Tuesday
posted by Patrick at
6:58 p.m.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Almond-Apricot Chicken with Mint Pesto
Tonight's culinary genius was by far the best ever. I ate it so fast I forgot to take a photo. The goat cheese was to DIE for...
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10:24 p.m.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
Canadiana Day
I came across these spawning salmon while hiking today. They seem to be near the end of their run. They're all elongated and multi-coloured and ugly.
This evening's culinary genius was Thai style salad with meat and home baked chocolate cookies for dessert. I get a little wired when I overdo the home baked cookies.
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9:43 p.m.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Vinaigrette Success
Prepared my first ever vinaigrette this evening to great acclaim. I do a little dance around my kitchen when things work very well. Never really attempted cuisine on any level before. Does it ever enhance the flavour of things when a good vinaigrette is prepared properly. I cursed Martha Stewart to all asunder the other night after overcooking some vegetables prepared exactly how her cookbook dictates. Turns out I have a fast stove or a hot stove or whatever you call it. You either cook things for shorter periods or keep a closer eye on them so you don't burn them to ratshit, apparently.
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11:02 p.m.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Friday's Bear
This beautiful thing was about ten feet from my car when I got home the other day. See previous post regarding land speed record. He didn't pay any attention to me at all. The other night I went out for a smoke about 3 a.m. and I think this is the fellow who was walking across the dark parking lot about 20 feet from me at the time. I still had the smoke...
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9:24 p.m.
Wednesday's Bear
Saw this guy the other day. We had a 'moment'. Usually they run as soon as they become aware of you. This guy smelled me from a really long distance away. We stood there looking at each other deciding what each of us was going to do. If he had taken two consecutive steps in my direction I would have set a land speed record bolting to my nearby car. He eventually just wandered off into the woods. Fascinating to make eye contact with a big ol' bear for a few minutes.
posted by Patrick at
9:17 p.m.
Sunday, September 05, 2010
Lemon-Parsley Pork Chops
Overdid the lemon zest, pre-packaged parsley isn't as good as chopping up fresh stuff, garlic flavour didn't seem drawn out quite enough. Still not bad though.
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10:25 p.m.
