by Jacqui Eisen | Jul 31, 2015 | Serving it Up
Ripe, luscious fruit. Summer at its best! This morning I discovered my strawberries need to be eaten today. So I pulled out my favourite flavouring for strawberries and peaches: DeRuijter “Gestampte Muisjes” This powdered sugar with a touch of ground...
by Jacqui Eisen | Jul 29, 2015 | #winewednesday, Niagara Wines, Serving it Up
Zacharie Cloutier is the ancestor of probably more Quebecois Canadians than any other man. He and his wife Xainte immigrated from the Perche province, France in 1634. They founded one of the foremost families in Quebec. By 1800, the Cloutier descendants numbered...
by Jacqui Eisen | Jul 25, 2015 | Cheese Making Methods, What's New
That perfect taste of cheese. Not the same for everyone. That’s why we keep trying new cheeses at The European Pantry. This week we unpacked 7 new cheeses. Time to count our choices again…I’ve been telling people that we have between 50 and 60...
by Jacqui Eisen | Jul 22, 2015 | #winewednesday, Serving it Up
Every Saturday we offer several cheeses for our customers to taste. This week you can sample Mont Jacob from Fromagerie Blackburn in Quebec. The Blackburn family began farming in Jonquière in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec about 80 years and four...
by Jacqui Eisen | Jul 21, 2015 | Recipes, Simple meals
The ingredients for this cottage omelet are usually at hand. Leftover dried bread cubed, milk, eggs, German salami pieces, cheese, butter and dipping olive oil. Make 1-2 eggs & 1-2 TBSP of milk per person. You can vary the type of salami or substitute another type...
