Quoting Michael Loo to Jim Weller <=-

In my old age extremely hot things are causing trouble

Reluctantly I now have to be relatively moderate with raw onions
and strong mustard, especially in bedtime snacks.

Yellowknife has far more Jamaicans (30) than Mexicans (0).

Is there a Mexican restaurant?

Not at the moment, but soon. Years ago somebody opened up as Taco
Time (I know, not Mexican and not very good Tex-Mex either) which
was quite wretched and closed down in less than a year. Then we had
a local bar, called Jose Loco's Cantina and later Surly Bob's,
which paid homage to Mexican (and Cajun) food with a northern
Canadian twist in its own unique way. The burgers and other food
were tasty but hardly authentic. Surly Bob retired and sold out to
The Cellar Steakhouse people and the place is now the Somali place I
spoke of here recently.

Last year I sold a vacant lot across the street from McDonald's to
a company that plans to build a KFC, a Taco Bell AND a Starbucks
all on one site. This will be a North American first. Yum! Brands
do a lot of dual brand stores but has never paired up with
Starbucks before here. They did in England though and Soul Group, a
British company recently bought out Canadian Priszm which had over
700 KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and WingStreet restaurants. They
convinced the powers that be in both companies to allow Starbucks
products inside the co-branded KFC-Taco Bell store here.

My tastes broadened considerably after I left home and I
started cooking for myself.

And having African roommates

They were one factor. Before that there was boarding with Farmer
Bill's Dutch parents for a semester, discovering take out Chinese
food when we moved from the country to Ottawa when I was in grade 9
and the discovery of takeout pizza when I hit university. Before the
Nigerian roommates I lived for a year in a large rooming house with
several students from across Canada and around the world. We took
turns cooking. There was me, another English Canadian, a Scot from
Nova Scotia, two French Canadians (one a Quebecer and the other an
Acadian), plus one each from Kenya (parents were from Uganda and got
out just in time, grandparents were Indian), a Lebanese guy who's
grandfather was Armenian (and also left just in time!), an Israeli
and an Egyptian. The last three guys were quite secular and had
similar political views so we all got along quite well.

and hanging around with degenerates and crazies on the cooking
echo ...

And other Internet food related venues as well.

Depending on what kind of mushrooms are used I disagree with boiling
them before frying them. And the Lithuanians seem to put sour cream
in everything! If this just had paprika in it it would be Hungarian
potato paprikash.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

Title: Lithuanian Braised Mushrooms with Potatoes
Categories: Lithuanian, Mushrooms, Bacon, Dairy
Yield: 4 servings

1 kg (2 lbs) fresh mushrooms
100 g (3 oz) bacon, finely cut
2 Onions, chopped
1 c Sour cream
Salt and pepper to taste

Cook potatoes until soft, drain and save potato cooking water. Fry
bacon and onion. Cook mushrooms in salted water for about 20
minutes. Drain and cut mushrooms into halves. Add mushrooms to fried
bacon and onion mixture. Simmer for 2-3 minutes. Sprinkle with salt
and pepper, add 1/4 cup potato water and simmer for 5 minutes. Pour
simmered mushrooms over boiled potatoes, mix well. Pour sour cream
on top just before serving for lunch.

Lithuanian National Cultural Center
From: http://www.lnkc.lt
Compiled by Birute Imbrasiene
Translated by Giedre Ambrozaitiene

MMMMM

Cheers

Jim


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Quoting Jim Weller to Michael Loo on 06-15-19 21:01 <=-

Before the Nigerian roommates I lived for a year in a large rooming
house with several students from across Canada and around the world.
We took turns cooking. There was me, another English Canadian, a Scot
from Nova Scotia, two French Canadians (one a Quebecer and the other
an Acadian), plus one each from Kenya (parents were from Uganda and
got out just in time, grandparents were Indian), a Lebanese guy who's grandfather was Armenian (and also left just in time!), an Israeli
and an Egyptian. The last three guys were quite secular and had
similar political views so we all got along quite well.

Truly a nice international community.... That would definitely broaden
one's outlook... :) And with you all taking turns cooking, that would
also broaden one's palate.... :)

I had less of that at that stage of my life, although, in my highschool
years, we were living in the Philadelphia area, where many of our denomination's missionaries would come for their furlough year, so we
had a little experience with other cultures and cuisines through them...
so that at least sparked interest that expanded later... :)

ttyl neb

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Quoting Nancy Backus to Jim Weller <=-

large rooming house with several students from / around the world.

a Lebanese guy / an Israeli and an Egyptian / had similar
political views so we all got along quite well.

Both the Israeli and the Egyptian would be looking at a minimum of
one year's military service when they went home after graduation.
They both sincerely hoped that there would not be a Middle Eastern
war that year! The Lebanese guy thought they were both crazy and he
himself planned to stay in Canada if at all possible. (He did. He
worked part time at an Italian restaurant where there were a lot of
Lebanese employees who jointly did an agreement for sale with the
retiring Italian owners. [This was a common phenomenon in Ottawa in
the 60s.] And even though he was getting straight As in computer
science, he dropped out to joined them. They kept on making pizza,
pasta, steaks and seafood but added kebabs, donairs and shawarma to
the menu. Sorrento's was already my "big date" place even before I
met Albert. I just googled them and Sorrento's is still alive and
well after all these decades and still serving Italian and Lebanese
fare. It has new owners by now of course and changed locations as
well but it's still there.

