Welcome to the Cocktail Chronicles, a new weekly series where we here folks at Spicymayo will deliver for you all the goods, the bads and the boozy as it pertains to anything cocktail related.
First up a little information that you might not know.
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Stuff about food and food-related stuff
Bread Pudding
It’s a bit unusual for me to have bread in the cupboard long enough to get stale. If you’re looking at an old chunk of Calabrese and French toast doesn’t tickle your fancy, perhaps this tasty, comforting bread pudding will do the trick.
Demer’s Christmas Tradition
One of Megan’s family christmas traditions has been fried oysters. Over the years we have persuaded Marilyn, the family matriarch and defender of all things traditional, to alter the recipe. First we substituted panko for the crushed satines, and this year we used fresh shucked malpeque oysters. Even Marilyn had a nod of approval.
Salmon Tartar
Delicious new dish at Sushiro. Served with greens, lotus root and garlic chips, and a delicate basil oil. Yum!
Nice little gift idea
Working in the arts has put me in close proximity to all sorts of do-gooder, socialist types. Although my NDP youth membership has lapsed and I haven’t renewed my CO-OP membership, I still consider myself a bit of lefty. My co-worker put me on to Oxfam’s holiday donation scheme and it appeals to me on the following levels:
Il Secondo!
Christie’s Mayfair Bakery, the venerable Saskatoon institution, opened its new East side location this week. Il Secondo features the same incredible breads and baking as its counterpart, but has shifted its focus slightly to accomodate the lunch and coffee demographic. The menu includes a variety of paninis (which I’ve heard are very good) and gorgeous thin crust pizzas baked in a wood burning oven. The space is beautiful and the pizza top notch! Congrats Tracey!
A Single Jar of Jam
I usually leave the grocery store with at least one food item I have insufficient time or interest to prepare. I often buy out of aesthetic appreciation or out of some half-hearted commitment to eating healthier foods. A piece of fresh fish might end up in the freezer before I get around to cooking it. I may eat a few blueberries or strawberries and leave the rest in the fridge on some palliative care type shit — I observe with cool indifference as they shrivel and die. Looking at a container of organic strawberries, I resolved not to let these go to waste!
Compound Butter
The first nights of frost touched up most of the herbs and flowers but I did manage to salvage some lemon thyme and chives. I put together a compound butter of chives and chili to finish off a perfect piece of sole!