Welcome to November, the best month of the year for Ontario Lamb! Usually lamb is associated with spring however in Ontario our season is in autumn. We have been thinking a lot about lamb shanks and slow cooking lately, in fact there are two Bayfield restaurants who serve an outstanding lamb shank entree. Lamb shanks are easy for you to make at home, we recommend going to \
(the online version of Gourmet Magazine) and do a quick search then stop by the store to pick up your own!
Fresh and New at Foragers
Curry Alert #1
We now have a chickpea Indian style curry in our gourmet-to-go section. This smooth curry has a little heat, about a 3 on a 1 – 10 scale. The creamy sauce is thickened with a touch of cream, yoghurt, potatoes and cashews.
Curry Alert #2
Our butter chicken is back with 50 portions in the freezer. We have altered the recipe slightly by using less heavy cream and supplementing with more yoghurt. The finished product is even more silken.
Curry Sidenote
On a recent trip to Toronto, our Curry Chef sent the chief Forager to Little India on Gerrard St E with a grocery list. Our chef was most excited with the ingredients returned and stated that the tandoor seasoning “ is superior to any he has used in Canada and on par with India.” Hurry, and scurry to Foragers for some curry.
Stocks and Reductions
We now have a real chicken stock available for sale in our gourmet-to-go section of the freezer. The chicken stock is made by Foragers and is quite concentrated with flavour. The stock is packed as eight ice cubes so you never have waste.
Also, we will soon have a real demi glace which is what the finest restaurants use for sauce in meat entrees. The recipe is from French master Escoffier and involves a 24 cooking process of veal bone roasting and reduction over low heat. Some uses for demi glace is a sauce for pork/beef roasts or a peppercorn sauce on prime beef cuts such as beef tenderloin.
Looking Ahead at Store Hours
Currently Foragers is open Thursday thru Monday and will remain so until January. In January the store will be closed for a rest and re-open from then onwards.
Should you have any food emergencies that we can solve, usually we are not too far away and happy to help in a pinch.
Keep Foraging,
Sam, Sara & Bill
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
KFC and the $10 Challenge!
The Modern Forager
News and Views
Welcome to November, the best month of the year! I am guessing many of us have taken a deep breath now that both elections are over. I can remember when much was made about voting behavior and the relation to having a beer with George W Bush. I have to wonder; what kind of food would Americans like to share with Obama?
Let's take a local fast-food franchise for example ...
KFC and the $10 Challenge!
Reading or watching the news one would think we are on edge of an economic apocalypse. Well this is the first sign.
http://www.grist.org/advice/chef/2008/10/30/.
Essentially this article speaks to KFC and their marketing efforts on how to feed a family of four for $10.00.
For $10.00 KFC suggests you should feed your family seven pieces of deep friend chicken, mashed potatoes/gravy and biscuits. At Forager Foods, we would like to take the $10.00 Family of Four Challenge.
Vegetables #1– 4 medium sized Soiled Reputation organic carrots $1.74
Vegetable #2 – 4 golf ball sized candy cane beets from Soiled reputation $1.30
Starch – 1.5lb of fingerling potatoes from Soiled Reputation $3.50
Meat – Four Metzger large sausage links (choice of Farmers, Garlic, Honey Garlic, Oktoberfest or Italian. $3.99
Total Cost: $10.53. So KFC can do it cheaper and uncomfortably fill stomachs, but we can do it healthier and better tasting. In fact that is our unofficial mission statement.
Fresh and New at Foragers
Curry Alert #1
We now have a vegetarian chickpea Indian style curry in our gourmet-to-go section. This smooth curry has a little heat, about a 2 on a 1 – 10 scale. The creamy sauce is thickened with a touch of cream, yoghurt, potatoes and cashews.
Curry Alert #2
Our butter chicken is back with 50 portions in the freezer. We have altered the recipe slightly by using less heavy cream and supplementing with more yoghurt. The finished product is even more silken.
Curry Sidenote
On a recent trip to Toronto, our Curry Chef sent our chief Forager to Little India on Gerrard St E with a grocery list. Our chef was most excited with the ingredients returned and stated that the tandoor seasoning “ is superior to any he has used in Canada and on par with India.” Hurry, and scurry to Foragers for some curry.
Looking Ahead at Store Hours
Currently Foragers is open Thursday thru Monday and will remain so until January. In January the store will be closed for the month and re-open for then onwards.
Should you have any food emergencies that we can solve, usually we are not too far away and happy to help in a pinch. Cell 519 955 4863
News and Views
Welcome to November, the best month of the year! I am guessing many of us have taken a deep breath now that both elections are over. I can remember when much was made about voting behavior and the relation to having a beer with George W Bush. I have to wonder; what kind of food would Americans like to share with Obama?
Let's take a local fast-food franchise for example ...
KFC and the $10 Challenge!
Reading or watching the news one would think we are on edge of an economic apocalypse. Well this is the first sign.
http://www.grist.org/advice/chef/2008/10/30/.
Essentially this article speaks to KFC and their marketing efforts on how to feed a family of four for $10.00.
For $10.00 KFC suggests you should feed your family seven pieces of deep friend chicken, mashed potatoes/gravy and biscuits. At Forager Foods, we would like to take the $10.00 Family of Four Challenge.
Vegetables #1– 4 medium sized Soiled Reputation organic carrots $1.74
Vegetable #2 – 4 golf ball sized candy cane beets from Soiled reputation $1.30
Starch – 1.5lb of fingerling potatoes from Soiled Reputation $3.50
Meat – Four Metzger large sausage links (choice of Farmers, Garlic, Honey Garlic, Oktoberfest or Italian. $3.99
Total Cost: $10.53. So KFC can do it cheaper and uncomfortably fill stomachs, but we can do it healthier and better tasting. In fact that is our unofficial mission statement.
Fresh and New at Foragers
Curry Alert #1
We now have a vegetarian chickpea Indian style curry in our gourmet-to-go section. This smooth curry has a little heat, about a 2 on a 1 – 10 scale. The creamy sauce is thickened with a touch of cream, yoghurt, potatoes and cashews.
Curry Alert #2
Our butter chicken is back with 50 portions in the freezer. We have altered the recipe slightly by using less heavy cream and supplementing with more yoghurt. The finished product is even more silken.
Curry Sidenote
On a recent trip to Toronto, our Curry Chef sent our chief Forager to Little India on Gerrard St E with a grocery list. Our chef was most excited with the ingredients returned and stated that the tandoor seasoning “ is superior to any he has used in Canada and on par with India.” Hurry, and scurry to Foragers for some curry.
Looking Ahead at Store Hours
Currently Foragers is open Thursday thru Monday and will remain so until January. In January the store will be closed for the month and re-open for then onwards.
Should you have any food emergencies that we can solve, usually we are not too far away and happy to help in a pinch. Cell 519 955 4863
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