Manitoulin. If I can make it there…

[Deryn]

The etiquette I grew up with was to always offer extras to the guest first. Of course, they had a Canadian guest, so that person would also have politely declined I am sure.

 

So, perhaps a better question would be ... who actually ate the extras?  (Kerry posted while I was writing this but I will leave it in anyway).

 

Love the chocolate display of the day, Kerry - especially the shell design ones!

Edited July 16, 2015 by Deryn (log)

[Anna N]

The etiquette I grew up with was to always offer extras to the guest first. Of course, they had a Canadian guest, so that person would also have politely declined I am sure.

 

So, perhaps a better question would be ... who actually ate the extras?  (Kerry posted while I was writing this but I will leave it in anyway).

 

Love the chocolate display of the day, Kerry - especially the shell design ones!

Etiquette dictates that Canadians never disclose such things as who ate the most!

[Anna N]

You're better women than me!

By a long shot I hope!

[Kerry Beal]

 

Ramazotti Jimjam - as adapted from an Averna Jimjam on Kindred Cocktail.

[Kerry Beal]

 

An attempt to make my fossils more lifelike (deathlike?)

 

 

[IowaDee]

Those look very cool.  Maybe you could make little ones and call them Trilo-Bites? 

[Thanks for the Crepes]

Kerry,

 

I'd say your fossil chocolate attempt is excellent. "Fossils" immediately popped into my mind as I was scrolling down the photo before I read the caption. Very cool.

[Anna N]

Good morning. Another dull, gray day. I spent the night with this:

It's a walnut and raisin no-knead dough that needed a 12-14 hour ferment. So to get it out of the way I stuck it under the window in my bedroom. Perhaps it's responsible for a night filled with strange dreams!

Now it is on its second rise and will be going into the oven in about an hour. I have had a yen for a walnut loaf for some months. This is the first time I have tried this recipe which is from Jim Lahey.

Dinner tonight will be an attempt at the Zuni Cafe's famous chicken and bread salad. I have a number of strikes against me on this one. The chicken is considerably larger than is called for and arugula is probably just a foreign word to greengrocers here! Still we do have to eat and I am going to spatchcock the chicken and wing the salad as best I can.

Of all the amazing dishes one might like to try at famous restaurants around the world it would be the Zuni chicken for me.

[Anna N]

Lunch was a plate of tasty leftovers.

Kerry headed out to Max Burt's farm after work to grab some bacon and some bacon bits and a summer sausage for my daughter. Max was just finishing up smoking the sausage and asked Kerry to try some so she grabbed two. We REALLY need smell-a-vision for you to inhale the smoky smell of this summer sausage.

The dill (with roots) came from Kerry's student's garden.

Edited to make better sense.

Edited July 17, 2015 by Anna N (log)

[Kerry Beal]

 

Coconut Impossible Pie for the Wiki nursing home folks.

 

Was seeing the Wiki long term care patients this afternoon so decided I'd run out to the indian taco stand and grab lunch. Asked the kid behind the counter for a taco with the works - meaning sour cream and salsa - but apparently the works to him meant with poutine on the side.  

 

 

Indian Taco (there is a piece of fry bread buried under there).

 

 

Picture of poutine taken with car underway - didn't get eaten - I'm not that much of a glutton!

[Kerry Beal]

 

Maple Leaf with the last of the bourbon - it's on the list for the liquor store tomorrow - but which brand to buy?

[Kerry Beal]

Lisabeth wrote a wonderful blog post about our adventures over the past two weeks - check it out  here.

[Anna N]

The positively pornographic "Zuni" chicken as she/he emerged from the oven.

Same chicken cut up and added to bread salad.

[Darienne]

Coconut Impossible Pie?  I had never heard of this before and looked it up.  Very interesting.  However, I would be delighted to have the Master's recipe for this.  (This, of course, means you, Kerry Beal.)

[Shelby]

So, was the Zuni chicken amazing?  Like you, that's on my list to try.

[Okanagancook]

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Maple Leaf with the last of the bourbon - it's on the list for the liquor store tomorrow - but which brand to buy?

If you can find some Elijah Craig, it's my favourite.

[Kerry Beal]

Coconut Impossible Pie?  I had never heard of this before and looked it up.  Very interesting.  However, I would be delighted to have the Master's recipe for this.  (This, of course, means you, Kerry Beal.)

Impossible Coconut Pie

 

• 4 eggs
• 2 tbsp butter melted
• ½ cup flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 cups milk 1 inch thick
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 cup coconut flakes
• 2 tsp vanilla

Mix all in blender, place in pie plate. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes or until set.

[Kerry Beal]

Ok - here is what we returned from Sudbury with - more to follow once we get sort of organized (and a cocktail in our gullets).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Anna N]

So, was the Zuni chicken amazing?  Like you, that's on my list to try.

It was very good. Amazing? Not really but I was working with sub optimal ingredients. The chicken was top-notch but too big for the recipe. I felt the bread missed the mark. I used slivered almonds in place of pine nuts and I know full well they were past their prime. As instructed I kept tasting and tasting the dressed bread but never had a eureka moment. I would certainly attempt it again but this is one recipe that would benefit enormously from some photos and perhaps even some brand recommendations for the oil and vinegars.

[Okanagancook]

Oh, I see some Diekel. Good choice.

[ElsieD]

Impossible Coconut Pie

 

• 4 eggs
• 2 tbsp butter melted
• ½ cup flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2 cups milk 1 inch thick
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 cup coconut flakes
• 2 tsp vanilla

Mix all in blender, place in pie plate. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes or until set.

I'm sure it must have been a slip of the finger but what is "1 inch thick"?

[Kerry Beal]

 

To use our new julep cups and our new bourbon - a Mint Julep with the spearmint growing in our planters on the balcony.  

[Kerry Beal]

I'm sure it must have been a slip of the finger but what is "1 inch thick"?

That's funny - I noticed that yesterday - but didn't get around to fixing it. Perhaps I'd said 1% and got autocorrected - put that in there a long, long, long time ago!

[Kerry Beal]

Oh, I see some Diekel. Good choice.

I saw your post about the Elijah Craig while I was out and about - and was also texting with Lancaster Mike who was suggesting I try to find Eagle Rare 10 year old. I've seen it at the LCBO - perhaps even one of the other ones in town but wasn't prepared to run across town for it at that point. The pickings were slim for bourbon (and gin actually) at this new LCBO - I'm sure in time they will decide what they want to be the experts in. 

[heidih]

Anna - what sprang to mind was that the spatchcock exposed areas for maximum browning but perhaps lost you essential juices/fond bits  for the dressing?