Food

[Henry Krinkle]

No pictures. It's Meyer lemon season. Caesar type salad made from Meyer lemons, arugula and romaine lettuce and z'atar spiced chicken leg.

[skywatch]

Not to be too much of an anorak, but...it's Cheezies. Cool story about the Hawkins family. They do not advertise because they do not want any more customers. Their staff and 19th century equipment operates from 9:00- 5:00 Monday to Friday and they do not want to make anyone or anything work longer.

Also we looked after a turtle for quite some time who loved Cheezies. They float forever.

My wife's cousins bring them as house-gifts whenever they visit. It's like gold to them. (They live in Edmonton, so I think it's a local thing.) Indeed these taste like real food. To me it tastes like a corn-puff base, and a lot of salt and some cheddar powder. Not a lot of junk. They are very addictive, and an awesome topping to foie and cauli-purée.

[skywatch]

No pictures. It's Meyer lemon season. Caesar type salad made from Meyer lemons, arugula and romaine lettuce and z'atar spiced chicken leg.

I am amazed you can grow Meyers that far north! We have two bushes here - they are a favorite variety in the Bay Area. But, we rarely get hard forests. They can handle down to about -2 or -3c, for a night, but not for extended times. You must have to coddle them up there. (One of our bushes has ripe fruit hanging all year long - they are very special this way.)

[Henry Krinkle]

I am amazed you can grow Meyers that far north! We have two bushes here - they are a favorite variety in the Bay Area. But, we rarely get hard forests. They can handle down to about -2 or -3c, for a night, but not for extended times. You must have to coddle them up there. (One of our bushes has ripe fruit hanging all year long - they are very special this way.)

Unfortunately we can't grow them here. I have to buy them in the store. We can't even grow regular lemons here, though there is a botanist at the university working on an indoor lemon that fruits every quarter.on the upside because our winters are so cold that fruit that does grow here tends to be healthy, healthful and incredibly hardy.

[skywatch]

Unfortunately we can't grow them here. I have to buy them in the store. We can't even grow regular lemons here, though there is a botanist at the university working on an indoor lemon that fruits every quarter.on the upside because our winters are so cold that fruit that does grow here tends to be healthy, healthful and incredibly hardy.

Ahh, OK. I am actually impressed that you can even buy them, because you basically can't buy Meyers here where every 30th person has one growing in their yard. In the SF bay area, they are a bit like Gravenstein apples, ubiquitous in old-era foods (Grave'Apples in applesauce for example) but almost extinct in the markets. Meyers have started to become "heirloom" although they are the lemon I grew up with in the front yard, to make lemonade stands to the neighbors. I wish it were feasible to ship raw fruit across the border, because I could send you a case-full.

(By the way, the auto-incorrector caused my "frost" to become "forest" somehow.)

[Henry Krinkle]

Ahh, OK. I am actually impressed that you can even buy them, because you basically can't buy Meyers here where every 30th person has one growing in their yard. In the SF bay area, they are a bit like Gravenstein apples, ubiquitous in old-era foods (Grave'Apples in applesauce for example) but almost extinct in the markets. Meyers have started to become "heirloom" although they are the lemon I grew up with in the front yard, to make lemonade stands to the neighbors. I wish it were feasible to ship raw fruit across the border, because I could send you a case-full.

(By the way, the auto-incorrector caused my "frost" to become "forest" somehow.)

Meyer season in the grocery store that carries them stretches from sometime around now until late February. They are a product of the US, so someone down there is growing them commercially. They are my absolute favourite lemon and up there with blood oranges and calamansis for "exotic" citrus.

And I would gladly take a case of them if you could legally send them.

[litlmn]

More perks of the job, a holiday basket from a meat supplier. Contains filets, sirloins, ribeyes and steak knives. Yum.

[synequano]

Dumpling and beer

Per this instruction:

[Henry Krinkle]

Excellent. The gyoza lovers way.

[geoffbot]

Yeah that's good. Is it the same with sushi - you're not supposed to cover in in soy sauce?