A Big Ham
Hubby loves spiral ham. Â He has wanted me to pick one up for a while now but I’ve been holding out because they’re so huge and there are only two of us. Plus, they’re twenty bucks and up and you’re paying for a bone! Â …
food
Animals are People Too
Two aspects of human life puzzle me: Killing purely for sport and eating any type of meat a person can get their hands on. Â …
Nastiness in the Grocery Store
I will try to keep the grossness factor to a bare minimum here but a recent article published by Mother Nature Network exposes some little-known facts about what we eat, especially if it comes from the US. Â They flipped through the Food and Drug Administration’s rules and found that some of them are pretty darn loosey-goosey when it comes to stuff you or I would find unpalatable. Â It’s even more reason to make sure your purchase is packed in Canada. Â …
Help with Supper
This came to me via blog reader Allan and it’s just too brilliant to keep to myself. …
Chickening Out
Why is it important that the chicken I’m about to eat was allowed to roam freely, attend the school of its choosing and dream of a better life before it was slaughtered, cut up and packaged? …
Foodstuffs
It was one of the best soups I’ve ever eaten. Â They called it Tomato and Basil but that name belied its chief ingredient: garlic. Â …
Ruining an Institution
Tim Hortons announced this week that it’s adding espresso-based coffee beverages to its menu. I’m predicting a slow but perhaps fatal erosion of the customer base that made this company as Canadian as maple syrup and back bacon. …
