farm house with two big dogs, who are not washed unless they encounter a skunk...thank heavens neither is a roller...who sleep on the bed, we inhale far more than our share. I do have the occasional tick. OTOH, the husband of a person I know sat in ER with C-Diff for a couple of hours, using the one and only public bathroom. He was quite ill and so probably made no attempt to wipe down surfaces after he used them. So we do what we do...and let the rest go pretty much.

My first thought was a handsome young man with a machete.

My sincere apologies for the unthinking response I made. I had completely forgotten about your current state.

All best, lindag

About as soon as the rest of us do and then you won't appear on this topic again.

The best pumpkin bread/loaf I've ever tasted was a gift from a friend. I asked her for the recipe and she graciously gave it to me. The World's Best Pumpkin Bread. Not fancy. But so moist and delicious. I 'll make it over and over again.

Sorry Kim, I have no answer to your question...but rather another question to add: how can you tell if the carrots you buy are going to be sweet, blah, or even bitter?

Just hit me...what is food-grade rubber?????

Sad about Northern Spys. Haven't seen them in a grocery store in our area anyway forever. OTOH, we have our very own Northern Spy tree in our back yard. Alas, it is not faring well. Along with the thriving Mac. And we have no idea how old the trees are. Ditto for all the trees on the farm (which originally was two 50-acre farms). Another apple I miss is the Russet. eGers have posted that they can get them somewhere, but that where is not my where.

December's issue of Consumer Reports: When Recalls Fail by Rachel Rabkin Peachman. Tainted Food. The Department of Agriculture can't force recalls of contaminate meat, leaving that to the companies themselves. As a result food can be sold even after it has been linked to illness. And so it goes. I haven't had time to read it all, but I am thoroughly sickened by as much as I have read. Added: I'm reading some of the text out loud to Ed in horror and he says...."I wonder what we're (Canada) like..."

What an abundance! I love basil. Ed is more of an oregano kind of person. Sorry. No ideas past what you suggest.

Not sure what icon to put up for your post. It's true. NB is not a known tourist destination really. For us it's on the way to NS where our son lives...something to get through. Sorry. But then I expect that Manitoba, and even more Saskatchewan, feel exactly the same way. As for tourism to Canada...American friends always tell me how exciting and wonderful their trips to Toronto have been. I go to Toronto only when forced at knife-point, and not a small knife, a big knife like the one Crocodile Dundee pulls out in NY.

Ah yes. Beans. In my case it has to be white navy beans and it has to be the recipe which Ed's Mom used. And so it is. And it's good.

Another welcome to eGullet. A good place to be for cooks.

How does one get listeria from an apple???

Now, if only this wonderment could somehow spill over into the majority of American cheeses which some of us are not fond of. Us being we cheese-proud Canucks for a start.