Apparently, yes.
After a boat tour during our recent camping trip to Canada[1] we stopped off at a restaurant on the shore of the St. Lawrence River. One interesting thing about traveling in Ontario, as you probably already know, is that everything is in French and English.
As I was admiring the Heinz Ketchup and Relish [...]
Posts from ‘August, 2009’
Would HFCS by any other name taste as sweet?
A post for the tomato-heads out there
You may recall my earlier post on the tomato blight issues I encountered this year. I have a few updates for you:
Fact one: while traveling through my neighbor’s yard on the way to another neighbor’s yard, I noticed that his tomato plants were doing fine. These plants came from the same plastic egg-carton [...]
Old pics
Just a quick note to point you to gallery additions from about a month ago. In late July we headed up to my parents’ trailer at Russell Brook campground. We had a nice visit, including a belated b-day celebration for my mom:
Poppy and Thomas had fun as well:
Check out the Russell Brook gallery [...]
Recipe for fun
Ingredients:
4 Adults
5 Boys
Beach toys
Many gallons of gasoline
Parsley
Instructions:
Evenly distribute first three ingredients between two minivans. Add gasoline. Point vehicles east. Drive 4-5 hours until Boston is reached. Rest for 2.5 days. Drive north 1.5 hours to beach. Bake at 85 degrees for 2.5 days. Garnish with parsley and serve [...]
A caregiver’s lamentation
You try to raise them right. You do what you can to keep them healthy. You do everything in your power to ensure they grow up in a nurturing environment. You encourage them to be independent, and not follow the crowd.
And then the throw in with their peers and join whatever craze is [...]
Can I can?
A few weeks ago, the beets were a good size – and getting a little crowded – so I decided to do a little canning experiment. I did some research[1] and discovered that if I pickled the beets I wouldn’t need to buy a pressure canner[2] so all I’d need is a big pot [...]
