20th November, 2005 - Posted by karen - 3 Comments
Here is one of my favourite ways to prepare Salmon/Trout: Alaskan salmon 1 Salmon fillet 3 cloves fresh garlic An inch knob of ginger root, grated 1/4 teaspoon red chili flakes 1 cup of rice wine vinegar 1/2 cup soy sauce 2 tablespoons brown sugar 1 lemon, juiced Cilantro for garnish Stoke the fire or set barbecue to hottest setting or preheat the oven to broil. » Read More
20th November, 2005 - Posted by karen - No Comments
Its been busy this past week. I made one of my only pork recipes and thought I would take a picture (apologies to the vegetarians and koshers I know). Here is the recipe: Saucy pork chops 4 pork loin chops, (3/4 inch thick) trimmed 1 tablespoon canola oil 1 medium onion, chopped 3/4 cup water 1/2 cup salsa or chili sauce 1 » Read More
17th November, 2005 - Posted by karen - 4 Comments
Today my mouse Gretchen died. She had been ill for a while so it was not a big surprise. When I got back from my trip she was sick and had a lot of problems breathing. I tried a lot of things - antibiotics, probiotics, different bedding, etc but she still was always gasping to » Read More
13th November, 2005 - Posted by karen - No Comments
Yuck. I went Christmas shopping yesterday. Four hours of exhausting misery!! I needed to get it done early because we are mailing our Christmas presents back home and I want to mail the package by Dec 1st. I really thought I would be the only one out Christmas shopping on Nov 12th but I was » Read More
11th November, 2005 - Posted by karen - 3 Comments
I recently read The Sun in the Church - a very interesting book about how cathedrals were used as observatories before telescopes were invented. The whole point of getting this calendar business sorted out was to set the date for Easter. Anyway, it looks like the debate about calendars & clocks isn’t over yet… Read More
10th November, 2005 - Posted by karen - No Comments
Well after the dryer broke again, Dave and Sanan invited us to their place to do our laundry on Monday. Sanan made couscous and yummy lentils and a salad and we sat around chatting with everyone who happened to be at their place that night. Tyler brought Phantom Ship from the library and we watched » Read More
6th November, 2005 - Posted by karen - No Comments
Yes, I’m a bit grouchy this weekend. Living in Montreal has been interesting, challenging, frightening and exciting. Never dull. But sometimes there are some things that really bother me. Here they are in order of annoying-ness (the lower the number, the more said item bothers me). 1. Pretentious attitude. Montreal is a city of intelligent, talented, chic » Read More
6th November, 2005 - Posted by karen - No Comments
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/06/10/yourmoney/mparis.php http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/11/04/news/paris.php http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/17/news/housing.php Note the date on the last article (thanks Dan for the link)… Read More
6th November, 2005 - Posted by karen - No Comments
I’ve said it before and I will say it again. I hate doing the laundry. Today I went downstairs to do the laundry and for the second time in three weeks, the dryer was broken. What the hell is that about exactly? How can this keep happening…doesn’t our landlord get it? The dryer is a » Read More
6th November, 2005 - Posted by karen - No Comments
Image from here We went out to get a few things at Zellers today and ended up doing a whole bunch of errands. It went something like this: Dan needed a new mechanical pencil since his broke, so we went to Zellers and get that and a few other things we need (cleaning gloves, oven drip » Read More