Labour Day Weekend

In about 1 hour planes will start to screech over my back garden and I will feel strong bonds with residents of the serene Gaza Strip and beautiful downtown Kabul. With the earth moving under my feet and the foundations of the house shaking, I am feeling the need to cook. The cooking things that stood out this week are: The arguement over no knead bread on SOUNDS LIKE CANADA, on the CBC with Shelagh Rodgers, Liz Driver and Bonnie Stern. I might have to try the bread out this weekend and pressure cookers are beginning to sound intriuqing. 'The husband' hates the CBC and thinks me and a pressure cooker could be a very bad mix. In the Bread agruement Liz Driver states that pioneers used yeast usually gotten from the local brewery. http://www.cbc.ca/soundslikecanada/foodanddrink.html or http://www.sullivanstreetbakery.com/recipes/noknead.html Maybe thats what influenced my second discovery: The Grand River Brewing Company where I met and chatted with the knowledgeable Brewer Rob Creighton. Really who could resist "Bumbleberry Beer" on a road sign. He tells me that one of the beers I purchased was best drunk from a chalice. Great website with recipes with beer. http://www.grandriverbrewing.com/index.php And last but not least I also bought myself a John Deere..... cast iron frying pan.... who knew. I visited one of my favourite stores, The TSC http://www.tscstores.com/. They have the neatest stuff you ever didn't know you actually needed, but sadly no chalices. I need to season my John Deere today and drink my beer, I have no idea what's on the menu yet but I feel the need for earthiness and harvest, maybe I am just lacking iron... my new pan has added fringe benefits in that department. Now if I only had found the 'holy grail' literally, I would have a perfect chalice for my beer while I crane my neck looking for those F18's.