Corning Ware casserole dish – ‘Cornflower’ blue

On April 11, 2015April 11, 2015 By Rick McIn food, product endorsementsLeave a comment

This photo on Facebook generated a lot of nostalgic memories. Many are still using those.

CorningWare, also written Corning Ware, was originally a brand name for a unique pyroceramic glass cookware resistant to thermal shock. It was first introduced in 1958 by Corning Glass Works. CorningWare can be used directly on the stovetop. …

Production of the original pyroceramic glass version of CorningWare in the United States ceased in 2000 …

n 2009, the stovetop line of CorningWare was reintroduced by World Kitchens. The cookware is manufactured by Keraglass/Eurokera (a subsidiary of Corning also specialised in vitroceramics for cooktop panels and equipment for laboratories) in Bagneaux-Sur-Loing, France. This is the only factory in the world still manufacturing vitroceramics (aluminosilicate glass) for cookware. …

CorningWare is sold worldwide, and it is popular in Canada, United States, and Australia.

LOVE airport Timmies

On March 23, 2015March 22, 2015 By Rick McIn food, product endorsements, travelLeave a comment

Like most Canadians, I’m a Tim Horton’s fan. Could eat there every day. Fast service. Great value.

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In the Toronto airport a 591ml Diet Coke costs $2.15 plus tax at Timmies.

A few steps away, at Front Page News, a 500ml Coke costs $2.59 plus tax.

Over at Fionn MacCools a 500ml Coke costs $2.79 plus tax. I assume the same Coke delivery guy drops off the same product before the HUGE mark ups.

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the world IS getting better

On January 7, 2015January 2, 2015 By Rick McIn climate change, economics, education, ethics, firearms, food, good news, government, happiness, health & fitness, internet, things getting betterLeave a comment

More people are going to school for longer

Access to the internet is increasing

Solar power is getting cheaper

Beer consumption going up ??? 🙂

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

details on vox

(via Bill Gates)

Barbara and Rich’s UFC party

On January 4, 2015 By Rick McIn food, friendsLeave a comment

Delicious barbecue. Especially Rich’s spicy tri-tip.

Delaney and I opted to colour and watch Netflix. UFC is too violent. 🙂

we got stronger beer

On January 4, 2015January 3, 2015 By Rick McIn food, humour1 Comment

The difference between Canadians and Americans as spelled OUT in a beer commercial. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks Linda.

Hundred Foot Journey

On December 26, 2014December 26, 2014 By Rick McIn food, movies1 Comment

Christmas day we watched this entertaining family film.

The Hundred-Foot Journey is a 2014 American comedy-drama film directed by Lasse Hallström …

The film stars Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Manish Dayal and Charlotte Le Bon and tells the story of a feud between two adjacent restaurants: one operated by a recently relocated Indian family and the other managed by a Michelin-starred French chef (Mirren). …

Click PLAY or watch the trailer on YouTube.

The cast is great. Everyone charming and likable.

Charlotte Le Bon is a Canadian-born French actress, model and television presenter. …

We felt Om Puri was best of all, however, as the curmudgeonly patriarch.

Recommended. 🙂

Ho Ho Ho – nice bird

On December 25, 2014 By Rick McIn food, McCharles familyLeave a comment

🙂

Three cheers for the Christmas cooks.

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The vegetarian option:

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Ethiopian food

On December 21, 2014December 18, 2014 By Rick McIn food, travelLeave a comment

Tourists like Ethiopia. Many LOVE Ethiopian food.

Ethiopian cuisine characteristically consists of vegetable and often very spicy meat dishes, usually in the form of wat, a thick stew, served atop injera, a large sourdough flatbread, which is about 50 centimeters (20 inches) in diameter and made out of fermented teff flour.

Ethiopians eat exclusively with their right hands, using pieces of injera to pick up bites of entrées and side dishes. Utensils are rarely used …

Meat along with vegetables are sautéed to make tibs. Tibs is served in a variety of manners and can range from hot to mild or contain little to no vegetables. There are many variations of tibs, depending on type and size or shape of the cuts of meat used. …

I enjoyed Ethiopian food, being completely ignorant of the unique cuisine before traveling there.

My favourite, however, was Ethiopian coffee. 🙂

related – Lonely Planet – Ethiopian food for beginners

Ben Abeba restaurant, Ethiopia

On December 17, 2014December 13, 2014 By Rick McIn food, travelLeave a comment

Wikivoyage:

Whimsical looking (Gaudi meets Mad Max) restaurant that was planned by a Scots woman, Susan, and her Ethiopian business partner, Habtamu, and opened in October 2011. It has a gob-smacking location on a little hillock standing on a rock promontory to give in-cre-di-ble 360 degree views and is surrounded by rock gardens and flowers (Ben means hill in Scots Gaelic and Abeba means flowers in Amharic).

The menu is one of the most imaginative in Ethiopia (you should try the tuna pate drizzled in lemon juice with tiny home-made oatcakes and their savoury home-made bread is delicious) and reasonably priced.

Get up early and go to Ben Abeba for breakfast to see the sun rise over the valleys. This is a terrific spot for watching brightly coloured weaver birds investigating the variegated seed sources in this restaurant’s garden and you are on the same level as soaring birds such as lammergeier, falcons and eagles. …