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[taxlady]

All this talk about Costco's tasty, rotisserie chickens reminded me of the best rotisserie chicken I have had. So, I Googled to see if they were still there. They are. It's about 25 km and the parking isn't wonderful, so I haven't been there in too long. This is the place: Serrano Peruvian BBQ | The Main MTL. The lady on the left in the third picture sure looks like the lady I remember there. The sauce on that chicken was soooo good and so were the potatoes that roasted under the dripping chickens.

So, if I'm going to go that far to pick up a rotisserie chicken, I may as well stop by my favourite Italian charcuterie, La Forchetta. It's only four blocks away. The butcher/owner is a real sweety. He makes fabulous Italian sausage. I guess I have decided on trip in to town for goodies.

Why yes, I did live in that neighbourhood.

 

[Addie]

All this talk about Costco's tasty, rotisserie chickens reminded me of the best rotisserie chicken I have had. So, I Googled to see if they were still there. They are. It's about 25 km and the parking isn't wonderful, so I haven't been there in too long. This is the place: Serrano Peruvian BBQ | The Main MTL. The lady on the left in the third picture sure looks like the lady I remember there. The sauce on that chicken was soooo good and so were the potatoes that roasted under the dripping chickens.

So, if I'm going to go that far to pick up a rotisserie chicken, I may as well stop by my favourite Italian charcuterie, La Forchetta. It's only four blocks away. The butcher/owner is a real sweety. He makes fabulous Italian sausage. I guess I have decided on trip in to town for goodies.

Why yes, I did live in that neighbourhood.

I have it on the QT that they are looking forward to your return visit. They have sorely missed your presence.

 

[Mad Cook]

Just got back from my first Costco shopping trip. I left with a rotisserie chicken, I don't know why, I don't need a rotisserie chicken. I work in a store that cooks rotisserie chicken everyday...

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That's the problem with big shop shopping. They have lots of things you don't need but have to have! Just bought 2 jars of homemade jam from a stall at the food and drink festival - Why? I have a cupboard full of jars of my own home made jam.

 

[bakechef]

All this talk about Costco's tasty, rotisserie chickens reminded me of the best rotisserie chicken I have had. So, I Googled to see if they were still there. They are. It's about 25 km and the parking isn't wonderful, so I haven't been there in too long. This is the place: Serrano Peruvian BBQ | The Main MTL. The lady on the left in the third picture sure looks like the lady I remember there. The sauce on that chicken was soooo good and so were the potatoes that roasted under the dripping chickens.

So, if I'm going to go that far to pick up a rotisserie chicken, I may as well stop by my favourite Italian charcuterie, La Forchetta. It's only four blocks away. The butcher/owner is a real sweety. He makes fabulous Italian sausage. I guess I have decided on trip in to town for goodies.

Why yes, I did live in that neighbourhood.

We have a Peruvian BBQ beside my work and OMG, it's delicious! I stop there on occasion because it's pricey, well everything in that area is pricey!

At $5 I'll likely buy a rotisserie whenever I go to Costco, Rob loves roasted chicken, and we can get a couple meals out of it, pretty cheap!

 

[bakechef]

The Kirkland Plain Non-fat Yogurt is fantastic!!! Better than the brands I get in the regular stores. I stir in fresh fruit I have sweetened with a bit of honey.

Plain Greek yogurt with honey and nuts or granola is my go-to work day breakfast, that and a cup of coffee. Their Greek yogurt is $6.99 for two 32oz tubs! My store is $4.99 for store brand for one tub, and Aldi is $3.89 for one tub, so this is an even better deal than what I've been getting at Aldi.

 

[bakechef]

If anyone hasn't been a member of Costco but was thinking about being a member Living Social has a great deal right now for new members. $55 gets you the membership, a $20 cash card (gift card) and they will mail you coupons for over $100 worth or freebies, including a rotisserie chicken, apple pie, 30 roll toilet paper, etc.

 

[Mad Cook]

Food and Drink Festival 2014

The F&D festival is on today in the village. Lots of street stalls showing off produce of shops and the food of various cafes & pubs, smaller shops such as the bakers, greengrocers and butchers, charities which were fund-raising with food and a couple of micro-breweries. The Marple Silver Band (like a brass band but with silver coloured instruments was playing, a spanish guitarist was playing flamenco at the other end of the main street and on a side street there were several groups taking it in turns to play. There were one or two side shows for children - a sort of trampoline and bungee thing and a bouncy castle and that sort of thing.

It was absolute bedlam. You could barely move for people and they seemed to be buying food to eat in the street. I had a huge portion of paella cooked in the street by the local Spanish restaurant (very good). I bought a jar of raspberry and redcurrant jam and a jar of apricot jam from the Girl Guides (Girl Scouts to you) stall, and a punnet of strawberries and some rhubarb from the Marple Allotments stall, bought raffle tickets for a couple of local charities (and didn't win anything) and then collapsed in a heap in All Things Nice, the local deli, for a coffee and pavlova. I met several very nice dogs who were coping well with all the feet and legs and a lady I haven't seen for years sat down next to me to eat her paella.

I knew it was time to retreat for home when one of the groups started playing skiffle and I remembered the song being a hit in 1957!!!!

