Quoting Shawn Highfield to Jim Weller <=-

during grilling season steaks (and chops) are expensive and
roasts are cheap. Come winter it's the other way around,

True, when I see a cheap roast I buy it and freeze though.

It can be a false economy though to overdo it. It costs about $24 per
month in power to run a chest freezer so to keep 144 lbs of meat for
six months costs $1.00 per pound.

bannock buns made with lard

Sounds good.

It's a northern staple!

From Storm's dad ...

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Title: Melvin Larocque's Bannock
Categories: Native, Canadian, Quickbreads
Yield: 12 Servings

3 c All purpose flour
3/4 ts Salt
2 tb [Scant] baking powder
1/2 c Lard; melted
1 1/4 c Or more water; divided
1/2 c Raisins, currants or dried
-blueberries or cranberries
-[optional]
2 tb Sugar [if fruit added]

Melted shortening, butter or margarine can be used but the taste
will be altered. Lard is traditional.

Measure flour, salt, baking powder [and dried fruit and sugar] into a
large bowl. Stir to mix. Make a well in the center and pour in a 1/2
cup water. Do not mix yet. Then add the melted lard and the rest of
the water. Depending on the dryness of the flour add up to 1/4 cup
more. The resulting batter should be slightly sticky, not flaky like
pie pastry. Stir with fork to make a ball. No not overmix; stop as
soon as the ball of dough lifts away from the bowl. Turn out onto a
working surface. Knead gently about 10 times. Do not over work the
dough and let the gluten develop. Or mix and knead with your hands in
the bowl. Pat into a flat circle 1 inch thick. Cook in a greased
frying pan over medium heat allowing 15 minutes each side. Use two
lifters for easy turning. Serve hot with butter. Break it off in
chunks or slice into wedges with a knife. May also be baked on
greased baking sheet at 375 deg for 25 to 30 minutes or 450 deg for
about 20 minutes for a golden brown exterior and a soft moist
interior. The bannock will brown easier with the addition of at least
some of the optional sugar.

This tastes best in a frying pan outdoors over a wood fire.

Melvin

It was cooked in pioneer days in cast iron frying pans over open
fires. Toutons use a similar dough where small rings are deep fried
like doughnuts. Oven baking has become an alternative to the cast
iron frying pan when made at home. The dough can also be wrapped
around green de-barked sticks driven into the ground beside the camp
fire.

Variations: Substitute 1 cup whole wheat flour and/or 1/2 cup oatmeal
for up to 1 1/2 cups of white flour.

Add fresh fruit instead of dried.

Add aged shredded Cheddar cheese and/or chopped onion, garlic, herbs
etc. for a savory version.

JW

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Cheers

Jim


... I bake biscuits just like my mother. (Mom's biscuits sucked.)

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JIM WELLER wrote to SHAWN HIGHFIELD <=-

It can be a false economy though to overdo it. It costs about $24 per month in power to run a chest freezer so to keep 144 lbs of meat for
six months costs $1.00 per pound.

My power is included in my rent (old lease) and the small apartment size
chest freezer we have would be plugged in anyway for other frozen staples.
The one built into the fridge is not big enough for anything except ice.

Shawn

... There's no intelligent life down here.

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Quoting Shawn Highfield to Jim Weller <=-

It can be a false economy though to overdo it. It costs about $24 per month in power to run a chest freezer (here).

My power is included in my rent

I see that Ontario's power rates vary according to peak and off peak
time periods but average 13 cents per kwh overall while Yellow-
knife's is 36 cents, almost triple. We have a hydro based system
with diesel generator backup, as we have a single source and are not
part of the continental grid. Inuvik is all diesel and 85 cents.
Really remote places are subsidised with a stabilised rate of 90
cents. The real cost in Colville Lake, the most remote community
up here, is $3.22! But they pay 90 cents.

small apartment size chest freezer

I have one as well that is occasionally plugged in during the summer
months if I temporarily have too much stuff for the fridge's small
freezer. But I don't run it steady.

