best hot dog in town

Its true! Dan and I were out last minute Christmas dinner shopping and stopped at Decarie Hot Dogs on the way home for hot dogs and poutine, and I would have to say that it was the best hot dog and poutine I have had. The hot dog looked terrible, to be honest, but it tasted great. The “all dressed” version has this mix of lettuce, onions and saurkraut which tastes excellent. The poutine gravy wasn’t too salty (a common problem) and the chips were nice and crispy.

We manged to find a leg of lamb for our Christmas dinner but I was very surprised how much it costs here. We intialy stopped at the Boucherie on Monkland but they wanted $39 for a fresh half-leg of lamb (we bought one in Edmonton several years ago and it only cost about $20) so we decided to get a frozen one at superC which only cost $22 (again, we have paid as little as $12 in Edmonton for the same thing). So what’s the deal? I wonder if it has something to do with the fact that most of the frozen ones come from New Zealand which means they have to be shipped a longer distance. In any case, its thawing now.

Almost all the snow has gone – what the ploughers didn’t take last night melted away! It was 10 degrees today and I didn’t wear mittens. On December 24th. Something is wrong … seriously, global warming is really harming the arctic ecosystem.