As someone who had a truly traumatic pregnancy, involving subchorionic hemorrhage, significant hospital bedrest, PPROM, emergency C-section, a baby whisked away for hours after birth and three months in the NICU, I agree that there isn’t enough acknowledgement of the difficulties and intensity of childbirth...

Incorrect. As a resident of Newfoundland, Canada, literally a scraggy rock in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean that only exists because of the cod-fishery, cheese does indeed go with fish. It’s called Cod Au Gratin, it’s a local specialty, and it is damned delicious...https://www.rockrecipes.com/cod-au-gratin/

Confirmation by Canadian: you are right. That is how it’s done...

This is true, but that picture isn’t it...As a total Canadian hick who used to spend time in the family sugar shack, I can tell that the syrup poured over that snow wasn’t boiled...The whole thing is that once it’s boiled it forms a really thick consistency instead of just soaking through the snow like in the photo.…