Like any good patriotic Canadian I can house a box of Kraft Dinner no problem, and will do so a couple of times a year despite being a pretty adept home cook. It’s a different thing than making a roux for ‘real’ mac and cheese, and honestly nothing hits quite the same way after a truly wretched workday. Make it more…

In the days that I had roommates, I was definitely the one that took up a disproportionate amount of room in the kitchen. It never seemed to be a problem though - we did the old ‘this is your shelf’ splitting strategy and even though I overflowed sometimes, it wasn’t ever to the extent that anybody else’s ability to…

Have you watched Forged in Fire? I have a very poor attention span for TV but if there’s a marathon of that over the Christmas break (there always is) I can watch it for hours. Earnest burly dads making blades with a little sprinkling of history (but not really). There are literal sparks to keep it spicy but everyone…

This is great, thank you! I have honestly only ever seen it written down and didn’t know what to do phonetically with the x. My Finnish does not help me here lol.

I’m in my 30's and generally a respectable person (i.e. boring) but I love this drink. My preferred ratio is a ~5 oz pour of wine (cheap Sangiovese usually) with a can of Coke Zero, then half a lime and a bunch of ice....it perfectly fits a 20oz beer glass. The “Spanish teen” 1:1 ratio with really rough wine is a…

Unbeknownst to me and my brother, my mom mixed plain/Honey Nut Cheerios half and half for most of our childhoods (and put it back in the Honey Nut box, clever). With that context, full strength Honey Nut are SWEEEEEET.

I ALSO RECENTLY MADE THIS and it was so good!! Truthfully, I riffed a bit (partner is vegetarian, so tofu was swapped in for chicken, and I added collard greens) but it was such a good use for the aji amarillo paste. It’s so flavourful! Our other favourite way to use it, if you have any left, is on egg+cheese+greens br…

The CSA box really helps. I really, really hate wasting anything so it spurs that creative fire to use it all.

This summer has been DUMBBB hot. Like intolerable. I’m mad at whoever lied to the author.

Not sure how anybody’s heart/anxiety/adrenaline could handle watching Uncut Gems at home, holy shit. I’m definitely also in the camp that knew I wouldn’t make it if I didn’t see it in the theatre (so I did, and I’m glad.)

I LOVE JESSY LANZA.

My aunt used to make more or less this salad every time she was asked to bring something to a big family supper. I LOVED IT. She used the oranges, but I don’t remember the dressing being 1/4 cup sweetened....probably more like 1-2 tbsp sweetened.

I think part of the harmony of our household is that my partner and I have different snack preferences. His things are roasted peanuts and chocolate (which I think are fine, but I don’t really reach for), mine are dried cranberries and black licorice (same, in reverse). We both like tortilla chips and salsa a lot, but…

They are very common in Canada and I love them.

Tendon is my very favourite thing about getting pho.

I’m 2nd generation Finnish-Canadian and my Mummo has been out here going fishing, cleaning, then throwing the whole heads into (delicious) soups my whole life. The soup always has whole allspice berries in it, which you should scoop out and set aside while you’re eating, and I remember getting in trouble one time as a…

There are usually at least a few stragglers from the pantry (cinnamon, ground cumin, oregano, togarashi) by my stove but za’atar, chili flakes, aleppo pepper, and THIS GUY have to be there. Don’t write it off as health food store stuff, it’s delicious!  

I have been sleeping on this possibility and I have a fresh jar of furikake. Thank you!

I’ve known a bunch of French-Canadian Ghislaines. It’s not weird, just French.

I only see TikToks when they percolate into other social media formats (probably due to being medium-old) but I DO appreciate when someone explicitly tells me what the song is. How do you find this info, usually?! Is it listed if you actually go onto the app itself? The amount of data it mines is pretty spooky so I’ve…