Okanagancook

Ok, good to know. I think I will make some. Thanks.

Question about the slicing. Could one use a slicer machine or is it too ‘floppy’?

The meat is droole worthy!

Pork jowl: fat streaked with meat. I get it smoked whole. It is sliced reasonably thin. Used like bacon to accent stuff like soups, pasta, salads, components for pasta especially toasted bread crumbs and Parm.

Well done. Beautiful. i see duck on the menu next week.

Good to know they ship up here. I couldn’t find their shipping policy on the website. Thanks.

You’re killing me! no dim sum within a 90 minute drive. That place is not even close to what you have.

I did not realize there is a free option for EYB. I will let a few friends interested in EYB know that. With the great search features it is easy to find what you are looking for. I wonder if the new website can match all the information and articles provided at EYB. I go to the site daily to read their new articles. Also, the membership is very active at making comments about recipes they have made. I always check the notes section of recipes I am about to make to see what is said about it.

https://www.amazon.ca/More-Than-Gourmet-16-Ounce-Packages/dp/B0010ON2AK/ref=sr_1_2?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1523217956&sr=1-2&keywords=More+than+gourmet Yikes, $330+Cdn or $21/oz.

https://m.wikihow.com/Peel-a-Soft-Boiled-Egg Probably wearing glove would help with the heat.

Oops chillis are pretty cheap

Another variable in stock making is whether you use filtered water or tap water. Filtered water yields a cleaner stock.

Ingenious

Could of had some cucumber slices on the side.

Thanks, I was searching for this awhile back. your bread is truly drool-worthy.

I too am interested in how these turn out. Just bought some coarse sea salt!

Using @gfweb's idea of bread crumbing a battered item, I made a couple of test chicken drum sticks. Used the soda water-flour batter then coated them with fine bread crumbs. I forgot to spray oil the basket so of course they stuck. They certainly turned out very juicy and the coating was 'quite' good but not as good as the real thing. I will use this method again. Served with cauliflower in cheese sauce; baked okra, onion and mushrooms accompanied by @Shelby's Cowboy Candy.

I have a Cadco and it is simply an incredible machine. Noisy but worth it. Mine needs a dedicated circuit....they recommmend this.

‘My dinner tonite was lentils and rice in the IP lentils are still a lil crunchy ‘ batten down the hatches! meals look lovely. sorry about your weather

Get yourself some larger plastic tubs with lids so you can stack them in the freezer. Label the lids numerically. Take everything out of the freezer and sort into categories that work for you. Ie, beef, lamb, poultry, premade food, etc. Make a list of what and the number bin it is in. Make this into a spread sheet. Use different collars for each bin. If you have an upright you can do the same thing with smalller baskets, numbers and colour coding. then try to be Religious about marking the ins and outs. now is a good time if the weather is lousy and cool. this works very well for me.. Obviously I made omissions, etc., but generally speaking I was able to empty a freezer’s worth of food from three freezers because I knew what I had and where it was. good luck.

At my suggestion he bought a meat grinder and makes his own otherwise it is quite costly to feed a 60 lb doggie. They add other stuff. The reason for the raw diet is allergies so they are slowly introducing more variety.

@gfweb your meal looks amazing! All my favourites. Beautiful dessert. I had made a dessert but we were too full and my overnight guest had it for breakfast

It is indeed probably one of the prime areas to live in Canada. Growing zone 7 to 7 a. The wine industry is amazing and is just getting going. A Chardonnay from here just won best in show at the LaMonde Chardonnay competition and many other wines have won international awards. There are two big wine festivals in the spring and fall attracking thousands of people for each. We also have fruit. Mainly soft fruits now like peaches, apricot, cherries. Apples have become uneconomical to grow due to the competition from Washington State apple growers and the Chinese who have very large mechanized farms while here it is mainly small growers working hilly landscapes. Many, many apple orchards have been taken out in favour of grapes vines. It is also very warm in the summer with a beautiful 120km long lake which is used for water sports. We have miles of mountain bike trails as well as good road biking roads.In the winter, which is Mid-November to March we have great skiing in the surrounding mountains. we moved here in 2005 and have seen tremendous growth in tourism. Luckily we chose to live in Naramata which is 15 Kim’s from Penticton. It gets very busy in Penticton in the summer and we can hang out here away from the hustle and bustle. Even so, Naramata has 3000 full time residents and swells to 5000 when everyone who owns property here comes for vacation. the farmers market is absolutely amazing...not like California, but for Canada it is special. Many retirees from cooler climates like Alberta are looking to retire here and those in Vancouver are cashing in their high priced homes for a place in the sun. Real estate prices are rising quite quickly. anyway, it is wonderful here. All visitors are welcome!

Well, here in the Okanagan I have my arugula peeking out of the soil and the garlic is about three inches, but it is still a little unseasonable. My old home town, Edmonton, was around -15C yesterday with new snow. This is why we moved here for retirement.

Yes, I do remember those wretched coconut thingies. Not my taste as a child and I would have trouble liking them now also. I wonder why are around anymore.