Manitoulin — change is in the air.

[JeanneCake]

that's nothing! (at least to me it doesn't seem too difficult.  I don't know the area so maybe.  The gov't should buy the condo so they have the space for their program.) They should be thrilled that's all you're asking for!

[Anna N]

We are back from our retail therapy session in Sudbury. Apart from the little delay over breakfast all went smoothly. 

 

 Very first order of business was to find a post office and mail a birthday card off to my sister in England.

That done we hit Costco first for coffee, avocadoes, kumatoes and cream.  The yellow Charles Viancin silicone lid was a steal from Value Village @ $3.99. 

 

After Costco it was a long, leisurely browse through HomeSense. 

 

 

 

 

 

Kerry’s haul. 

 

 

My haul. 

 

Befoe heading home we re-fuelled at Sapporo Ichiban. 

 

 

Green tea for Kerry. 

 

 

Warm sake for me. 

 

 

Miso soup for each of us. 

 

We shared four appetizers:

 

 

Beef gyozas (are they still gyozas when they are deep fried?)

 

 

 Mixed tempura with shrimp and vegetables.

 

 

 Crispy shrimp mayo. These were delicious!

 

 

Okonomiyaki (sometimes called Japanese pizza).

 

 Right next door to where we ate was this:

 

 

If we had not been quite so hungry…....

 

Edited July 28, 2018 by Anna N (log)

[Kerry Beal]

3 hours ago, Tri2Cook said:

Gotta have a tour rider... makes sure they don't try to stick you on the small couch in the little private grief room near the ICU with a pillow and a blanket.

Couple of them have the silly idea that I might just stay at their house for a month at a time. Or out at Freer Point which is 15 minutes out of town and then I could stay in the call room when I'm on call. Not going to work - I need to be able to run home and take things out of the oven between patients.

 

[Kerry Beal]

1 hour ago, JeanneCake said:

that's nothing! (at least to me it doesn't seem too difficult.  I don't know the area so maybe.  The gov't should buy the condo so they have the space for their program.) They should be thrilled that's all you're asking for!

From your mouth to God's ear - but don't hold your breath!

The program covers all of Ontario - a huge area, many, many small communities. The government reimburses the locum for accommodation to the tune of $120 a day. They could actually care less that I'm taking my child with me when I come up here. 

Edited July 28, 2018 by Kerry Beal (log)

[JoNorvelleWalker]

2 hours ago, Anna N said:

 

Kerry’s haul. 

 

 

 

At first I thought the Mini Detail was a new knife set for Kerry's day job.  I learn something new about you every day Anna, tell us about your axe throwing.

 

[suzilightning]

47 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

At first I thought the Mini Detail was a new knife set for Kerry's day job.  I learn something new about you every day Anna, tell us about your axe throwing.

 

If she is any good she needs to come down to the orginal axe throwing bar:  Stumpy's Hatchet House in Eatontown

[Anna N]

9 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

I learn something new about you every day Anna, tell us about your axe throwing.

Throwing?  Not likely?  But I can show you a scar on my left thenar eminence from the last time I handled an axe. I was 15 and splitting logs in the middle of winter on the Alaska Hiway. It was so frigging cold the cut barely bled and I didn’t feel the pain for hours.   Axes and I parted company on that day in 1958. 

[Anna N]

Good morning. It’s sunny and 19°C with a forecast high of 24°C, but there are showers in the forecast.  For now it is blue skies and sunshine.

 

 

Breakfast this morning is a Crispy Kimchi  and Cheddar Omelet from the book Dining In which I bought yesterday. (If I were to be truly open and honest I would admit here that when I got home I found I owned both books in Kindle editions.) 

 

But for anyone interested, the recipe is available on-line on the Food52 site.  Just ignore the typo that says “serves 4”.  

 

Kerry is back on call today so, as always,  anything could happen. 

