Archives for "November, 2009"

Posted by danno on 18th November 2009
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testing the rating system

Can you think of how nice it would be to have a rating system? Introducing the Nosegarden Stache Rating System. I think it gets 5 out of 5 staches.  Or…as they would say in the UK 5/5 taches.

Posted by danno on 17th November 2009
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YouTube – Cass McCombs – Dreams ComeTrue Girl (feat. Karen Black)

YouTube – Cass McCombs – Dreams ComeTrue Girl (feat. Karen Black)
I’ve been pulling some strange hours lately.  Here’s an early morning song to welcome the sunrise…a slightly recent love song from the soothing voice of Cass McCombs.  Keep watching, at around 2:00 in, guest singer Karen Black (actress, Easy Rider, Airport 1975, Children of the [...]

Posted by danno on 12th November 2009
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first up potato bread

What happens when you take 2 potatoes, organic potatoes let’s say, from Helmer’s Organics up in Pemberton, BC.  You mix it with standard bread yeast and bread flour, but also throw in some organic thyme and garlic from the last weeks of the summer season farmers markets?
Truth be told, you get like…potato bread.  Simply put, [...]

Posted by danno on 12th November 2009
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Overheard last night at the Alibi Room

I don’t eat beef, rarely red meat, but if you shot and killed a moose, procured it and all…I would eat it.

Interesting because as I look around, the source and the proximity of field to plate seems to be important.  Interested in avoiding factory farm meats? check out this article on the Huffpo by Nicolette [...]

Posted by danno on 11th November 2009
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Quote by Montreal Bagels: St-Viateur vs. Fairmount | Serious Eats

Smuggling Them in Luggage Tips
Both places sell the bagels in plastic sleeves (each bag contains six). They can last on their own for six days, in the fridge for ten days, and a few months in the freezer.
I did not report the bagel stowaways in my luggage on my customs forms for fear of them [...]