Tag Archives: food

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Extra Spam = $2.25 (January 2012)

A restaurant menu board from our Hawaii trip in 2012…

“Make It Ryan!” @ryanmeili

Ryan’s the master of puns but “Make it Ryan” instead of “Make it Rain” works pretty well too, especially after you manage to win a couple hundred bucks in the 50/50 draw at a Steak Night fundraiser! Now I can make another donation to Ryan’s campaign *and* pay for all my drinks at the all-inclusive […]

Saturday Snap – You Know You’re In Saskatchewan When…

…you go out to a political event and end up coming home with perogies! šŸ˜‰

Saturday Snap – Rudolph’s Butthole Shooter Recipe

Shea and I went to a Christmas party, hosted and attended by a few of the couples we met through our seasonal campsite at Echo Lake this year. All of us (well, except one camper who was pregnant this summer but made up for it at the Christmas party!) had occasionally drank shooters while listening […]

Google’s Most Popular Drinks of 2017

Another year-end list.

Saturday Snap – ‘Tis The Season (For Candy!)

Merry Christmas Drink

Shea made us a very tasty Christmas-themed drink this past weekend featuring peppermint vodka, toffee cream liqueur and chocolate-flavoured whiskey along with a rimmer of melted After 8 peppermint chocolates and crushed candy cane. We didn’t name the drink but I’m going to suggest “Christmas Star” since it certainly was a star of our weekend. […]

How To Butcher An Entire Cow: Every Cut of Meat Explained

Stumbled across this video on Reddit but thought it was an appropriate post as Shea informs me her and her parents are buying some farm-direct beef from her uncle. Yum!  

The Cult of Instant Pot

It was one of this year’s hottest Black Friday items onlineĀ and the Instant Pot ™ combination pressure cooker/slow cooker, invented by a group of former Nortel engineers in Ottawa, has been compared to a cult for its fanatical following. What’s the appeal?Ā  It quickly cooks food that’s tasty, healthy and, compared to the 1970’s pressure […]

Friday Fun Link – Hot Ones “Hot Sauce Challenge”

I stumbled across this YouTube seriesĀ and am completely hooked. The conceit is that a hot sauce company challenges various “B” level celebrities to eat wings with a variety of ever-increasing hot sauces on them while also conducting an interview. I haven’t watched them all but here are some of my favourite interviews so far…