Kicking back in Manitoulin

[barolo]

Thanks for taking us along for the ride Anna and Kerry.  A summer classic. 

[Jacksoup]

Thank you for sharing your adventures once again.  I always look forward to these trips.

[demiglace]

Thanks so much ladies. Always such a treat!

[chromedome]

12 hours ago, Anna N said:

 One of our fridge experiments that was too beautiful not to photograph.  We will try to keep you updated as we make our way south.

 

I'm glad I'm not the only one who occasionally finds aesthetic pleasure in such things. My most memorable example was a large pot of saffron rice I'd concealed in the oven as part of a hurried cleanup when company arrived unexpectedly (in my defence, that was in the days when we had a toddler and seldom caught up on the housework). 

 

After 8 or 10 days of hot summer weather I wanted that same pot to cook something in, and eventually realized where it was. What I found in the pot was so striking that even my ex (who had mold allergies, but was an artist) had to look at it a dozen times. The pot was finished in white enamel, so that was the "frame," if you will. At the bottom, the yellow rice formed a background for huge,fluffy swaths of mold in vivid green, a bold blue-grey-green that I'd never seen before or since, and -- most unaccountably -- cotton-candy pink.

 

I don't have a very visual memory, but I'll never forget that. 

[Toliver]

On 8/5/2017 at 8:18 PM, Tri2Cook said:

Me too... red relish does not belong on burgers. Nor does green.  

Well, not all green relish is sweet relish. You can now buy dill pickle relish, which would go perfectly on top of a burger. I'm just sayin'... 

[MetsFan5]

@Anna N so what was that pretty kitchen experiment you photographed? 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

@MetsFan5 you may not want to know.

 

[MetsFan5]

9 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

@MetsFan5 you may not want to know.

 

 

 I have an affinity for kitchen experiments gone sideways. 

 

  Probably because they frequently happen in my kitchen! 

Edited August 8, 2017 by MetsFan5 (log)

[Porthos]

3 hours ago, Toliver said:

Well, not all green relish is sweet relish. You can now buy dill pickle relish, which would go perfectly on top of a burger. I'm just sayin'... 

 

I buy the dill relish for my DW.

[Anna N]

5 hours ago, MetsFan5 said:

@Anna N so what was that pretty kitchen experiment you photographed? 

 I believe it was harissa. 

[Tri2Cook]

10 hours ago, Toliver said:

Well, not all green relish is sweet relish. You can now buy dill pickle relish, which would go perfectly on top of a burger. I'm just sayin'... 

That doesn't really improve things for me... I don't put pickles on my burger either. Dill or otherwise. 

[Beebs]

As always, thanks for the blast!

[suzilightning]

bumping this up  because I need it

 

edited to say....maybe someone could foodblog their pandemic food?   @liamsaunt?

  other wise I am revisiting my happy places....

 

hang in all

 

 

Edited July 25, 2020 by suzilightning (log)

[Beth Wilson]

I was just looking at the old thread "Making memories on Manitoulin Island"  It just isn't summer without Kerry's blogs of the island.  

[Kerry Beal]

Ain’t that the truth!

[gfweb]

8 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

Ain’t that the truth!

They need you up there.

[TicTac]

5 hours ago, gfweb said:

They need you up there.

They need her everywhere!

 

 

[bokreta]

Darn it. Y'all got my hopes up!

[Katie Meadow]

Wow. A Manitoulin nostalgia thread! 

[IowaDee]

And don't forget that it  wouldn't be an official visit without Anna there too!  And we will miss an entire year of seeing Kira transform into a lovely young woman!

[gfweb]

Hey @Kerry Beal, any chance you go back to Manitoulin this summer?

[Kerry Beal]

2 minutes ago, gfweb said:

Hey @Kerry Beal, any chance you go back to Manitoulin this summer?

Not going to happen sadly!

[JoNorvelleWalker]

On 5/9/2022 at 10:00 AM, Kerry Beal said:

Not going to happen sadly!

 

I learned from my niece that her sister caught her ear.  I thought of you and Manitoulin.

 

[Porthos]

@Kerry Beal I think of you and Manitoutin when watching The Incredible Dr Pol, a vet in Michigan. When new veterinarians join the practice they're always unsure of how they'll get hooks out of pets lips and such. A more seasoned vet comes into the exam room and simply either pushes it on through or gets out the wire cutters and are done in a few seconds. 

[Kerry Beal]

7 hours ago, Porthos said:

@Kerry Beal I think of you and Manitoutin when watching The Incredible Dr Pol, a vet in Michigan. When new veterinarians join the practice they're always unsure of how they'll get hooks out of pets lips and such. A more seasoned vet comes into the exam room and simply either pushes it on through or gets out the wire cutters and are done in a few seconds. 

So in the winter I work in an ER in a little town called Dunnville which is on the Grand River - lots of fishing there too. Removed a fish hook from the top of a guys head the other day. Another from a hand a couple of weeks back. My special wire cutters have been a boon.