Let’s start this month off properly shall we? Here in the Great White North we are fed up with snow and ice. Weather forecasts for March are looking grim as well. So to get the March-is-for-the-Irish party started here is a little Guinness trivia for you… 1. What’s in a name? A stout by any other moniker might indeed taste as sweet. Guinness’ dark, creamy brew was originally called Porter, and later Stout Porter, to denote its…
Let’s begin with the important stuff… BLACK VELVET COCKTAIL 1/2 flute champagne 1/2 flute Guinness Do you really need any more instructions? I can suggest three options: Option # 1 Half fill the flute with bubbly. Over the back of a spoon gently pour Guinness into flute. This way the densities of the two will remain separate…. so they say… Couldn’t quite get this one right… Option # 2 Reverse the above process adding Guinness first. Again…
The ingredients – simple… 2 pork tenderloin (approximately 1 kg total) 1 can Guinness draft 1 cup barbecue sauce (I used KC Masterpiece) 2 tbsp corn starch The method – simple Cut each tenderloin into 3 pieces and place in cooker. Add barbecue sauce and stir to coat pork *Top off with Guinness to fill line (see note below) (my little pot couldn’t hold the contents of 1 whole can so the Captain got the rest) Instead of my usual…
As we move closer to boating season I am starting to imagine more vividly returning to our little home on the water… We have a plan this year to remain onboard for six months, one month of which will be spent cruising what I call the Little Loop or what is more commonly referred to as the Golden Triangle. Meals for a good part of this trip will have to be simple keeping in mind that we won’t always have…