7 posts tagged “dinner”

Okay, so I've posted more text-based info on our Thanksgiving weekend over on unsweetened.ca.

Wanna see the full set of photos, what we ate @ the AGO, who came for dinner, what we ate then too?  Well click through, 'cause that's the only way you're going to see it. ;->

Yes, the feast of all feasts is coming and I'm already salivating.  Turkey - yum!  Cranberry sauce - extra yum!  Potatoes - yum!  Apple in any and all forms - yum yum yum!

Our menu this year is going to include some long time favourites:

• Turkey w/ garlic molasses glaze
• Pepper Cornbread stuffing
• Cranberry sauce w/ orange zest  (sadly, we'll have to do without Roth's fresh cranberry relish)
• Riced Potatoes
• Candied Yams (courtesy of M.Tinto)
• Baked Squash w/ brown sugar 

And I can't wait.

What are you making?  [[Take the poll over on unsweetened.ca]]

Inspired by June, who was inspired by Jeani, who was inspired by the BBC readers poll. Now this is a poll I can get behind!  Prepare for oversharing... and you know if I'm sharing, I'm asking you to spill the beans too.
Note: I've left the links to BBC in so you can figure out what it is if you don't know.

1. Fresh fish  - straight from the river into the pan, one of my favourite childhood breakfasts.

2. Lobster - I did grow up on the East Coast.
3. Steak

4. Thai food

5. Chinese food - my first-ever solid food

6. Ice cream

7. Pizza - we make the best BBQ pizaa

8. Crab

9. Curry - I've even had Crab Curry

10. Prawns - I was surprised at the time to find out that Prawns are NOT a fancy name for shrimp.

11. Moreton Bay Bugs  

12. Clam chowder - well I did grow up on the East Coast

13. Barbecues - actually I've eaten "barbecue", "barbecues" are a little hard on the teeth.

14. Pancakes - & flapjacks & griddle cakes & johnny cakes & crepes

15. Pasta

16. Mussels - fresh dug and steamed on the beach.

17. Cheesecake - but never in New York

18. Lamb - we raised sheep.  Buy me a beer and ask me to tell you the Rosemary story some time.

19. Cream tea - once, in Amsterdam will all my X-boyfriends.  Surreal.
20. Alligator - once at a food show, I found it a little rubbery.

21. Oysters - Oh ya!

22. Kangaroo

23. Chocolate

24. Sandwiches

25. Greek food - Danforth here we come!

26. Burgers - on 3 continents.

27. Mexican food - well I did grow up on the East Coast

28. Squid - caught fresh in the Atlantic Ocean

29. American diner breakfast - with and without grits

30. Salmon

31. Venison - most recently in a Venison stew my dad made. Yum!

32. Guinea pig

33. Shark - but oddly I don't remember it well.

34. Sushi - I dislike uni

35. Paella - in Barcelona
36. Barramundi

37. Reindeer

38. Kebab - meat on a stick - yum

39. Scallops -

40. Australian meat pie

41. Mango - purchased from a street vendor in South Africa, where they jest that the best way to eat them is naked in the tub.

42. Durian fruit - and I get teased about this.

43. Octopus
44. Ribs

45. Roast beef

46. Tapas - while sipping red wine in a taverna outside the Gaudi museum.

47. Jerk chicken/pork

48. Haggis -  Robbie Burns Day would'na complete witho't it.
49. Caviar
50. Cornish pasty

Today was a surprising day.  I expected it to be fairly slow and easy since I was packing up... but it was event filled.

First, The News EMC published an article on CheapEats Ottawa and our call for recommendations.  Tom Collins, yes that's his name, wrote a great article and we're already seeing recommendations flowing in.

Next Rockr & Junkii decided to take me the open-air play in Strathcona Park.  This was a traditional summer activity for me when I lived in Ottawa, and it was great to go again.

AND, in the line up to the play, I ran into my Aunt.  My Aunt from Holland!!!! 

How cool is that.