Year: 2009

Uncategorized Feb 8, 2009 The Waffle No Comments Tania was in town for a rare time, and she wanted someone to host a dinner in her honour.  And I was voluntold I had to do it, which I did happily. For the starter, I made a cream of broccoli and cheddar soup.   Broccoli, of course, onions, potatoes, herbs.  2 year old cheddar.  A bit of cream.  Very smooth, not too rich.  It is easier to get a nice green colour if you make sure your vegetable has plenty of leaves. The next course would involve a vodka sauce: Very simple – two cans of crushed tomatoes, 2 cups of 35% cream, herbs, onions, garlic, and 1 cup of vodka.  I intended to have only 1 cup of cream, but ended up adding more in the end.  Quite rich, quite smooth, quite tasty. I used the sauce to create some Penne…

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General Feb 4, 2009 The Waffle 3 Comments I had chili for lunch.  Third time this week (first for the Super Bowl at my friend Norm’s place, second at Brixton’s yesterday for their Consumer Appreciation Party), so I figured I would go for the chili hat-trick. Some time ago, I got a coupon for a can of Stagg Chili. Can’t remember how I got it, but I did buy a can, and it’s been sitting in my cupboard for a while.  But no longer. Stagg Foods was established in 1956 as Rocking K Foods. The company first manufactured its products in Sante Fe Springs, California, but then moved production to Hillsboro, Oregon. In 1980, the company’s name was changed to Stagg Foods. In October of 1996, Stagg Foods was acquired by Hormel, the creator of the real Spam – the luncheon meat that is. I never had a can of Stagg…

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