Cola-Beef has no Beef

Snack today -> Cola-Beef.
Susanna, Ben, and I found this package at T&T in the jerky snack section on Sunday.  From the name of the package "Cola-Beef", I thought it was jerky bits that were marinated in cola syrup.  It sounded good, so I bought a pack.  When I opened it and tried it out today, I found it wasn't meat, but fried tofu.  It also didn't taste like cola.  It was a sweet and spicy flavour.  I think it is a northern China spicy flavour that slight numbs the tongue and mouth.  I found it pretty good, as did Ed and Peter.  James didn't like it, while Steve and Marc didn't try it.  More for me :)

Cola-Beef should be Sweet & Spicy Fried Tofu.

Dinner today -> Milestones' Wednesday Date Night Special.
After gaming tonight at work, I went to Milestones with Julie to get the Wednesday Date Night special.  We didn't order the same items as last time.  For starters we got the Mediterranean Goat Cheese Platter.  I forgot to take a picture before ate it all.  I never had goat cheese before, and I found it good and creamy.  I also liked the fig jam, but Julie told me there are better.
For entrees, Julie got the Spicy Thai Basil Noodles.  Looked like a good amount of noodles topped with shrimp and chicken, with a tasty coconut sauce.

Spicy Thai Basil Noodles.

I got the Thai Red Curry Beef Bowl.  It was OK.  Alot of beef and good red curry and ginger flavour.  I had 1 really long sliver of something in my bowl.  It looked like a carrot sliver so I chomped on it.  I was wrong.  It was ginger!  The bowl was filling, but the steak I got last time was much better than this dish.

Thai Red Curry Bowl.

For dessert we shared a White Chocolate Cheesecake.  It was very good.  A satisfying dessert for the end of the meal.

White Chocolate Cheesecake.

Useless Gaming News:
We played 3 player Vast tonight.  Evan played as the Knight, James as the Dragon, and I was the Goblins.  It was a learning game and it took us 2.5hrs to finish.  I made a few mis-plays during my turns and I think it may have cost me the game.  I should have held back 1 Goblin tribe in Hiding so I was able to Ambush the Knight and get in a couple extra attacks (Goblin's objective is to kill the Knight).

DQ January 2017 Deal

Dinner today -> Pork Stew
Monday night, I boiled the pork shank bone I got from leftovers on Sunday.  I added some pork breast bone chunks I bought from Sobeys.  The pork breast bone chunks had a few hard bones in them, but most of the bones were the solid white kind.  Today I skimmed off the fat and reboiled everything.  The broth was thick and sticky because all the bone gelatin was boiled out.  I then added some potatoes, onions, and carrots.

Pork Stew.

Poured the stew over some fresh white rice.  It was really good.  Also, all the white bones from the breast bone pieces became really soft, almost like tendon in texture.  The stew would have been even better if I had some daikon to put in it.

Pork Stew on Rice.

Useless Food News:
The Dairy Queen at the Signature Centre in Kanata has a January Special taped to the door.  It's buy 1 box of Dilly Bars, Buster Bars, or DQ Sandwiches, and get another box free.  I might get some, but my freezer is full.

January DQ Deal.

S'mores Chips Ahoy!

Snack today -> S'mores Chips Ahoy.
Got these Chips Ahoy! cookies alittle while ago.  It's a new S'mores flavour.  They were pretty good.  The cookie part has a good and not overpowering graham cracker taste.  The chocoloate filling and the marshmallow flavoured chips were good too.  It's a soft cookie.  I usually like soft cookies, but for this S'mores flavour, a hard crunchy cookie would have been a better choice.

S'mores Chips Ahoy!

Lunch today -> Misc Cold Cut Wraps.
I got some miscellaneous cold cuts and pitas from FarmBoy on the weekend.  I made some meaty wraps for lunch.  I forgot to bring the horseradish flavoured cheese.  They would have been better with the cheese.

Lunch.

Weekend Report -> Sea King Dinner.

Food this weekend ->
Made stew on Friday night.  It was awesome.  I boiled and cooled rib bones for 4 days, with all the meat falling off and self-shredding.  I added more rib meat (50% off at Loblaws), potatoes, onions, and organic carrots.  Probably didn't need the extra rib meat, as there was lots of shredded meat in the broth.

Meaty Stew.

Went shopping at Bayshore with Julie and Gen on Saturday.  They had stuff to get and I bought a shirt, a couple sweaters, and some DVDs.  Didn't find any more discount Lego or any new Transformers.  Julie made pasta and veggies for dinner.  It was cheese stuffed pasta covered in a meat sauce from Costco.  It was good.

Dinner at Julie's.

Sunday night, the family went out to Sea King for dinner.  We got 6 dishes: beef with Chinese greens, steamed chicken, salt & pepper squid,

Good Chicken.

pork shank (I kept the shank bone to make soup at home), shrimp with cashews,

Huge Pork Shank for $15

and salt & pepper baby white fish (kind of like capelin but without the roe and softer bones).

Fishies.

Too Spicy Seafood Hot Pot

Dinner today -> Spicy Seafood Hot Pot.
Susanna and I went to T&T tonight.  We saw these new pot cakes.  Seems to be a cake cooked inside a kids cup.  I might get one to try sometime.

Pot Cakes.

I picked up a spicy seafood hot pot for dinner.  It was reduced because it expires tomorrow.

Spicy Seafood Hot Pot.

I heated it up and there are lots of seafood, noodles, lotus root, corn, and mushroom in it.  There are also lots of chinese pepper corns and the broth was extremely spicy.  My lips and tongue were numb and my mouth was aching after a few bites.  I even had to drink and soak my mouth with milk! 

Too Spicy, but Lots of Seafood.

There was no way I could eat this, so I re-boiled everything in water to wash out the spiciness.  It was then edible.

Useless Lego News:
Walmart started a clearance on alot of Lego sets.  Lots of big sets are 50% off.  Both Kanata Walmarts have been wiped out.  Kanata mainly had Nexo Knight sets on clearance.  Other stores had DC and Star Wars sets on clearance.  I cleaned out the last few sets at Centrum. This is my shopping cart full of big sets.

Clearance Lego at Walmart.

Christmas Keurig Machine

Dinner today -> Mussels and Broccoli.
Steamed some broccoli with a little salt.  Then I flash cooked some pre-cooked frozen mussels in butter and black pepper and poured it over the broccoli.  I think I cooked too many mussels :)

Mussels over Broccoli.

Useless Food News:
I finally got around to opening and setting up my Keurig that I got for Christmas.  I made a cup of "mudslide" coffee to break it in.  It was pretty good.  I then tried out the hot water option to make a cup of green tea.

New Keurig Machine.

Discount Mussels

Dinner today -> Mussels and Green Bean Ramen.
I bought some discount mussels at Walmart today.  $3.50 for a pack of mussels.  The expiry date is Wednesday which is why they are on sale.  I got a pack for myself and Ed.
After washing the mussels, I threw out about 15 that were open and dead.  I decided to pressure cook the mussels in black bean and garlic sauce.  I topped the mussels with some green beans too.

Mussels and Green Beans.

The mussels shrank alot!  I deshelled the mussels and quickly cooked some ramen in the hot broth.

With Ramen.