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OK I admit I am lazy, do you have your rib recipe posted in this hundred-page thread? If so, what post number? Always looking for another good rib recipe. If not, can you please post it? Thanks! Doug

Rick it looks like you broke out the heirloom china again buddy! Looks tastier than the re-heated ham and scalloped potstaoes I did up for supper here! Doug

Me too!! Pick me!!

Great report, Bunk, and you can have that sleeping ina tent stuff in gnarly weather. Been there, done that, and my cranky old back likes its creature comforts these days! Canvas (or nylon) is not a heck of a lot of good to you if Mister Bear comes to investigate. You need some skookum bear medecine. Doug

Another great report Mike, and thanks for that. But sick of eating walleye, that speaks volumes about the year you have had. Doug

For hard-boiled eggs I drain off the hot water, run cold water into the pot, wait a few minutes and replace that water with more cold water, etc for about fifteen minutes. In general, they peel quite nicely...............

back to Blue Lk, yes sir I can see what you mean. My wife has asked me several times about taking pictures of food to put on a fishing website. She considers it bizarre behaviour, which even though she EXPECTS eccentricity from me, she considers this is one step past that. so GOOD LUCK! Doug

back to m2b2, so you have moose in the freezer for us to can when I come to visit? Doug

Vidalias?

Winter must be just about breathing down your neck now, Dave? Doug

back to m2b2, that tingle is your nerve endings cursing at you...............

Ghost pepper powder in a rub, yep I can feel my lips turning numb, my throat turning red, and the other end of my digestive tract turning into Vesuvius complete with molten lava.......... Who ever knew that so much pain could be such FUN!!! Doug

And THAT, my friend, is an iron-clad gauarantee! Doug

This thread was about the CANADIAN election, and what party or parties might support or suppress private firearms ownership here. It has gone sideways more often than it has gone forward, but so be it. I was asked why the comments from JoePA might have offended me and yes I did conclude from his handle, his tone, and his comments that this person is an American person. I may be wrong but I greatly doubt it. And I most assuredly have American friends, most of whom are ardent NRA supporters, as I WOULD BE if lived in the USA. That's not the point. I do not like to be lectured and insulted by somebody that has no skin in the game and almost certainly has incomplete knowledge of the issue at hand, which I believe to be the case in JoePa's comments to which I did and do take offence. In CANADA, we do not see mobs of people brandishing pitchforks and burning crosses, surging down city streets with their bedsheets wrapped on their heads, when they are unhappy about something. In CANADA we generally use peaceful means to make our opposition known, including to actions of governments. So, for example, when the government of Canada enacted Bill C-68, that is the modern firearms act, many unhappy Canadians wrote letters, button-holed their MPs, held peaceful rallies on Parliament Hill and elsewhere, challenged the legailty of the legislation, and eventually elected a government that repealed some of the more egregious aspects of C-68. One of the main intervenors in the fight against C-68, which we took to the Supreme Court of Canada, was the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH). In my opinion at the time, this organization was most aligned with my own views and so I decided to support the OFAH fight at the SCC level. And at that time, I donated the largest personal donation that had ever up to that point been made to the OFAH, to continue that fight. I am not a rich man but I put my money where my mouth was. And yes for the nitpickers I did get a tax receipt so I recouped 20 or 30 percent of my donation at tax time. I am not aware of any other individual who put a small fortune into the war chest. So yes I resent being told I give up my freedoms too easily, or whatever poppycock it was that was written. In CANADA we do things our way, and generally that does not involve blood in the streets. We do NOT have a Second Amendment, we do NOT have the right to bear arms as a constitutional guarantee, and we almost always work within the law to achieve our aims. In this election, as I have already stated, there is only one party that does not threaten private ownership of firearms as currently exists in Canadian Law, and that party, like them or hate them, is the Conservatives. 'Nuff said. Flame away. Doug

OH MY!!! Look at that, I can even do a quote now! Yes today I spent quite a bit of time migrating IE Favourites to FF Bookmarks.........

Dear JoePA, I do not need a lecture from a foreigner about how I live my life. And I do not need sweeping generalizations from a foreigner to the effect that I am 'WILLING TO GIVE UP MY FREEDOM SO EASILY." You are certainly entitled to your opinions but I take offence at your broad-brush comments. I doubt VERY MUCH that you understand our history of private firearms ownership in this country, nor our political history with which that is intertwined. I don't make negative comments about Americans on American Internet sites and suggest it is churlish for you to do so here. Doug

Hallelujah, that works! And in fact that is my soup recipe, so it is germane to the discussion at hand.

OK I have signed on for Mozilla Firefox. This is a test to see if I can cut and paste. Doug DOCTOR DOUG’S CREAM OF CARROT SOUP WITH PEAR AND CURRY Note to Chef: all measurements HIGHLY approximate, and don’t matter really anyway. 3 tbsp Becel (or butter, or olive oil) 1 medium Vidalia onion, diced 950 ml Campbell’s Chicken Broth (or your own of course) About 2 cups of cubed potatoes 3 to 4 cups sliced carrots 2 stalks celery, sliced coarse 2 pears, peeled, cored and chunked Grated nutmeg (about a third of a whole nut, grated), salt and pepper 1 tsp curry powder Saute onions in Becel until tender, then add all of the remaining ingredients except the curry powder. Simmer on medium low for about a half hour until all is cooked. Cool, then puree in a blender. Add curry powder and re-heat. At this point your soup is still lactose-free and can be thinned with water or broth, or thickened with grated potato or a similar thickener. If you don’t have to worry about lactose-free, add about a half-cup of cream. Heat to piping hot, but not boiling, and serve.

