Marie Cookpad

  I was pretty shaken up yesterday after my fall.  I am always so careful and I really came down with a thud.  I injured my left shoulder, which is the one which was injured in my car accident 20 plus years ago now.  I also hurt my left knee  I can really feel it today! Anyways, Todd decided to treat me to a takeaway for supper.  Five guys just opened up again for delivery so we had a Baby Cheeseburger and Fries delivered for each of us.  It was a real treat!   (with just the cheese and caramelise onion) Their servings of fries are HUGE.  Ginormous even.  Needless to say, we barely ate half of them, and I only managed 2/3 of my burger.  I hate waste however  . . .  especially when you are paying a premium price for things.   So I popped the leftover fries into a plastic bag and then into the refrigerator.  I had a think about what to do with them.  I am quite fond of eating cold fries for breakfast and pizza...

  I have always been a huge fan of salty and sweet combinations. Chocolate covered potato chips?  Yes I do!  Chocolate dipped Pretzels?  Count me in!  Sweet and salty anything and I am all over it. That combination is truly is a weakness of mine   I saw this recipe the other day on Pinterest.  The recipe comes from Tastemade UK .  I have adapted it to North American Ingredients so my North American friends and family can enjoy it as well.   It might well be one of the ugliest pies you have ever seen . . . if not THE ugliest!   Even a coat of icing sugar doesn't pretty it up . . .   There are not too many cakes and sweet bakes that don't look better with a dusting of icing sugar. This is the exception. It is still downright ugly.   But boy oh boy, what it lacks in looks it  more than makes up for in taste!   The crust is a mix of crushed ritz crackers, dessicated coconut, melted butter and demerara sugar.  I belie...

Tim Hortons is a bit of a Canadian Institution.  It is a coffee/doughnut shop that  feels like a second home to many Canadians.  I worked there for a time prior to moving over here to the UK.      When I worked there, they would have a baker come in every night and he would work from 10:00 pm until about 6 in the morning baking cakes, frying doughnuts, baking pies, etc.  When you went into work in the morning there would be trays and trays of the freshly finished goodies sitting and waiting to go out onto the shelves.   I understand that they don't have in-store bakers these days, and that all the goods are brought in baked and frozen, ready to thaw out and pop onto the shelves.  Its called progress, but I understand that their goodies are not as nice as they used to be, or so I have been told.    I can't help but think that in losing the personal touch, in favour of more profits, they have lost something very special  . ....