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And a little something I made just now, and am considering elaborating on:

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How to cure bacon

I had read a bit online already about how to cure bacon but today I just came across this and it reminded me of how much I want to actually do it someday. Maybe I'll start setting up a smoker at my parents place soon. And you can make a smoker out of many things, so it doesn't have to be super-expensive. I want to try and see if I can make a cold-smoker though, it can't be much harder than separating the heat source from the container in which the meat is smoked, and keeping it stoked for a day or 3. And finding some hardwood to smoke it with. Heck, if Alton Brown can make a smoker out of a few old lockers (can't link to the video right now cause youtube is blocked at work but you can look it up) I can make a smoker out of salvaged stuff.

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Gravlax, double-smoked bacon and fresh-picked corn

Went to the Atwater market this afternoon and among other things got myself some Gravlax, double-smoked bacon and fresh-picked corn. :D







The corn was delicious :D

Last pics of MOS and Piarrr burgers

So I finally took the last two pics I had been meaning to:





Yesterday I made what I call Piarrr burgers. One of Richard and Elias' friends named Pierre (a.k.a. Piarrr) made these on the bbq (grill for those in the US) for Elias' birthday:



Enough medium ground meat to make 4 large patties
1 large handful each of finely chopped coriander and onion
lots of s&p
a tsp or two of thyme (I think?)
1 egg
breadcrumbs (optional, I didn't use any)

Mix it all up, form into patties and grill with cheese. Serve on a toasted rosemary bun.

Drunken cows taste good?

Apparently a BC cow rancher decided to feed wine to their cows and the results in the meat are good. I wanna try this! When can we get this going in Quebec?

An eggbeater that will kick anyone's ass and roommate turmoil.

I've been reading a lot of Eggbeater since I found it yesterday. She's amazing. I have to show this to my friend Carlo who is also a pastry chef, and wants to go to cooking school sometime soon.

Recently I've been taught another hard lesson in planning properly for something big like moving when several people are involved. It sucks when someone else is stuck paying for your lack of forethought and you can barely do anything about it. I think the worst of the storm is over since last night. In this case the person paying for my error is not the one I'm living with at the moment at least, but still. Sigh. He keeps saying it's all right it doesn't matter, everyone makes mistakes, but it does.

It was a damned-if-I-do, damned-if-I-don't situation. Either I keep my word to friend A and inconvenience/piss off friends B and C who I'm living with or don't keep my word to friend A friend and inconvenience/piss off friend A. At first I tried the first option but finally friend A decided to make a change of plans so I would be inconveniencing him instead of my current roommates. I dunno if that all makes sense but whatever. I'm still trying to figure out a way to fix things so they're not as bad. I'll have to talk to Kris tonight. It seems like I'll be moving again sometime this winter. Argh. I wonder how much it costs to hire a moving company to do it for me? Probably a lot.