OK now I have read through all seven pages and see a wee bit of topic drift.............. And some truly lunatic fringe stuff like billyboblunkerkiller that thinks more legislation will stop criminals from committing gun crimes. But back to the topic at hand..... I think most of us suffer from electile dysfunction, we are unable to get aroused about ANY party that is after our votes this time. But as I said if we get back to the subject, and consider which (mainstream) party in this election does NOT want to restrict (or greatly restrict, or ban) ownership of firearms that are currently legal for licenced Canadians to possess, there is only one party. It happens to be the Conservatives, who have a pile of excess baggage, WITHOUT QUESTION. I do suspect that the Libertarian Party is pro-gun ownership, given their thesis that individuals should be responsible for their actions, and less government is good government. I do not know if this is factual, but they have zero chance of forming a government or an opposition, and so I discount them as basically irrelevant to the outcome of the election. If you are a one-main-issue voter, and your issue is the continuing personal ownership of firearms, drawing a penis on your ballot, on your head, whatever, is not helpful to your issue. So if firearms ownership is IMPORTANT to you, then you have one choice. Obviously, if this issue is NOT important to you, you have multiple choices, all of which may fail to arouse you and so drawing a penis, or not voting, may be your solution to this. I do not support many of the actions of our existing government, and am truly angry about some. But FOR ME, firearms are an important part of my life and heritage, and I wish to be able to continue to hunt, and shoot targets, and so I am going to hold my nose and vote for the only party that does not wish to rob me of that. JMOYMV

Sorry for the lack of spaces on that post. YES I STILL USE INTERNET EXPLORER...................

I don't have time to read all seven pages YET, but Elizabeth May is anti-gun. This from CSSA: COMMENTARY – GUNS AND GREENS Many gun owners wonder about “the big three” and ask if there is a place for gun owners in the Green Party. That’s a two-step question best answered by both Green Party policy and party leader Elizabeth May. First, the new Green Party policy says this. Green Party MPs will: 1. Put strict measures in place for those who attempt to cross the Canada/U.S. border with illegal firearms;2. Fulfill Canada’s obligation under international agreements (United Nations Firearms Protocol and the Organization of American States Firearms Convention) to mark all imported firearms, as recommended by the Canadian Association of Police Boards and the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police;3. Ensure that gun crime charges are not dropped to facilitate convictions on lesser charges;4. Review the registry for restricted firearms in consultation with First Nations, and with gun sports and hunter organizations. We will ensure law-abiding citizens do not have their firearms unreasonably confiscated; and5. Work with target shooting organizations to establish safe and protected locations where target shooting can be practiced. First off, we already have strict measures in place at our borders. What exactly does she propose we do? Second, all firearms imported into Canada already have a unique identifier. It’s called a serial number. This renders the United Nations’ marking scheme redundant. While the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police might like that needless bureaucratic waste, its impact on the firearms community is catastrophic. The (1997) OAS convention (INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION AGAINST THE ILLICIT MANUFACTURING OF AND TRAFFICKING IN FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, EXPLOSIVES, AND OTHER RELATED MATERIALS) was never ratified by the Canadian government, yet virtually all of the provisions contained in it already have been implemented by the bureaucracy. Third, we must be careful about what we call “gun crime charges.” We are all for violent criminals being prosecuted to the full extent of the law, but we do not want to see ordinary Canadians sent to prison because their firearms license expired. That is absurd and does nothing to stop violence in our society. Fourth, we’re thoroughly unsure of what reviewing the restricted firearms registry will accomplish, unless the goal is like Justin Trudeau: to “review” responsible firearm ownership out of existence. It’s impossible to know since the policy statement makes little sense. Fifth, we already have “safe and protected locations where target shooting can be practiced.” They are called shooting ranges, and they dot the landscape from sea to shining sea. Is it Elizabeth May’s intention to stop people from shooting on Crown land? And if she’s willing to go that far, does she want to ban hunting too? Most importantly, however, are Elizabeth May’s own words. “But the more that we restrict access to handguns, long guns, the better.” The Torontoist, Sept. 28, 2006 While Green Party policy may be a little wishy-washy on the subject, it seems Elizabeth May is not. Like both Thomas Mulcair and Justin Trudeau, Green Party leader Elizabeth May would strip us of our firearms the first chance she gets.

I've said it before and I say it again, absolutely AWESOME!!!!! Doug

When the wind would be threatening to take you away on your home-made para-sail you would be wishing you had not lost all that weight!!!!

back to spincast..... got a recipe for the rough cut noodles? Would it be the same as spatzele? (3 cups flour, 3 eggs, 1 cup water)??? They look to be somewhat drier than spatzele? They look VERY tasty!!! Doug