Manitoulin — Life on the level

[JoNorvelleWalker]

3 minutes ago, gfweb said:

That looks foul

 

 

I only could hope that it was mole.

 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

11 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

A whole lot of people were down at Low Island tonight - not the quiet sanctuary to which I have become accustomed. 

 

And the submarine still there.

 

[Kerry Beal]

7 minutes ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

And the submarine still there.

 

Indeed - it helps people climb out of the water!

[Shelby]

11 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

$3 - $4 dollar chickens.

Now you've done it.  Hope there's room on your couch for Ronnie.

[Anna N]

10 hours ago, JeanneCake said:

I thought to myself as I looked at that lunch picture "what is that? chocolate sauce? ON BREAD? touching way overcooked carrots? Is someone pranking them?"

 

I went back and then I saw that little  beef puck peeking out between the bread slices.  Sorry you had that, but at least now you're "home" and the Clipper Ship has let the memory  - or a least the taste! - of that slide into oblivion...

 We have had some very good food at that same place. I know it changed hands. From now on we have determined that they still do a decent all-day breakfast. We’ll stick to that. We have so many good meals out so I got over this one pretty fast!  Thanks for your empathy. 

[Anna N]

8 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

I only could hope that it was mole.

 

 I just spit my coffee all over my iPad.  I know that you mean the Mexican dish but as soon as I read it I was reminded that at one time I honestly believed that moleskin came from moles. I used to think that there were people who sat around skinning moles.  So you  see how I made the leap to you intimating that it was a hot mole sandwich. 

 

[Kerry Beal]

Do you know how much fun I've had over the years teasing Anna about that moleskin? We can get ourselves laughing so hard that tears run down our legs.

[cdh]

14 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

The Clipper Ship 

 

 

 

What are you keeping in the little spray bottle?  My bar has a collection of little atomizer bottles with various stuff in them.  Best use for them I've found is citrus oils... dissolve about 1 or 2 ml of lemon or orange or grapefruit oil into a bottle full of grain alcohol and you can add citrus zestiness without fiddling around with citrus zest.  

[Kerry Beal]

1 hour ago, cdh said:

What are you keeping in the little spray bottle?  My bar has a collection of little atomizer bottles with various stuff in them.  Best use for them I've found is citrus oils... dissolve about 1 or 2 ml of lemon or orange or grapefruit oil into a bottle full of grain alcohol and you can add citrus zestiness without fiddling around with citrus zest.  

Absinthe in that one.

[TdeV]

2 hours ago, cdh said:

Best use for them I've found is citrus oils... dissolve about 1 or 2 ml of lemon or orange or grapefruit oil into a bottle full of grain alcohol and you can add citrus zestiness without fiddling around with citrus zest.   

 

@cdh, how much alcohol is in the bottle (to start with)?

[Tri2Cook]

5 hours ago, Anna N said:

So you  see how I made the leap to you intimating that it was a hot mole sandwich.

Makes sense. Seems a shame to waste the moles after removing their skin... might as well make a sandwich. 

[cdh]

1 hour ago, TdeV said:

 

@cdh, how much alcohol is in the bottle (to start with)?

Those little guys are around 50ml, so figure 48 or 49ml... You're shooting for a 2-4% solution.  Any more that that and the oil can start gumming up the works in the atomizer sprayer.

[Anna N]

46 minutes ago, Tri2Cook said:

Makes sense. Seems a shame to waste the moles after removing their skin... might as well make a sandwich. 

 Nose to tail eating all the way.

[Anna N]

 

 

 So on Kerry’s orders and to help out @Smithy, I tried reheating some fries in the CSO.  Bearing in mind that these were not the best fries to begin with I believe I brought them back to their less than perfect state by re-heating them  for 10 minutes at 325°F using the steam/bake function. The convection/bake works neither better nor worse in this oven than it does in any countertop  oven. The secret is the steam/bake function. Yes it is counterintuitive to think that steam/bake would crisp anything up but take my word for it.  Fries or fried chicken same thing ——steam/bake. 

