I've eaten duck loads of times, I love it... it's as readily available as chicken, although much richer, so I can't eat it a lot ... and I love Duck eggs, so much more ''meaty'' than hens eggs. I get them from the farm down the lane!!
Duck is all dark meat, juicy, and tender when roasted in the oven...... There are several varieties of Duck.. Up here we get the Brome Lake Duck...
if you cook a duck breast on the top of the stove in a frying pan, it should only take no more than 5 minutes or it will be very tough... Always add it to a cold pan with no fat...skin side down to start !! I love it with plum and hosin sauce and thin Chinese pancakes
I don't really know why duck has never been a popular food here. Unless it's because you need a pond or lake to raise them. I know that duck hunters from many places come to our coastal areas to hunt wild ducks. I have seen ducks by the hundreds, maybe thousands, in the Lake Mattamuskeet Wildlife Reserve. The hunters are not allowed to shoot them there but hunting is allowed in other areas.
Cold here tonight.. They say it is the coldest night of the winter so far.. with the wind-chill we are looking at around the -44c mark... Just north of us in Timmins it will be -51c tonight...
Well, that cold that we were warned about never came... Yes it was a bit chilly but it was -28c and not half as bad as they predicted.. Does that mean we shouldn't rely on the weather network for accurate weather forecasts ???
It looks like the northeast US in in for it over the next couple of days. I'm glad I live in the southeast. Will y'all be getting that system, Steve?
Again they are calling for a fidget week-end with temps dropping down to the -35c mark.. I will believe it when I see it, however as I write this, it is starting to get cool.. presently it is -21c and it is 8:00pm..
Here is the link to the weather forecast for our area.. Click on hourly and Scroll down to see the hourly forecast weather and click on next to see the next few days.. keep on clicking till you come to Sunday night and Monday... check the feels like.. Kind of cool out https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/alerts/high-alert/ontario/massey
Just got this notice from environment Canada ……………………... Issued at 14:40 Saturday 19 January 2019 A prolonged period of very cold wind chills is expected. Wind chill values of minus 40 to minus 45 are occurring over much of Northern Ontario. This bitterly cold Arctic airmass will remain in place through the weekend. Conditions will begin to slowly moderate early next week. ### Risks are greater for young children, older adults, people with chronic illnesses, people working or exercising outdoors, and those without proper shelter.
I just went outside on the patio to see the eclipse of the moon.. it was lovely to see.. it was awfully cold out and I wasn't dressed but just wearing my inside clothes.. That was at 11:00pm and the moon was half covered.. different !!!
I stepped outside too . cold here too , 20's ,,and saw only half the moon covered at about 10:30 last night..then i went to bed but it was beautiful full moon last night even before the Eclipse..
We are off for the day to Sudbury for a medical appointment for my wife.. Sudbury is about 125kms from our house... Nothing urgent, just a bone scan.. Now, they are calling for some snow today, all day.. Should the weather be really bad, we will be sleeping over in Sudbury rather than risk it coming home in the storm, however if the storm isn't that bad, we are coming home.. They are calling for 1 cm of snow per hour for the next 36 hours... 2 1/2 cms make one inch.. On the long run, that could be quite an accumulation.. I know I drive the perfect winter vehicle, but, safety first.. I will bring an overnight bag just in case.. Just to let you know that I could be gone for 2 days........................ MAYBE !!!!!
I may be gone for a while, too. My SIL who has terminal cancer was just in the hospital for several days. She came home today. She will need someone to stay with her. I may be that someone, at least part of the time. If I'm not here, I'll be helping her. For now, good-night, all.
ooooh so sorry for your sister-in-law Shirley, I hope her pain is at least manageable.. poor lady. Night night ..see you when we do....