“Sushi? Are you sure?” I ask again.
My fourteen-year-old son looks determined, maybe even excited.
“Yes, I’m sure,” he says. His tone has a tint of finality. He does not want to be asked again.
“What about something easy?” I say. “Like pasta, or pizza, maybe soup with grill cheese sandwiches?”
“No, I want to make sushi,” he says.
“Okay,” I say doubtfully.
Continue readingIf you read about my recent cheese adventure, then you may remember that I picked up a nice Swiss cheese at Fromagerie St-Fidèle in La Malbaie, Quebec. It seemed like a good excuse to make some French onion soup.
Over the years, I have tried different recipes, some more complicated than others. This time, I decided to just wing it. Here is what I did.
French onion soup
My family and I recently went on a road trip in the province of Quebec. I have lived in the Montreal area for many years now and I’ve been on road trips before, but I’ve never stopped at a fromagerie. I have seen signs on the road announcing their presence all over the place, and I’m very enthusiastic about cheese, but for some reason, I never stopped.
For this road trip, I told my husband and son that I wanted to stop whenever we saw a sign that said “fromagerie.” I was also willing to stop for the word “laiterie.” Now I’m writing a blog post so that you can join us on this delicious journey.
Recently I invited my coworkers to my place for a barbecue. I said that I would make burgers, and I was trying to think of ways to make them especially delicious, when I suddenly had a flash of inspiration. They turned out exactly how I wanted them to and they were super easy to make.
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Hello, welcome, and thank you for clicking on my click baity title. Here is a long explanation about what s’mores are, even though you probably already know because you clicked on the link and you want to find out what the hack is. Don’t worry, I’m going to tell you, right after I make you scroll through ten paragraphs of text reiterating what s’mores are, what people typically do with them after they make them, where they make them and why, what time of year this usually happens, and what time of day. There will also be so! Many! Filler! Text! Adjectives! And also adverbs. Some adjectives and adverbs will mean the same thing.
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