caretaker

<br />They are good ideas nonetheless, but I don't think Oink would sneak food. He has every opportunity and is still starving, so there may be some sort of moral at play. I don't know the dynamic of their relationship other than the side Oink presents, but there is a thriving sprouts and tea culture in Vancouver that makes it plausible.<br />If she's from Saskatchewan tell her you want to take her to the Hilltop Cafe in Langley for some flapper pie.
After reading the reviews it seems that the Hilltop may have gotten all Hollywood since I was there last.... but back then it was great.
https://www.yelp.ca/biz/hilltop-diner-cafe-langley

Siouxie

Wimp
Food porn..

caretaker

Last night the meat I was going to cook for supper wasn't quite thawed yet, (so just made sausages and perogies), so this morning for breakfast I had moose heart fried in bacon grease with onion gravy and chips. Oh man was it good! There was enough flour in the scrapings from the dredged heart slices I didn't have to add any, just some butter, a touch of beef stock, and emptied the merlot sitting on top of the fridge then a few oz of water and it thickened up just as the onions were done. The salt and pepper in the dredging and steak spice I sprinkled on the meat in the pan meant no additional seasoning was needed. Paired with a cold Bohemian.

The rest will make a nice little stew.

caretaker

2x BLT on toasted light rye, with mayo.

caretaker

Cheddar and mushroom omelette and toast, now I have to go get more chives from my friend's yard.

spouse of scouse

2 slices of wholegrain toast with tomato, and a mug of coffee.
(well someone has to have an ordinary breakfast!)

BristolUK

I had toast (sourbread) with blackcurrant jam this morning.
I usually have a couple of crispbread slices with a bit of brie. Goes great with coffee.

Siouxie

A microwave 'moc scrambled egg' (takes 25 seconds - no fat or salt - 35 calories) on a half slice of dry wholegrain toast followed by a bowl of Quaker Oats so thick you can cut it with a knife, with a little maple syrup on top - all washed down with one of my 4 decaf coffees of the day and a large glass of water.

caretaker

1 litre of dark roast coffee with cream and sugar, toast, and a big bowl of corned beef hash with 2 fried eggs on it, Frank's Red Hot sauce. Don't ask about fat and salt.

spouse of scouse

Crispbread slices with brie with a bucket of coffee sounds like my dream brekkie

caretaker

Sausage and eggs and potatoes. The leftover batter from last night was still in the fridge and the oil was still in the wok, so I made some sausage patties with chives, and diced the leftover chips with a green onion for hashbrowns. This means lunch will likely include the half-dozen shrimp left from supper and 1.5 battered sausage patties - not just my usual ramen and kimchi at work.

Siouxie

Nice wok!

caretaker

Why, thank you! I am a discerning customer of garage sales and thrift shops. Since I like to keep the oil in my deep fryer just for chips so it lasts longer, I find the wok is great for deep frying things like shrimp as well as doing stir fries.

Rete

Do you leave the wok and the oil on the stove all the time or do you refrigerate it when you are finished using it? Doesn't using the oil for so many different types of food change the taste of the foods you are frying.

Not that I can use the answers, we don't eat anything deep fried. Just am curious.

caretaker

No. The little bit of oil used to fry something in the wok goes into the "used oil" jug and the wok lives in the drawer in bottom of the stove. The reason for using it is explained above.