Firstly, I'd like to inform you all, that on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 at about 7:45pm, a bag of Ginger Green Tea that had been in my bag since August 12, 2006 (a gift from a fellow counsellor), was consumed. Here's the play by play:
1) water was boiled in a pot
2) after the water was boiled, the tea bag was placed inside the pot...and it steeped. (we huddled around the pot waiting for our tea)
3) poured it into 2 cups...and went back to the couch to continue viewing "Goodbye Lenin!" (excellent movie by the way).
This is what fall is all about. Sitting in front of a fire, drinking tea and watching movies.
After the movie, we ate foodies with his parents. It was boiled carrots and turnips (butter optional - but was nice and melty), some kinda pickled onions, and bread (not just any bread, it was baguette).
Tea friend mentioned that the bread was pretty good. Sir Tea said well "It's just from IGA, didn't make it to premiere moisson in time. But better than industrial bread".
Mrs. Tea says "le pain industriel, ce n'est pas du pain, c'est du "Blegh"". Basically, industrial bread is not bread, it is yucky. It's too soft, doesn't have much flavor, etc.
"Tu sais, le pain POM...un si bon nom, pour un pain si "bleh"."
I found out that night that POM means "Pride of Montreal". Mrs Tea then said that she understands why people like montreal bagel, because it's real bread baked in those nice wood ovens. Ah yes...wonderful fresh bagels. yum. (His dad also mentioned in passing that cockroaches give bagels their real flavor. Then his mom said that that's how Raisin danishes were created. She's joking of course... :P)
Anyways, after thinking about the state of bread for a little bit, it's pretty true. However, there are presliced industrial breads that are not as bad as others. I don't remember all of them, but I shall make an attempt to rank the bread that I know. Feel free to add any breads you know...if you feel so inclined to comment.
1)POM - everyone knows pom. It comes presliced in white and whole wheat flour varieties. It's soft and squishy, very square. I'd say it's decent and convenient. 6/10
2)Country Harvest - they've got a whole selection of breads...the 12 grain, 7 grain, stone ground, flax seed. I'd say I'm pretty satisfied with this one, just because of the selection, some of them are organic and there's little to no white flour in most of them. My only complaint is that I've found some moldy ones sometimes. That's the supermarket's fault, not theirs though. Stone ground for the win. 8/10
3)Zellers sandwich bread (probably not the exact name, but whatever) - it's cheap...something like 1$. It's nasty. My mom says it sticks to your palette (like most long loaf, thin square sandwich bread. Good for toast, but lacks personality). Not my style. D: 2/10
4)D'italiano - white and whole wheat varieties. Before crossing over to the country harvest side, this was my family's bread of choice. Soft, tastier than most and not thin/lacking substance. They used to have one style of white bread that had sesame seeds on the crust...don't see that anymore though. Only on their hamburger buns. saddness. 7/10
5)Bread from La Vielle Europe - this store owns. So anything from this store owns. I don't get to go often, only because I have to travel on the orange line for about 20 mins, then walk for 10. I won't do that only for bread (for wild cherry tea on the other hand...- I'll have to make a tea post one day). In anycase, their bread is nice, tasty, and not thin. There is real substance there. 9/10
6) Premiere Moisson - Apart from homemade bread (by people that know how to bake), this is probably one of the best. This is the bread that occupies Mr. Tea's house 90% of the time. They have sooo many different kinds, and you can have them sliced. All tasty. 9.5/10
7) This organic bread you find at health food stores...I forgot the name. It's nice and crunchy...tasty too. But not for those with weak teeth. My mom thinks it's like eating concrete...but it's really good for toast. 8/10
So, I'm going to challenge myself...just for fun. I'm going to try and avoid Industrial/Supermarket bread. My family needn't participate - they probably won't, they think my tastes are strange enough as it is. De toute facon, I got some round whole wheat bread from Exofruits today.
Oh, and another thing I got - Spaghetti Squash. For those of you who've never tried it before, it's awesome. I had it for the first time on thursday night at my karate teachers' house. All she did was steam it and when she scooped it out, it was all noodly. It blended in well with the buckwheat soba noodles. I shall attempt to recreate it tonight or tomorrow.
Alright,
Until next time
2 comments:
hehe, the term 'industrial bread' makes it sound even more un-appetizing...
cool song, by the way.
yeah...that's true. oh well, I didn't name it, haha.
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