Quarantine bread making
"It's that comfort of connecting to heritage or connecting to a living thing, a microorganism like yeast...." - CBC News April 6, [...]
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Apr, 20
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Mar, 20
Hand sanitizer facts
https://www.cbc.ca/news/covid-19-hand-sanitizer-fact-check-1.5510163 "Ethyl will thrill you but methyl will kill you"....... Thank you to KB for scouting this out.
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Mar, 20
Basic Home Cooking
Basic Cooking Skills Basic cooking skills never go out of date. "Our grandmothers and mothers [sic] learned how to cook by [...]
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Mar, 20
KD Shortage
Kraft Dinner - empty shelves and shopping advice https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/a-single-factory-is-now-working-24-7-to-keep-kraft-dinner-on-grocery-shelves-1.4862199 Happy World Home Economics Day!It's easy to make your own [...]
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Mar, 20
Easter Ham: Scruffy Hospitality
The Easter Ham was a tradition in my family. Neither 12-foot drifts, 75 mile-an-hour winds, or the prospect of having to [...]
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Mar, 20
Seville Oranges and Dundee Marmalade
Seville Oranges and Dundee Marmalade Seville oranges Oranges do not have to be from Seville and marmalade doesn't have [...]
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Feb, 20
In search of the perfect loaf
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/university-manitoba-bread-scientists-1.5463315
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Jan, 20
Pop-Eye’s favourite food may have changed from spinach to chicken
We are living history. Pop-Eye's favourite food may have changed from spinach to chicken: breakfast may no longer be an immutable [...]
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Jan, 20
Puffed wheat squares, a sweet piece of Alberta history
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-red-deer-puffed-wheat-candy-history-1.5028308?fbclid=IwAR0W4I-xcwYxF-GgGgqIrYZ7zBF6atYTkhwmALlW8Z9HzDSk4rnKkuZGzCo Puffed wheat squares - Red Deer's claim to fame? BCFHN Facebook had a recipe for puffed wheat candy in 2014: [...]
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Dec, 19
Putting the Trash Out – Recycling Timeline
Putting the trash out is not easy these days. Householders who are [...]