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Popcorn Popping corn is one of the oldest varieties of corn and like all corn it too is indigenous of the Americas. It is cultivated in the same manner as sweet corn and looks almost identical in its...
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A Baker’s Dozen This term simply means thirteen, rarely but at times fourteen. The phrase originated in England when bakers were regulated by a trade guild known as The Worshipful Company of Bakers....
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My Eccentricity on Ethnicity I personally loathe the word ethnic. We have bastardized this word into a misrepresentation of ones individuality for any non wasp person . Simple clarification of what...
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Veisalgia for breakfast Ah yes you wake up and it’s 2009 Happy New Year!! However with all of the fun and festivities you find yourself afraid to move. You slowly open your eyes. So far so good, so...
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DYI Tomato Paste The garden has yet again provided a bounty of tomatoes as have the neighbors gardens. Last nights frost saw me out harvesting all of the tomatoes still on the vine which has led to an...
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Wild Sweets® By Dominique & Cindy Duby Wins Gold at 2013 International Chocolate Salon USA Wild Sweets® By Dominique & Cindy Duby won several top awards at the 2013 International Chocolate...
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Wild Grape Jelly There are dozens of varieties of wild grapes. Locally we have what is known as the “Summer Grape”. This grape is virtually indestructible as it slowly creeps its way across the...
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Sunflower, you are my sunshine The sunflower was first cultivated throughout the region of what is now known as Arizona and New Mexico some 3000 years ago and as such has caused much debate amongst...
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Marshmallows The first marshmallows were made as a medical confectionary for treating sore throats in ancient Egypt. They were produced from the mucilaginous sap and roots of the common Musk Mallow...
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Roasted Asparagus with Rhubarb Vinaigrette Earlier this spring Nourishing Ontario prepared a report for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Their report emphasized the...
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Flower Power This year’s growing season has been weeks ahead of schedule due to our early spring. This has been challenging at times to keep up with what’s in season locally. The easiest crop to...
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Korean BBQ aka Galbi Korean barbeque is rated as one of the World’s Most Delicious Dishes in a reader’s poll compiled by CNN. Traditionally it is referred to as Galbi Gui, in Korean galbi...
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The Poutine Manifesto Poutine is a French-Canadian food. The origins of poutine are disputed but restaurateur Fernand Lachance from WarwickQuebec is believed to have created and named this dish in...
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Light and Easy Spinach Salad Food historians believe that Spinach was first cultivated in southwestern Asia, in the region of Persia. Around 650CE documentation shows spinach being referred to...
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Here is the criteria I received for this weekends 2nd Annual Friendly Fire Rib Competition followed with a post on Barbecuing back or side ribs How to Judge Ribs After turn in, the table Captain...
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Be a Corn Star Maize known as corn in some countries is botanically classified as a caryopsis or dry fruit more popularly known as grain. Maize is indigenous to the Americas with some archaeological...
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Paileontology: The history of the lunch pail! As long as humans have been on the move so has been the food we eat. Originally we would carry food and water about inside the well-oiled bladders and...
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CNE and fried scream The Canadian National Exhibition was founded in 1879 to encourage the development of agriculture, manufacturing, industry, commerce and the arts. It has evolved into a...
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