The Drop In Centre 3

[spyke]

I was today years old when I first tasted rhubarb. It was in a strawberry- rhubarb puff pastry tart. I'm sure I would have disliked it intensely as a child, but my senior citizen self loved the contrast from the sweetness of the strawberries that played off of the slight astringency of the rhubarb. 

It is more than likely that I will spend the next few days searching high and low for rhubarb so that I can recreate this delicious treat. 

Do any of you fabulous DIC chefs have any recipes that you care to share? 

[Mikiesboy]

2 hours ago, spyke said:

I was today years old when I first tasted rhubarb. It was in a strawberry- rhubarb puff pastry tart. I'm sure I would have disliked it intensely as a child, but my senior citizen self loved the contrast from the sweetness of the strawberries that played off of the slight astringency of the rhubarb. 

It is more than likely that I will spend the next few days searching high and low for rhubarb so that I can recreate this delicious treat. 

Do any of you fabulous DIC chefs have any recipes that you care to share? 

Stewed rhubarb with custard is an old English favourite. And Apple, strawberry, rhubarb crisp is wonderful too. 

[Kitt]

Who keeps trying to burn Canada down, and HOW does the smoke cover NJ???  It's worse here than when we have our own firest fires!

[MichaelS36]

It's pretty horrific here. Warnings not to leave the house without a respirator mask. This morning the sky isn't bright orange at least. Though there are buildings we cannot see. 

We have an air purifier going which seems to help somewhat, but some rooms we've closed off stink of smoke.

There are lots of fires north of us all across the country. Sadly wind and weather are not bound by maps or hand drawn borders. 

[Mikiesboy]

“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”

—Beverly Sills (1929-2007)
opera soprano

[Kileoli]

1 hour ago, MichaelS36 said:

It's pretty horrific here. Warnings not to leave the house without a respirator mask. This morning the sky isn't bright orange at least. Though there are buildings we cannot see. 

We have an air purifier going which seems to help somewhat, but some rooms we've closed off stink of smoke.

There are lots of fires north of us all across the country. Sadly wind and weather are not bound by maps or hand drawn borders. 

That looks pretty scary and it's a huge area considering how big Canada is.

[Mikiesboy]

It's no wonder there's so much smoke.

[chris191070]

The wildfire on the moors near us, is pretty big.

The sad part it was started deliberately, someone setting off fireworks.

[Mikiesboy]

1 minute ago, chris191070 said:

The wildfire on the moors near us, is pretty big.

The sad part it was started deliberately, someone setting off fireworks.

That's awful. I hope they can get it under control. 

[chris191070]

1 minute ago, Mikiesboy said:

That's awful. I hope they can get it under control. 

They are getting there slowly.

[spyke]

42 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

It's no wonder there's so much smoke.

That map looks absolutely terrifying. It's like 1/3 of the country is on fire. 😥

[Wayne Gray]

3 hours ago, MichaelS36 said:

It's pretty horrific here. Warnings not to leave the house without a respirator mask. This morning the sky isn't bright orange at least. Though there are buildings we cannot see. 

We have an air purifier going which seems to help somewhat, but some rooms we've closed off stink of smoke.

There are lots of fires north of us all across the country. Sadly wind and weather are not bound by maps or hand drawn borders. 

When I was in San Diego years back, there was a huge fire to the south of us. So much that ash rained on everything for days. Soot and particulates were so bad that people with asthma were being hospitalized, and even those without respiratory conditions were if they spent too long outside.

While inside our apartment, one of my roommates remarked, "Hey. We don't have a filter, and the air in here seems a lot better than it is outside. How come?" I looked at him. "Because we're the filters. The stuff that was in the air is stuck in our lungs. At least for now. We're healthy, so we'll cough it up later - probably in the shower." His face was something.

Be careful, guys. I'm glad you've got a filtration system. 

[Mikiesboy]

31 minutes ago, Wayne Gray said:

When I was in San Diego years back, there was a huge fire to the south of us. So much that ash rained on everything for days. Soot and particulates were so bad that people with asthma were being hospitalized, and even those without respiratory conditions were if they spent too long outside.

While inside our apartment, one of my roommates remarked, "Hey. We don't have a filter, and the air in here seems a lot better than it is outside. How come?" I looked at him. "Because we're the filters. The stuff that was in the air is stuck in our lungs. At least for now. We're healthy, so we'll cough it up later - probably in the shower." His face was something.

Be careful, guys. I'm glad you've got a filtration system. 

We just ordered a bigger one which will handle the house.. what we have is from Michael's hobby room for his spray painting.  It'll arrive tomorrow, cuz they say it's not over yet... geez. 

[Reader1810]

49 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

We just ordered a bigger one which will handle the house.. what we have is from Michael's hobby room for his spray painting.  It'll arrive tomorrow, cuz they say it's not over yet... geez. 

Reports indicate conditions will be much better by tomorrow, which I hope is correct. *fingers crossed”

You and Mike, take care. 

xoxo

[Flip-Flop]

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9 hours ago, Mikiesboy said:

cuz they say it's not over yet...

 

Weather conditions across North America, and the rest of the world are in a nasty flux right now. Heat domes are forcing changes around the globe. Weren't we warned about this happening, for decades? Very sad indeed! 😟 Please try, and stay safe everyone❣️

Edited 8 hours ago by Flip-Flop

[Mikiesboy]

24 minutes ago, Flip-Flop said:

Weather conditions across North America, and the rest of the world are in a nasty flux right now. Heat domes are forcing changes around the globe. Weren't we warned about this happening, for decades? Very sad indeed! 😟 Pleases try, and stay safe everyone❣️

Mother Nature putting her foot down because of how we treat our home?  Maybe.