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Beaver tails, tourtière, butter tarts and Nanaimo bars - Canada chats here

PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
in All Saints
Happy new year, Canadian chums!

Shiny new thread - let the chatting commence!

Piglet, AS host

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  • MarsupialMarsupial Shipmate
    Thanks Piglet - and great thread title!
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    I can't take any credit for that - thanks to @Lily Pad!
  • LeafLeaf Shipmate
    Thank you, @Lily Pad! Love the title.

    Days have gone by without any wildlife movement at all, neither birds nor squirrels, because of the cold. But today I saw crows flying, and there are fresh little footprints in the snow, so it's "mild" enough for the smaller creatures to be out and about.

    I have a long and ambitious household task list, so pitter-patter for me too.
  • Lily PadLily Pad Shipmate
    I was too "Canadian" to put anything with pennies.
  • MarsupialMarsupial Shipmate
    Piglet wrote: »
    I can't take any credit for that - thanks to @Lily Pad!

    Oops. Apparently I missed the tail end of the last thread…

  • LeafLeaf Shipmate
    The only things in the thread title that I have not personally made are beaver tails. Ate them in Ottawa, with powdered sugar and Nutella. It was a good sugar rush :smiley:
  • Lily PadLily Pad Shipmate
    I love the cinnamon and lemon ones. What could go wrong with fried dough and sugar and chocolate, eh?
  • MarsupialMarsupial Shipmate
    I think I’ve probably eaten beaver tails while skating (or pretending to skate) on the Rideau Canal at some point. It was a long, long time ago.
  • Lily PadLily Pad Shipmate
    -18 today but very light winds. Still, it's chilly at the dog park and we are the only ones here. Stayed indoors for the last three days of cold temps. and high winds. Milk for the tea has now been purchased so we're good for another cold snap. Supposed to go up to 0 degrees next week. Happy 2026!
  • HarryCHHarryCH Shipmate
    I think the beaver tails I have had were all just sugar and cinnamon.
  • sharkshootersharkshooter Shipmate
    HarryCH wrote: »
    I think the beaver tails I have had were all just sugar and cinnamon.

    That's the way, uh huh, uh huh, I like them.
  • CaissaCaissa Shipmate
    Since my initials IRL are KC.. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=aXxB2QN2IuY
  • MarsupialMarsupial Shipmate
    Somewhat warmer today in Toronto after a week of perilous icy-watery-slippery hovering around zero. Supposed to be well into positive digits over the weekend which is unusual for January, or at least used to be.
  • Lily PadLily Pad Shipmate
    Similar here. The "January thaw" is usually at the end of the month. Very mild weather keeps alternating with seriously cold and windy weather. I'm glad to be snug in the house but there is the dog to consider.
  • Stercus TauriStercus Tauri Shipmate
    The thaw is an oddly regional phenomenon. We expect a mid-winter thaw in late December or early January (I once did some outside painting in December) but this winter has been colder - many more block heater nights for the car. Yesterday was briefly different, and a few people made the point with shorts and bare midriffs. A lot of the snow disappeared and the Grand River Conservation Authority has been issuing flood warnings. The river is high here, but not worryingly so. Today the temperature is heading down to zero again.
  • MarsupialMarsupial Shipmate
    We’ve got a bit of thaw here but not as much as predicted. I seem to recall people were talking about 10 degrees which is definitely not happening today.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    I have fond memories of "January thaws" from when I lived in Canada; they were a welcome relief from all the snow and ice!
  • MarsupialMarsupial Shipmate
    Yup. Just came back from a walk down by the lake though and the winds are definitely not with the programme on this kinder gentler winter concept.
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