Cheese and Duck thing

This was the small selection of delicious cheese we purchased today, plenty of cash left on the voucher.

The duck thing is a rillette, something we enjoyed with mother at the Fairmont Hotel at YVR when we had a charcutarie board (a selection of cheeses, meats, duck thing, flat breads) so we decided we would have another.

More food of the day to follow.

Cheese Shop

Monday morning, Vancouver.

Benton Brothers on Cambie Street, fine, fine, cheese shop. A wedding anniversary present (not the shop, some of the contents) so we shopped and filled our backpack with some lovely cheeses and a duck thing.

Silver

Today we have our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, amazing that the events of that day a quarter of a century ago are still fresh in our minds. Waking up early for an instant coffee, making sandwiches in a miniscule kitchen for those coming back to the tiny Barratt House, the registrar office in Wigan, the smiles, the giggles, the Poacher pub in the afternoon and then the evening "do" at the Smithy Pub in Billinge.

Seems like yesterday.

Saturday Night at the Fish

Great night of Blues music at the Blackfish with James "Buddy" Rogers and his friends.

Where's the Beef?

Saturday was shopping day and, because of our local supermarket having a fantastic deal on inside/outside round of beef, we just had to crank the oven up and have a couple of roasts.

It's late afternoon as I type, there are a few icy cans chilling in the freezer, and tonight, we are expecting to eat some of this, along with the obligatory taters, brussels sprouts and carrots and of course, something that Karen absolutely insists on in circumstances such as this.

Gravee (tm)

Never Forget