 

 Edited to add that I used the tray that came with the oven and lined it with foil and put it into the toast position.

Edited August 4, 2019 by Anna N (log)

[JoNorvelleWalker]

3 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

Absinthe in that one.

 

Do the gendarmes come for you if you cross over into Quebec?

 

[Smithy]

40 minutes ago, Anna N said:

 

 

 So on Kerry’s orders and to help out @Smithy, I tried reheating some fries in the CSO.  Bearing in mind that these were not the best fries to begin with I believe I brought them back to their less than perfect state by re-heating them  for 10 minutes at 325°F using the steam/bake function. The convection/bake works neither better nor worse in this oven than it does in any countertop  oven. The secret is the steam/bake function. Yes it is counterintuitive to think that steam/bake would crisp anything up but take my word for it.  Fries or fried chicken same thing ——steam/bake. 

 

 Edited to add that I used the tray that came with the oven and lined it with foil and put it into the toast position.

 

 

Am I correct, however, in thinking that you would not initially cook fries in the steam/bake mode? I ask because I tried some tater-tot-type-thingies that way and they simply went soggy.

[JoNorvelleWalker]

8 hours ago, Anna N said:

 I just spit my coffee all over my iPad.  I know that you mean the Mexican dish but as soon as I read it I was reminded that at one time I honestly believed that moleskin came from moles. I used to think that there were people who sat around skinning moles.  So you  see how I made the leap to you intimating that it was a hot mole sandwich. 

 

 

 

 

"There is just now an exceptional demand for moleskins,...due to a report that the King recently had a waistcoat made of moleskins."

 

 

[Anna N]

1 hour ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

"There is just now an exceptional demand for moleskins,...due to a report that the King recently had a waistcoat made of moleskins."

 That will teach that Kerry Beal to laugh at me!  

[Anna N]

2 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

Do the gendarmes come for you if you cross over into Quebec?

 

 

1 hour ago, Smithy said:

 

Am I correct, however, in thinking that you would not initially cook fries in the steam/bake mode? I ask because I tried some tater-tot-type-thingies that way and they simply went soggy.

I don’t think I would attempt to cook them initially in the steam/bake mode. But I have to admit I have never tried.

[Anna N]

2 hours ago, JoNorvelleWalker said:

 

Do the gendarmes come for you if you cross over into Quebec?

 

 If you are messing about with illegal liquor and stuff like that you might find yourself facing these people: 

Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)

 

But they likely won’t arrive in their red jackets nor on horseback.

[Margaret Pilgrim]

When I was a mere tyke, we were coming home from visiting BC, and innocent/ignorant father was beguiled by a butcher near the border.     Icing up his cooler, he bought a tidy sum of large cuts.    At the border, a rosy cheeked and rotund border control guy happily relieved him of his bounty.    Nice gig.    I am sure and would hope that there are strict rules about what happened to confiscated meat.   Hopefully an institution or such.   

Edited August 5, 2019 by Margaret Pilgrim (log)

[Kerry Beal]

 

Not a whole lot of patients today - but when they did come they were broken! They both opted for the purple.

 

 

[Kerry Beal]

Adulterated Corpse Reviver- Anna and I agreed that even unadulterated it wouldn't have been our favorite. 

 

 

My replacement - a Rainbow Sour. 

 

 

Much more up my alley.

 

 

[Kerry Beal]

Clearly I failed to get the composed dinner picture.

 

 

 

 

[Kerry Beal]

Kira waiting for the fireworks. Not everyone in town knows me - but they all know Kira.

 

 

 

 

 

 

She got quite antsy when they started - lots of loud bangs - but eventually she settled down and began to enjoy the show.

 

 

 

Not a lot of photos of the fireworks - going to see if I can upload a video properly overnight.