GLUTTONOUS FIELD TRIP

ROAD TRIP November, 2008

Victoria to Fraser Valley to Okanagan & Back

For the first time in a while, I had a road trip from Vancouver Island to Mission, and onto Penticton, BC. Three burgers, one seafood platter, cocktails and profiteroles. This long weekend had it all. My family and I were away for my paternal grandfather's memorial service. As such the weekend was filled with family and bitter-sweet reminiscences. My Grandpappy was a cook in the logging camps and tow boats in the 1930s and 1940s. In the spirit of Grandpappy, I indulged with wild abandon. What follows here is small gallery of my consumption over this recent trip.

Triple O = Triple Delight

Triple Bypass?

Ketchup/Catsup Action At White Spot in Hope, BC


Apple Rum Raisin Pie from the Market at the Cannery in Penticton, BC




Vegetarians, Duck and Cover
Theos Restaurant, Penticton BC.

This lamb shoulder (left) sitting in front of my Dad's belly is big enough to feed a Sudanese family for a week. The Seafood Platter for Two (right) was shared by four of us. I thought that the Vegetarian Dolmades and the Greek Salad were the highlights at Theos. I was too busy savouring the dolmades and salad to photograph them.

A TOAST TO GRANDPAPPY

Manhattan - sweet vermouth, whisky, ice, maraschino cherry.

I like my manhattan with extra ice and cherry "juice".

Burgers # 2 & 3 Of This Tale of Gluttony...Tasty Teen Burgers in Princeton, BC

FLAMING CHEESE!

Saganaki At Theo's in Penticton, BC

Saganaki means flaming cheese in Greek. This cheese was certainly aflame. It is salty and boozy. Sheep Cheese is flambeed for a spectator sport experience.

Theo's menu description "Greek Kefalograviera cheese, pan-fried and finished with lemon and brandy."


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oven fries

MUFFINS

BANANA CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFINS

Adapted From The Joy of Cooking, p. 784

Preheat oven to 375 F, Grease/line a muffin pan

Whisk together:

1 cup of all purpose flour

1/2 cup of whole wheat flour

1/2 cup of wheat bran

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1/8 tsp ground nutmeg

Whisk together in a large bowl:

1 large egg

1/2 cup of packed light brown sugar

1/4 cup of honey

1 1/3 cups of mashed ripe bananas (2-3)

6 tbsp vegetable oil (1/2 cup)

1 tsp vanilla

Add the flour mixture and mix together with a few light strokes just until the dry ingredients are moistened.

Fold in 1 cup of chocolate chips.

Drop by large spoon fulls into the muffin tin cups.

Bake for ~ 18 minutes.

Cool on a rack before eating.