And with you all taking turns cooking, that would
also broaden one's palate.... :)

It surely did.

our denomination's missionaries would come for their furlough year,
so we had a little experience with other cultures and cuisines through them

One of my uncles was a missionary and lived through some interesting
times. Uncle Clarence had degrees in English and Divinity and Aunt
Connie was a nurse. They were first posted to China in 1930 to
Moslem Qinghai province, northeast of Tibet and northwest of
Sichuan. By 1935 they had to get out because of the advancing
civil war with the Communists. They went down the Yangtze River
200 miles by small boat. They ended up having to leave China
altogether in 1947 and ended up in post-partition India in 1951;
although the bulk of the killings were over by then there was
still a huge homeless refugee problem on both sides of the border and
all the misery that that implies. They returned to Canada in 1957. I
barely remember Clarence as I only met him once and he passed away
in 1959.

My three cousins have all lived interesting lives as well. Two of
them were academics, social justice activists and left wing
political activists and the third is in international trade and
finance where his multiculturalism and linguistic skills are a great
asset.

Gordon was born in China and learned Mandarin simultaneously with
English. Later on he was home schooled and also went to private
schools in England, Canada and the USA periodically. He was
teaching school in eastern Nigeria when the civil war broke out when
Biafra tried and failed to succeed, Later on, in Canada he became
involved with our socialist New Democratic Party and was national
general secretary and Ontario party president while teaching at
McMaster University. Later on he worked for Saskatchewan NDP
Premiers Blakeney and Romanow and was one of the advisors who helped
get the Charter of Rights into the Constitution, At the end of his
life he had returned to western china to teach,

Bruce was born in Sichuan, went to school in India, came to Canada,
went to university here and became a social worker and a newspaper
columnist, writing the "Toronto Star Youth Hot line" a syndicated
advise column. After his kids grew up he got divorced, came out of
the closet and married a guy.

Alan studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and worked for a
while in Kuwait before coming back to Canada to work at the
International Financial Centre in Vancouver.



Cheers

Jim


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Quoting Jim Weller to Nancy Backus on 06-29-19 22:13 <=-

large rooming house with several students from / around the world.
a Lebanese guy / an Israeli and an Egyptian / had similar
political views so we all got along quite well.

Both the Israeli and the Egyptian would be looking at a minimum of
one year's military service when they went home after graduation.
They both sincerely hoped that there would not be a Middle Eastern
war that year!

I trust that their hopes were borne out...? Having to fight each other
would not have been a nice thing at all..... not unlike our Civil War,
when brother fought brother, though....

The Lebanese guy thought they were both crazy and he
himself planned to stay in Canada if at all possible. (He did. He
worked part time at an Italian restaurant where there were a lot of Lebanese employees who jointly did an agreement for sale with the
retiring Italian owners. [This was a common phenomenon in Ottawa in
the 60s.] And even though he was getting straight As in computer
science, he dropped out to joined them. They kept on making pizza,
pasta, steaks and seafood but added kebabs, donairs and shawarma to
the menu. Sorrento's was already my "big date" place even before I
met Albert.)

Good for him.... :) Did he ever regret the decision...?

I just googled them and Sorrento's is still alive and
well after all these decades and still serving Italian and Lebanese
fare. It has new owners by now of course and changed locations as
well but it's still there.

Albert and his friends retired, I take it....?

And with you all taking turns cooking, that would
also broaden one's palate.... :)

It surely did.

Nice to have had the experience.... :)

our denomination's missionaries would come for their furlough year,
so we had a little experience with other cultures and cuisines
through them

One of my uncles was a missionary and lived through some interesting times. Uncle Clarence had degrees in English and Divinity and Aunt
Connie was a nurse. They were first posted to China in 1930 to
Moslem Qinghai province, northeast of Tibet and northwest of
Sichuan. By 1935 they had to get out because of the advancing
civil war with the Communists. They went down the Yangtze River
200 miles by small boat. They ended up having to leave China
altogether in 1947 and ended up in post-partition India in 1951;
although the bulk of the killings were over by then there was
still a huge homeless refugee problem on both sides of the border and
all the misery that that implies. They returned to Canada in 1957. I barely remember Clarence as I only met him once and he passed away
in 1959.

They had an interesting life, indeed... :)

My three cousins have all lived interesting lives as well. Two of
them were academics, social justice activists and left wing
political activists and the third is in international trade and
finance where his multiculturalism and linguistic skills are a great asset.
Gordon was born in China and learned Mandarin simultaneously with
English. Later on he was home schooled and also went to private
schools in England, Canada and the USA periodically. He was
teaching school in eastern Nigeria when the civil war broke out when Biafra tried and failed to succeed, Later on, in Canada he became
involved with our socialist New Democratic Party and was national
general secretary and Ontario party president while teaching at
McMaster University. Later on he worked for Saskatchewan NDP
Premiers Blakeney and Romanow and was one of the advisors who helped
get the Charter of Rights into the Constitution, At the end of his
life he had returned to western china to teach,
Bruce was born in Sichuan, went to school in India, came to Canada,
went to university here and became a social worker and a newspaper columnist, writing the "Toronto Star Youth Hot line" a syndicated
advise column. After his kids grew up he got divorced, came out of
the closet and married a guy.
Alan studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and worked for a
while in Kuwait before coming back to Canada to work at the
International Financial Centre in Vancouver.

Yup.... your cousins also are interesting people.... :) Was Alan also
born in China or India...?

ttyl neb

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