Archive for the ‘Food’ Category

Brewing beer

Friday, May 8th, 2009

It all started in the first weeks here, when we were still under shock at the price of beer here. We were walking down Broadway, and I had been thinking about how my dad used to brew his own beer. Back then I was still too young to drink it, but I did learn from [...]

We missed the fireworks… again!

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

This new year (the Chinese one), there probably were even fireworks – at least there were probably a lot of people out on the street in Chinatown making a party about it, but … we missed it!  My Ultimate games for today were canceled due to bad weather, but I wasn’t so disappointed – it [...]

Do you want chicken with that?

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

We did a big shopping trip today – stocked up on bulk produce at the “Canadian Superstore”.  Kilos of pasta, sacks of cereal, washing liquid in 10l packs, frozen meat, … and in the end it came to $260.  After the small heart attack we still had a laugh: the store had a special offer [...]

Gemüse-Linsen-Eintopf

Friday, January 16th, 2009

1 Aubergine würfeln und mit etwas Salz bestreuen, 10 Minuten stehen lassen (das nimmt ihnen die Gerbsäure; muss nicht unbedingt sein), abwaschen und mit einer gehackten Zwiebel anbraten. Mit etwas Wasser aufgießen und 1-2 Tassen rote Linsen, gewürfelte Kartoffeln (3), Karotten (3), Jams (Süßkartoffeln) (2-3) und eine Dose Cocosmilch zugeben. Mit einem Brühwürfel, Kitchen King [...]