When Ray and Raine still lived with us as teenagers with voracious
appetites (and had lots of friends) and Ray did so much hunting and
fishing I ran a large chest freezer year round.

Come winter I can store stuff outdoors for about 5 months (in animal
proof containers).

The one built into the fridge is not big enough for anything
except ice.

Mine is 3 cubic feet so it can handle a big bucket of ice cream, a
few cans of concentrated orange juice and a fair amount of meat.




Cheers

Jim


... To ride out the apocalypse stock up on freeze dried packet food.

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JIM WELLER wrote to SHAWN HIGHFIELD <=-

time periods but average 13 cents per kwh overall while Yellow-
knife's is 36 cents, almost triple. We have a hydro based system
with diesel generator backup, as we have a single source and are not
part of the continental grid. Inuvik is all diesel and 85 cents.

I live in between two big nuke plants. (Pickering and Darlington) So
lack of electricity is not an issue here. ;)

Really remote places are subsidised with a stabilised rate of 90
cents. The real cost in Colville Lake, the most remote community
up here, is $3.22! But they pay 90 cents.

Wow.

Come winter I can store stuff outdoors for about 5 months (in animal
proof containers).

I suppose I could for a month or two depending on the year. However the pigeons would get into anything. Animal proof container wouldn't stop
a Oshawa gang member Pidgeon. They carry weapons. LOL

Mine is 3 cubic feet so it can handle a big bucket of ice cream, a
few cans of concentrated orange juice and a fair amount of meat.

Ours is very small. Apartment sized fridge / freezer. As we're on the
old lease we don't get new equipment when this breaks they bring us up
another old junker from the back room.

Shawn

... "Would you like to feed my dragon?" ... "Okay, in you go!"

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Quoting Shawn Highfield to Jim Weller <=-

Really remote places are subsidised with a stabilised rate of 90
cents. The real cost in Colville Lake, the most remote community
up here, is $3.22 Per kwh)

Wow.

Most of the off road communities are accessible by both summer river
barge and winter ice road. But the small river draining Colville
Lake does not drain into the Mackenzie River where the barges run
but goes straight north to the Arctic Ocean. The only way to haul
freight in including diesel oil for the community generator and home
heating fuel is a 651 km long winter road that's only open to heavy
trucks that are restricted to 50 km/hour for about 90 to 105 days a
year. The cost of living there is incredibly high.

the pigeons would get into anything. Animal proof container wouldn't
stop a Oshawa gang member Pidgeon. They carry weapons. LOL

[g]

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

Title: Risotto Alla Milanesa
Categories: Rice, Italian, Beef, Offal, Wine
Yield: 4 Servings

4 tb Butter plus 4 Tsp
1/4 lb Beef marrow, chopped in
1/4 inch cubes
1 md Spanish onion, chopped in
1/4 inch dice
2 c Vialone Nano rice
6 c Strong chicken stock;
Simmering
1/2 c Red wine
1/2 ts Saffron threads
1/3 c Freshly grated Parmigiano

In a 6 quart saucepan, melt 4 tablespoons butter with marrow and
onion and cook over medium heat until onion is soft but not browned.
Add all the rice and, stirring regularly, cook until opaque, about 2
to 3 minutes. Add a 6 ounce ladle of hot stock, 1/2 cup red wine and
saffron and bring to a boil. Stirring constantly, cook until stock
level goes below level of rice. Add another 6ounce ladle and repeat
the process for 16 minutes, until rice is al dente, yet creamy and
tender. Remove from heat and add cheese and remaining butter. Season
to taste and serve immediately with stufato.

Recipe By: Molto Mario

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Cheers

Jim


... It's true. I don't need fun to have booze.

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Hello Shawn,

time periods but average 13 cents per kwh overall while Yellow-
knife's is 36 cents, almost triple. We have a hydro based system
with diesel generator backup, as we have a single source and are not
part of the continental grid. Inuvik is all diesel and 85 cents.

I live in between two big nuke plants. (Pickering and Darlington) So
lack of electricity is not an issue here. ;)

Do you glow in the dark?

For Life,
Lee

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Drive One

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