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Chocdoc Takes Her Day job to Ottawa

Kerry Beal

By Kerry Beal
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45 minutes ago, Shelby said:

Wow.  I don't get out much these days.  They really short you on ketchup.


I prefer seafood without ketchup. I don't order it during ketchup season.

Y'all started it... :raz:

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It's kinda like wrestling a gorilla... you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is tired.

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6 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

Dinner tonight will be at Play Food and Wine - a small plates place owned by the owner of Beckta here in Ottawa

 

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Realized they had more than wine and showed Nigel the bar tender the Imbibe recipe for a Maximilian Affair.

 

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perused the menu - awaiting my first dish - the duck and pork terrine 

 

 

I would have asked them what part of Vancouver Island their sea salt comes from. 🙂

 

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3 hours ago, FauxPas said:

 

I would have asked them what part of Vancouver Island their sea salt comes from. 🙂

And if it has a “best before date“ and what that might be. 

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4 hours ago, FauxPas said:

 

I would have asked them what part of Vancouver Island their sea salt comes from. 🙂

 

Ah yes - I guess that's what happens when you write a menu without thinking it through.

 

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1 hour ago, Kerry Beal said:

Ah yes - I guess that's what happens when you write a menu without thinking it through.

 

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Actually the salt IS coming from Vancouver Island - Vancouver Island Sea Salt. Learn something new every day.

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No beaver? That's racism.

 

 

 

Teo

 

I suspect if I'd dug deeper in the container I might have found one!

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5 hours ago, Kerry Beal said:

Actually the salt IS coming from Vancouver Island - Vancouver Island Sea Salt. Learn something new every day.

 

I wasn't being snarky, I really wanted to know where it was from! There are a couple of sea salt producers here on the Island (scroll down to see a few). I usually buy from Clever Crow Farm which is very near here. It's a very small operation, Lia slowly simmers the salt water on the stove in her farm store and has a drying room for the salt (and herbs) on the lower level. 

 

Thanks for checking on the source!   🙂

 

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met with @Beth Wilson and @ElsieD for breakfast at Chesterfields Bistro Diner 
 

 

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they made us a pot of tea

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hash for me 

 

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southern eggs benny for Beth - collards under there

 

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English muffin with raspberry rhubarb jam for Elsie 

 

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cauliflower poutine

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more tea

 

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the porch of the house behind the bistro 

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3 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

Back on the train

 

 

 

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same choices as on the way up - they ran out of choices quite early in the service 

 

 

Is that gravy on a sandwich?..Meatloaf?

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1 hour ago, Kerry Beal said:

 

 

I did see some green beans - not eaten!

I am not laughing because I know she loves green beans so I’m wondering what it was about these ones that she decided not to eat them! Mind you after that breakfast it’s a miracle that she had any room for lunch. I don’t think I could’ve managed another meal.

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I am not laughing because I know she loves green beans so I’m wondering what it was about these ones that she decided not to eat them! Mind you after that breakfast it’s a miracle that she had any room for lunch. I don’t think I could’ve managed another meal.

I was still pretty stuffed from breakfast and I had only eaten part of that!

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Does VIA include meals as part of a regular service, is it limited to those riding in first class, or do you have to buy separately like you do on most airlines anymore?

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Does VIA include meals as part of a regular service, is it limited to those riding in first class, or do you have to buy separately like you do on most airlines anymore?

I believe you can buy meals in steerage.

 

 

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3 minutes ago, Kerry Beal said:

I believe you can buy meals in steerage.

 

 

If that's what I paid for, I think I'd do better off packing a cooler with my own lunch!

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