Excellent Adventures on Manitoulin ...continued

[Toliver]

Pound cake made with 3 duck eggs in place of 4 hen eggs. The batter was delicious. Will be taken to work by Kerry very shortly.

Did you get a chance to taste the pound cake made with duck eggs?

[Kerry Beal]

Pound cake made with 3 duck eggs in place of 4 hen eggs. The batter was delicious. Will be taken to work by Kerry very shortly.

Did you get a chance to taste the pound cake made with duck eggs?

No - but the reports were that it was the best pound cake ever!

[Kerry Beal]

We have have forgotten to bring some of the most basic things up here with us - but I made a trip to Mickey McQuires before I left and got us some new cheeses to enjoy - and enjoy we did.

[rotuts]

Nice.

[dhardy123]

My favorite cheese shop!

[Anna N]

Since Kerry is at the hospital fighting bureaucracy and apathy as she attempts to get a patient transferred to Toronto, I made my own cocktail. A simple negroni. She is on call until 8 in the morning so won't be drinking tonight though I bet she wishes otherwise!

[Kerry Beal]

Yes indeed - I would kill for a drink right about now.

And to really rub it in - she's drinking it while she cooks.

But it was lovely - dry fried green beans - one of our favourites.

[Ashen]

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We have have forgotten to bring some of the most basic things up here with us - but I made a trip to Mickey McQuires before I left and got us some new cheeses to enjoy - and enjoy we did.

the Gunn's Hill Five Brothers has become my favourite cheese .. If you are ever driving past woodstock on the 401, it is well worth while to stop at the farm store . If you are lucky enough , he might have just finished making cheese curds . They are the squeakiest I have ever eaten , as well as being very tasty.

[Smithy]

Dry fried green beans? They look really good! How do you cook them? Please give more detail than "dry fried" :-)

[Anna N]

Dry fried green beans? They look really good! How do you cook them? Please give more detail than "dry fried" :-)

Happy to oblige:

http://www.cookstr.com/recipes/dry-fried-green-beans

[Kerry Beal]

A busy morning out running around - we hit the farmer's market in town - produce is a bit thin this time of year - but Anna grabbed a couple of these little towels that her daughter likes to attach to the fridge door to wipe her hands on.

Not showing up well in the picture is a bottle of Hawberry (Hawthorn) jelly given to me by a fellow I took care of in hospital this summer.

We also hit the Flee (sic) Market for a nice browse. Also not well seen - a couple of tall thin glass vessels that should be helpful to hold a hygrometer.

We considered going out to lunch - but recalled how often we had been disappointed by meals in town here - so came home and Anna put together this fabulous leftover stir fry that we ate with some shiritaki noodles in the interest of low carbness.

Before we left this am - I added some colouring herbs to a batch of absinthe clone I'm playing with - they need to be at 50º C for a while so sous vide seemed appropriate.

Once they have cooled I'll strain and see what it's like.

[Kerry Beal]

Mine - no louche.

St George

Louches to an extent.

Where the hell do you get sugar cubes anymore?

[Kerry Beal]

Eeyore's Requiem - a lovely lead up to dinner.

[Kerry Beal]

That plum cake is the recipe my MIL stumbled upon and made, because we had plums to use. It was delicious. And, lucky me: we have plum halves, pitted and frozen and waiting for winter, when otherwise there wouldn't be plums for plum cake.

Kerry, you and Anna always find the most fascinating things to do on Manitoulin. What do people who live there full-time do?

Realize I hadn't seen this question until now - was going back to see when I put the vermouth together so I'd know when the 6 days would be up.

People who live on the island - well there is a fair bit of farming - beef, dairy, a couple of nice organic produce/grain farms. Also a fair number of 'hobby' farms that people who have other jobs run. Manitoulin Transport is based here so truckers. A fair number of jobs revolve around the summer tourist season - marinas are everywhere, a little boutique hotel or two.

[Smithy]

"Eeyore's Requiem" - what a great name for a drink! Sounds like it could be a good fiddle tune, also.

[Tri2Cook]

Where the hell do you get sugar cubes anymore?

I had to quote this for posterity... it's probably the first time you've ever asked where to get something that I can get off the shelf at my local grocery store.

In case anybody is wondering what that's about, it's always me asking Kerry where to find something or asking if she can send something my way.

"Eeyore's Requiem" - what a great name for a drink! Sounds like it could be a good fiddle tune, also.

A great name for a great drink. A personal favorite. Might have to revisit it this weekend.

[Kerry Beal]

Tonight Anna organized tempura - a lovely leisurely repast. We spent about an hour and a half gabbing and eating. I was sure we didn't eat that much - but damn I feel like I rolled away from the table.

Mess in place.

The first item in.

My first 3 pieces - waiting for them to cool sufficiently. No trips to the ER required due to burns.

[Shelby]

Are the orange rounds sweet taters?

[Anna N]

Are the orange rounds sweet taters?

They are indeed. Our choice was kabocha squash but that can only be a dream on the Island.

[Smithy]

I adore tempura. Yours looks wonderful!

[Shelby]

Looks so good! I would have never thought about using the sweet 'taters. YUMMMMM.

[Kerry Beal]

Breakfast today - a fry-up of the leftover bits from the tempura and some of Max's bacon ends.

[gfweb]

I'd need at least twice that much!

[Anna N]

I'd need at least twice that much!

I had pretty much the same as Kerry. We are saving our calories for a first time run of a new toy! Stayed tuned for more Excellent Adventures!

[rotuts]

""" a first time run of a new toy! """

looking forward to it.