I decided to attempt to make Vietnamese egg meatloaf (Chả trứng hấp) at home. In Vietnam, particularly in the south, it is often served with Cơm tấm, or broken rice. Usually Cơm tấm has a few items with the rice, such as this meatloaf, some… Read More
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Dehydrating Pineapple
I’m planning a canoe trip this summer with my buddy East Texas Red – assuming the province actually opens up for some travel. In Quetico, cans and bottles are not allowed and weight is an issue for portaging, so I’ve started to dehydrate some food… Read More
The Jerky Experiment part 2
Last week I made a batch of jerky, mostly to prove to myself I could do it. I’m planning to make some to take on a canoe trip in August with East Texas Red. After I had devoured the first batch, E.T. Red commented that… Read More
The Jerky Experiment
In August of this year, I’m planning on a canoe trip in Quetico Provincial Park with my friend East Texas Red. For this trip, I’m looking after making sure we eat well, a job I take seriously. Weight is an issue as we’ll have something… Read More
Real Eggs
Today on his televised address, Ontario Premier Ford gave Tim Horton’s, (because his schtick is “for the people”, Mr Ford likes to call them Timmies) a shout out for coming out with breakfast sandwiches made with “real eggs”. One question. Just what exactly were the… Read More
Lemon Bars
Today is Sheila’s birthday. She asked that I make her lemon bars and also that I get some bibimbap from Tasty Korea for dinner tonight. No problem. Never mind that I’ve never made lemon bars. My expertise is in eating lemon bars, not baking them.… Read More
How to make a frittata
My friend and Agency Podcast co-host Candy asked me to show her how to make a frittata. We did that this afternoon and Candy filmed it. Tomorrow we’ll be talking frittata on the next episode of The Agency Podcast during one of our regular Comfort… Read More
Green Tomatoes
Each season I’ve grown indeterminate tomatoes, we wind up with a lot of green tomatoes when the first killer frost is close. A few years ago, I learned that you can roast green tomatoes and eventually they sweeten up and make an excellent (green) sauce.… Read More
Dried tomato, hot chile, corn, sage & cheese muffins
Tuffy P asked me if I could make some kind of savoury muffins today. I thought about what ingredients I had on hand for a minute. I suppose the normal thing to do would be to look up recipes, but that’s not nearly as much… Read More
Cooking from the garden
For years growing veggies at our home had been limited by lots of shade. I could grow spinach and lettuce and onions and some herbs and a few other things but forget about tomatoes or chilies or chard. That changed when Nick’s bungalow next door… Read More