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Okay no problem, and while its an incredibly simply recipe it'll take a bit to type it all out, so I'll try and get it done this afternoon or evening.

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and a recipe for a nice balti pie if you have one:thumbup:

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Our first Pot Luck was at some Mormon friends who we met just after we arrived here. Wine would have been a rather awkward offering, so I would not advise it unless you are sure of the host's religious beliefs :rofl:

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Nope can't be arsed so I just get from the pie shop although they aren't really balti ones.

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I have not had a nice balti pie, or any decent pie in 3 years. Think I will make one.

Steak and kidney would be nice too.

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Selfish bastards. We took homemade beef burgers to our veggie friends party. **** 'em.

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There was a teatotal vegan jewish woman at the pot luck we went to, everybody kept wishing her a happy harmonica. I thought maybe she's in a band or something.

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:):) That is just tooo tooo awful!

You lot have sold me on Pot Lucks now, I can't wait to be invited to my first! Oddly, my husband didn't know what one was either....aren't we going to have a life of adventure in Canada!

Steak and Kidney pie for me for tea, made the steak and kidney on Monday evening with a bottle of Guiness in the gravy, only take the trouble in winter, but love it when I do. I love winter cooking.

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I feel pot lucky. My friends and acquaintances don't do pot lucks. If invited to a gathering, dinner, party, BBQ, etc, the host provides the food and drink. We do bring booze though out of politeness.

You're all hanging out with weirdo's :thumbdown:

Anyway, leftover home made burger (beef, grated courgette, grated carrot, grated onion, little bit of grated cheese, & seasoning) for lunch today. :nod:

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Lunch is a rushed affair. Jacobs cream crackers, some with cream cheese, some with slices of Double Gloucester and Stilton. Maybe a mini toblerone to finish.

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Excuse me but thread drift alert. There's a perfectly good thread for discussions about your lunchtime choices otherwise you'll just confuse people.

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Oh. I apologise profusely. I take back all mention of my crackers.

Tonight, I am having crab bake and potatoes.

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No need to apologize but thats very well mannered of you. Is the crab fresh or canned? Not sure what type of crab you get in Ontario? I got six large ones in one trap the other day. For all those having trouble making friends in Canada, get yourself a boat and go crabbing, the locals will instantly be your best friend if you have any to give away.

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I'm off to Vij's for tea tonight.

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Posh git.

HID is at a meeting tonight so she won't be home to cook my tea so it'll be cheap Wednesday chicken wings at Earls.

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For the purposes of making a 'bake' it is canned crab. We do buy king crab legs at the fish stall, but I couldn't bring myself to waste them in a bake format. Just the leg and some melted butter. :thumbsup: I don't know how the crab selection differs from that in Vancouver (I shall investigate when I am there) but it had to be said that the selection at the St Lawrence Market is fairly substantial.

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Granville Island market, The Lobster Man on Granville Island, and Oinks Boat are the places to go.

If you're staying in a hotel, pop to the lobster man, pick your crab or lobster, he'll kill and cook it for you and you pick it up later to much in your hotel room, the park, beach, or seawall. Lovely!!! It's a great teatime choice

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We had pasta with peas, diced ham mushrooms and cream for dinner.

After a trip to the cadaver lab at the med school this afternoon, I couldn't face anything too meaty....

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El-richo can I come? Your burgers sound delicious.

I've never been a lobster lover, having only ever eaten them from warm seas. This autumn we went to Alma and bought a lobster a jar of mayo and a loaf of bread. This was an experience. It was that lobster that made me know I could be happy in Canada. Yum, yum.

Baked salmon for me ce soir, on a bed of green beans with black olives, cherry toms and anchovies -a beloved family favourite from Jamie Oliver.

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We're having minced beef tacos for our tea tonight. I thought they might be a bit exotic tasting as I never had them before I moved here, but I quite like them now, especially the ones with the flat bottoms that stand up. :thumbup:

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We had pork loin in a mushroom sauce with rice and corn. It's a school night. Haute Cuisine is saved for the weekend.;)

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As wierd a sentence as one can find in the internet. We had jambalaya.

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We had home-made goulash soup. Just the thing when you've just come in from the day's second shovelling session.

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Not that odd? From 1999... I didn't have a family before that.

Shepherd's pie for me, with Swede and potato topping. Normally a roast on a Sunday, but OH is in Calgary.

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It's nearly 5pm on a rather grey and rainy evening and I'm rather stumped as to what to have for our tea tonight. Its going to have to be a takeaway as I can't be arsed to cook anything. Anyone got any ideas?

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soft-boiled eggs and toast-and-marmite soldiers has become something of a Sunday evening tradition in this household. Takes minutes to produce (a good thing after a long day "doing stuff"), and simply adding more toast and jam after the eggy mess has been cleared away makes it easy to adjust for the sprogs' various appetites.

Takeaway ideas? Thai's always a winner for me. Pad Thai in what our local place calls "Bangkok street style" (no idea how authentic it is - major difference to "regular" pad thai seems to be tamarind sauce), or a green curry.

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We went with some uninspiring tacos.

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I just had a little picnic watching hockey yesterday; French bread and butter, caesar salad, cold bbq chicken and cheese and wine and didn't bother making supper so today I'll have to make the pork and shrimp stir fry but I'm also going to cook cream of leek and potato soup with ham. Leeks are new to me - a friend gave me one a month ago and I had to read up on how to clean and prepare it but I made soup and liked it.

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I'd like some wonton. :(

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The A&W Sirloin Uncle Burger for $3 is a top value. I had one for lunch and really enjoyed it. They're much tastier than their other burgers.

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We had omlette cooked by my hubby.

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We had one those emaciated roast chickens but we got at it at a posh supermarket so it cost double than the ones at Safeways. Then we had something called edumae for our veg which as far as I could tell were just expensive peas.

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quick tea tonight so:
ciabatta sliced, drizzle with good quality olive oil, crushed garlic, sliced tomato, topped with sliced chorizo and grated mozzarella/cheddar cheese (not the glow in the dark orange one!) pop under the grill for a couple of mins. serve with green salad. voila!

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Actually edamame are fresh soy beans... they do look a bit like peas though.

We had homemade baked beans, jacket potato and salad last night

Tonights is going to be something like an omelette

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Do they taste similar to the "British" version or the "Canadian" version?

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We'll be having chorizo, spinach, chickpea and tomato soup with bread :)

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Doing a chicken stir fry tonight.

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They taste like MY version of baked beans (no artificial additives for one thing)...


And they are yummy, which is the entire reason I make them.

Tonights dinner - home made "Super cheesy, vegetabaly, baconny mac and cheese " for the kids.

Mr Chookie and I will scavenge in the fridge when we get home from a meeting we have to go to.

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Didn't have time for tea yesterday, as we went straight down the pub. Luckily they had a jar off pickled eggs on the bar:thumbup:

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There was bar in Oregon that used to sell a bowl of little hotdogs called 'little smokies'. They very very tasty and the beer was only $1.00 a glass.

Tonight I'm treating myself to a steak as I sort of missed by tea last night as I went to the pub as well. :thumbup: