Monthly Archives: May 2012

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Updates!

I have been crazy-busy, but there are a few things that I thought were worth mentioning. Iceberg season has begun in Newfoundland and apparently the tourists are flocking to take boat tours out among the icy giants. It’s a great year for watching ice melt in something other than your glass! Icebergfinder.com shows 53 icebergs on today’s map.

Food find of the month – PC Lentil Hummus. This new product from the folks at Loblaws is fantastic! Try it with cucumber slices or salty tortilla chips. Oh heck, just eat it with a spoon! It’s worth every penny and every calorie.

I’m planning my next backyard dinner party and am thinking lentils could be the theme. Is that too much? Went to the Good Food Festival in Toronto recently where I was given a cookbook on lentils. Mighty little things, but I don’t want to overwhelm.

Potential Menu:

  • Lentil hummus and cucumbers
  • Pumpkin ravioli with a tomato, basil and lentil sauce with grana padano shavings
  • Chicken breasts stuffed with spinach, red lentils, wild mushrooms and asiago, fingerlings and pattipan squash
  • Okay I’m stumped on dessert. Maybe a summer berry (is there any such thing anymore?) pie and cream. 

Now I can feature another new favourite – PC “flavour burst” blueberries. Genetically-modified food or just some spectacular hybrid? After years of lousy, bland, but massive blueberries, it’s great to have something so big AND tasty. Of course, nothing beats fresh-picked blueberries from the hills in Newfoundland. Another small, but mighty food. Try a blind-folded taste test with your family and friends. Some have said they taste more like grapes.

Last thing, I found a new website that I like: Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador. Nice slogans, good sentiments and lovely images. Don’t know if I can join – must investigate further. They are currently featuring a call for nominations for the Hospitality Ambassador awards. Just saying…

Happy Eating!

Pamela

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Marking the Year of the Dragon

I was born almost 48 years ago, in the most auspicious of years for those who follow Chinese astrology. I decided to mark the significance of 2012 with, what else, a tattoo of a dragon! (See above.) Perhaps an unfortunate or all too common choice in this time of dragon tattoo books and movie monikers, but I couldn’t resist.

If you’ve ever wondered what it feels like to get a tattoo, I can now enlighten you. Imagine someone rubbing repeatedly on your skin with a dull knife until it gets red and irritated. That’s the point at which you are starting to get a tattoo. Think Harry Potter and the “I may not tell lies” pen-etching-into-the-hand scene. Okay, we’re good.

Of course, everyone is different; tattoos might be a cake walk for you. If so, please share your experience and photos so I don’t completely spoil the fun for those who are wondering if they should finally get one.

I’m clearly a wuz, but the artist who did my tattoo was fantastic. Big, no huge, shout out to Robert at Way Cool Tattoos in Oakville! An amazing artist on paper and skin. 

Happy Year of the Dragon! There must be something good to eat for that. Suggestions?

Pamela