Quoting Michael Loo to Jim Weller <=-

it's more effective, they say, on people than
on critters.

Yeah it just makes Grizzlies angry. Bill knows how to cope with
them though.

Black bear poop contains a lot of berry seeds and
squirrel fur. Grizzly bear poop has little bells in
it and smells like pepper spray. - old joke

An old joke that I was about to tell but you beat me to it! A
similar one: how do can you tell a Grizzly from a black bear? Climb
a tree .... If it climbs up after you it's a black bear. If it
strides over to the tree and knocks it to the ground with a single
punch, it's a Grizzly.

Title: Chinese Pea Soup With Floating Pork Dumplings

Looks good enough but unlike any Chinese food I've
ever had.

My thoughts too, but what do I know?

From: Www.Birdseye.Co.Uk

Or they?

Some Yellowknife food things:

Thanks to our growing Desi population my supermarket now carries
fresh fenugreek leaves along side the cilantro, dill and Italian
herbs. A large amount of it was on 50% markdown last week but still
appeared to be decently fresh so I bought two bundles: one to use
fresh quickly and one to dry and store. We hadn't had any for ages
so I put it in or on everything for a few days: Spanish ham and
potato omelettes, Hungarian potato paprikash, Dutch ham and winter
root vegetables soup. I even put it in Israeli chopped salad in lieu
of parsley. It went nicely with everything but I have now had enough
of it to satisfy that craving for another "ages".

Roslind's niece (the one who had triplets nine years ago) had us all
over for dinner while Raine and her two girls were here and bought
tomahawk steaks for all which must have cost her a pretty penny.
They were from Northern Fancy Meats, the butcher shop where you and
I bought that huge 2 1/2 inch thick porterhouse which fed three
people for 2 days and Canada AAA which is the top half of Choice, so
close to prime. The kids got half of one each and there were still
leftovers. They were seared briefly in batches, lightly seasoned
with Back Eddy steak spice, then oven finished to taste. And of
course tender and absolutely delicious. That was the first of two
birthday dinners for me.

The second one was last night at Zehabesha, the Ethiopian place,
which is now the #1 rated place in town on Trip Advisor, and for
good reason. That one was with our friends Kevin and Lori, the dog
mushing, bagpipe playing accountant and nurse. They had shiro wot
and doro wat on either injera or rice with the standard six
vegetable sides while I had the spicier beef tibs, a very generous
portion which came with a small salad but I scored half of Roslind's vegetables. Eline and Dinku now have a beer and wine licence which
we took advantage of. Beer was a reasonable $6 for domestic, $8 for
imported but the house wine was $14 which I thought to be excessive
but it was a 250 ml pour so $42 a bottle for something that retails
at $18 so not out of line I guess. Dinku's selection is quite small
and unimaginative (he doesn't drink himself) but I was happy just to
be able to get any kind of beer there at all.

I mentioned earlier how Lexi bought both ice cream and frozen
yogurt to please both her grandparents. Well she also bought
macarons, canned whipped cream and fresh raspberries for a major
sundae fest. My pantry supplied coconut and slice almonds as well.
We all made out own buffet style the last day they were here.

I had bought Roslind an aero garden for her birthday back in July
but she didn't start it up until last week as we had fresh herbs out
on the deck until first frost and then home dried ones thereafter;
we are just now running out. So it's now up and running and the
first tiny sprouts are visible tonight. I'm looking forward to a
nice variety of ultra fresh herbs on demand this winter.

Cheers

Jim

... Drink my wine, come in and dig my herbs - Hendrix

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