The F&D festival was started 4 years ago by the man who runs All Things Nice and it has been very successful. It's been very good for the local shops as it draws in people from all over the area, some of who probably didn't that so many small and specialist shops there are in the village.

 

[CWS4322]

I'm about to take a nap--it's raining and I've put up 3 l of pickled cabbage, have about another 3 l "sweating," put 5 lb of tomatoes in the freezer. Still waiting for the tomatoes in the dehydrator to be "done." A nap sounds like a good idea.

 

[Addie]

The Pirate just called me. He has a new job as Fleet Manager for a limo company. Since he does a lot of running around for the company, they are going to give him a Lincoln Town Car for his personal use. It is a car that has more than 300,000 miles on it and needs to be retired. They just bought a brand new one to replace it. They told him to take it to the Lincoln dealership and have it given a complete workup first.

 

[taxlady]

The Pirate just called me. He has a new job as Fleet Manager for a limo company. Since he does a lot of running around for the company, they are going to give him a Lincoln Town Car for his personal use. It is a car that has more than 300,000 miles on it and needs to be retired. They just bought a brand new one to replace it. They told him to take it to the Lincoln dealership and have it given a complete workup first.

I hope they are paying for the gas.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Plain Greek yogurt with honey and nuts or granola is my go-to work day breakfast, that and a cup of coffee. Their Greek yogurt is $6.99 for two 32oz tubs! My store is $4.99 for store brand for one tub, and Aldi is $3.89 for one tub, so this is an even better deal than what I've been getting at Aldi.

I know and I like the Kirkland better than Greek Gods or Zoi, which to me are grainy instead of smooth. $6.99 for two weeks worth of breakfasts is my kind of deal.

I like to stir in key lime juice and a little honey, top with crushed pistachios.

Makes for a great breakfast or dessert.

 

[bakechef]

I know and I like the Kirkland better than Greek Gods or Zoi, which to me are grainy instead of smooth. $6.99 for two weeks worth of breakfasts is my kind of deal.

I like to stir in key lime juice and a little honey, top with crushed pistachios.

Makes for a great breakfast or dessert.

Need to add key lime juice to the shopping list now!

Glad to know that it is really good, our store brand and Aldi stack up to say Chobani, but not Fage, but they'll do for the price.

 

[taxlady]

I'm about to head out to do some grocery shopping. We're almost out of coffee.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

Need to add key lime juice to the shopping list now!

Glad to know that it is really good, our store brand and Aldi stack up to say Chobani, but not Fage, but they'll do for the price.

I never liked yogurt until I started playing with the plain and adding my own flavorings.

 

[Dawgluver]

I never liked yogurt until I started playing with the plain and adding my own flavorings.

"Add your own stuff" yogurt is so much better than store-bought flavored.

 

[Mad Cook]

The Pirate just called me. He has a new job as Fleet Manager for a limo company. Since he does a lot of running around for the company, they are going to give him a Lincoln Town Car for his personal use. It is a car that has more than 300,000 miles on it and needs to be retired. They just bought a brand new one to replace it. They told him to take it to the Lincoln dealership and have it given a complete workup first.

It must be a good car to still be running well after 300,000 miles. Am I right in thinking Lincolns are quite "up-market"? If it is it'll probably be going long after The Pirate has retired! The estate agent who had the offices next to my dad's shop had a Rolls Royce which he bought with an inheritance when he came out of the army in 1946. He died in 2005 and had only given up driving the Rolls a year or so before that!

 

[Addie]

I hope they are paying for the gas.

Yeah, they are. They have a pump right on the property.

 

[bakechef]

It must be a good car to still be running well after 300,000 miles. Am I right in thinking Lincolns are quite "up-market"? If it is it'll probably be going long after The Pirate has retired! The estate agent who had the offices next to my dad's shop had a Rolls Royce which he bought with an inheritance when he came out of the army in 1946. He died in 2005 and had only given up driving the Rolls a year or so before that!

Yes it's considered a luxury car. It shares the same platform and many components as the Ford Crown Victoria that was the favorite of taxi companies and the police for a long time, they are very durable vehicles! They have a big V8 engine that's rock solid as well.

 

[Addie]

It must be a good car to still be running well after 300,000 miles. Am I right in thinking Lincolns are quite "up-market"? If it is it'll probably be going long after The Pirate has retired! The estate agent who had the offices next to my dad's shop had a Rolls Royce which he bought with an inheritance when he came out of the army in 1946. He died in 2005 and had only given up driving the Rolls a year or so before that!

Yes it is. A Lincoln Town Car is probably just below a Cadillac. Hey guys, I am not a driver. Help me out here. Where does the LTC stand? Although cars in a fleet of limo driving get hard use, this company sends their cars for regular maintenance and upkeep. Every week one or more cars come off the line and go into the shop. This company does have one RR. It is used only for regular CEO customers.

 

[Addie]

Yes it's considered a luxury car. It shares the same platform and many components as the Ford Crown Victoria that was the favorite of taxi companies and the police for a long time, they are very durable vehicles! They have a big V8 engine that's rock solid as well.

Thanks BC. I don't know anything about cars. Only that I am partial to blue ones and love the Miata convertible or the Ford Mustang convertible in bright red. (Memories of riding down the Las Vegas strip!)