Subj: Curbside

 DD>      Title: Bacon 'n' Creme Haystacks

What is 'n'?
 
  Subj: Chowhound Closes

 DD> When they went all corp-rat I switched to Simply Recipes (Elise
 DD> Bauer's blog). Never regretted the move.
 
It was about that time I discovered Serious Eats. I still read there.

  Subj: Gas

 DD> the gas station owner gets vilified - and he's (if an
 DD> independent) only averaging 4c to 6c/gallon gross profit.

That should read 4% to 6% which is not too shabby.

"40 - 55 per cent is crude oil costs 25 - 35 per cent is federal,
provincial and municipal taxes and the GST 10 - 25 per cent is the
refiner's margin 4 - 6 per cent is the marketing (or retail) margin"
- Shell Canada

"The gross margin (or markup) on gasoline in 2021 was 30.9 cents per
gallon, or 10.2% of the average price of $3.03 for the year. Over
the past five years, retailer gross margins have averaged 27.2 cents
per gallon, or 10.7% of the overall price." - convenience.org
NACS The Association for Convenience & Fuel Retailing

The stations in Yellowknife earn 11 cents per litre (I've seen their
books) so $0.42 per US gallon.

They also face an 11 cent per litre transportation cost which will
only get worse in the days to come.

The average service station in Canada sells 43M litres a year, most
years. (But just 37M liters in 2020/2021 thanks to Covid) - Stats
Canada

>     Title: Wes 'n' Kathy's Authentic Original Lima Bean Soup
>     1    Chili pequin; crushed

I love lima beans and that's how I make my ham and bean soups too,
except for the choice of chilies. I never see Pequin peppers in my
stores.

  Subj: Lunch Meat

 DD> Armour Star Sliced Dried Beef

They don't sell that here. I've never come across it. I found
Armour's website and I note that their dried beef contains salt,
sugar and sorbitol unlike what the hunters do here.

 DD> I've switched to Knaus (brand) which is still cured sliced *real*
 DD> beef. https://knaussfoods.com/
 
I see they cure theirs with salt and sugar too. Which is fine by me.

 JW> Where I live, the Dene people dry meat without brine or seasonings,
 JW> not even salt just wind and sun and perhaps a little smoke. (I
 JW> prefer jerky

We're heading into a high alcohol long weekend: St. Patrick's Day on
Thursday and then Holi on Friday.

Another random leftover recipe from another old thread

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Sloppy Jacques
 Categories: Beef, Groundmeat, Sandwiches
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      1 lb Lean ground beef
      2 tb All purpose flour
 10 1/2 oz Can condensed French onion
           Soup
      4    Hamburger buns split
 
  In a large skillet, cook ground beef until brown. Drain off fat. Stir
  in flour and mix well. Stir in soup. Cook and stir over medium heat
  until bubbly. Cook and stir about 2 minutes more or until mixture
  thickens. Serve meat mixture over buns.

  From: Richard Lee Holbert
 
MMMMM

Cheers

Jim


... Kms are shorter than miles. Save gas: take your next trip in Canada.

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