Edited July 29, 2018 by Anna N
Remove extraneous space (log)

[Kerry Beal]

Cornbread with blueberries and pickled Asian pears

 

 

[Anna N]

 

Kerry’s lunch was a quickly thrown together salad of leftover top blade steak, kumatoes, cucumber and red onion with a balsamic vinaigrette. 

 

 

My lunch was a piece of blueberry/pickled pear corn bread and a coffee. 

 

Forgot photo before taking a bite!

Edited July 29, 2018 by Anna N (log)

[Kerry Beal]

 

[Kerry Beal]

Having trouble getting a photo of my latest mold - the light is a huge problem and also that I seem to have whacked a button on my phone that makes all my photos into 3 second videos 

 

 

 

 

[ElsieD]

@Kerry Beal  I am  in awe of people who make such beautiful chocolates.  Stunning.

Edited July 29, 2018 by ElsieD (log)

[Anna N]

12 hours ago, ElsieD said:

@Kerry Beal  I am  in awe of people who make such beautiful chocolates.  Stunning.

 

 They taste good too!

 

 Good morning. I was in my room enjoying my morning coffee when I heard the phone ring in Kerry’s room and the next thing I know Kerry is flying out the door.  So begins her day.

 

I was much luckier and after lying there considering breakfast I decided it must include fried bread and fried tomatoes even if it is not Sunday morning.  

 

 Much as I love bread fried in bacon fat it can be a bit of a threat to one’s hip line.   So in my always food obsessed reverie I wondered about brushing bacon fat on bread much is I brush butter on bread before skillet toasting it.  Worked quite well. All the flavour but a little less of the calories. 

 

 Unfortunately I broke the egg yolk so eggs over easy it was.

 

 

 Once Kerry has dealt with whatever emergency pulled her out of bed before she was quite ready and she has attended rounds, she will be off for the rest of the day.  Who knows what we may get up to today. 

[Anna N]

 For the carnivores amongst us:

 

 

We were both starving so forwent the accompaniments. Lunch?  Slunch?  We will see. 

[Kerry Beal]

All Signs Point to Yes

 

 

excuse the mess - counter space is limited 

[Kerry Beal]

Playing while child was away today

 

 

 

 

 

 

As you can see - I always work clean in the chocolate kitchen!

[Kerry Beal]

The new pup would love to join Kira in the pool

 

[Tri2Cook]

55 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

As you can see - I always work clean in the chocolate kitchen!

I'll trade post chocolate session messes with you any time you'd like. I've pretty much decided that the only way I'm going to improve is by melting a ridiculous amount of chocolate for the job at hand so that I don't have to try to dump any of it back into the melting container when I empty and scrape the molds. That seems to be where it all goes bad.

[Kerry Beal]

1 minute ago, Tri2Cook said:

I'll trade post chocolate session messes with you any time you'd like. I've pretty much decided that the only way I'm going to improve is by melting a ridiculous amount of chocolate for the job at hand so that I don't have to try to dump any of it back into the melting container when I empty and scrape the molds. That seems to be where it all goes bad.

That certainly makes it easier working with an excess!

[Anna N]

After my carnivorous mid-afternoon meal  I was still peckish. I fancied a toasted tomato sandwich.  There is no Hellmann’s in the house only that overrated and despicable Miracle Whip.  What’s a gal to do? This gal took some of that stuff, added some shiro miso and enjoyed a umami-rich tomato sandwich. 

 

 

 

 

 

[Kerry Beal]

I lucked out with leftovers tonight - was looking for the sour cream when I happened on these!

 

[Kerry Beal]

A few cookbooks destined for a new home

 

 

Strangely she passed on the cocktail books - mind you she is only 14. She also passed on the Fat Duck Cookbook

 

 

[Kerry Beal]

Tomorrow’s bakage (with apologies to those eG’ers who show their pickage)

 

 

Buttermilk quickbread with blueberries and banana bread with pecans 

[Tri2Cook]

9 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

She also passed on the Fat Duck Cookbook

That's a shame. Even for someone not interested in doing the type of food he does, there's a whole lot of good cooking information in that book. I like the book more for it's how and why information more than for it's recipes.