A good cook I know says that the Knorr sauce packets do have a benefit; one can use much less butter or other fat with them.

not only sticking one in a corner, but making you pay for it!

Normal of course for a restaurant to be a paying proposition, if not it would close very soon, but such an attitude does not encourage patronage after the initiates move on.

Sugar. I keep a small quantity up on the top shelf with obscure spices, and to actually occasionally use a very small amount to kickstart yeast for some (savoury!) baking.

Cow's milk, for people who take it in coffee or tea.

Any sweet soft drink, diet or sugary.

Hi catroast, I don't understand why you are responding to me about this. I have no idea of his profit margins or lack thereof.

I understand those slim margins, but a lot of us also have slimmed margins; it simply means I'll either patronise byow places or avail myself of our rich supply of food sources and cook at home.

He should have mentioned slim margins rather than coming across as rather contemptuous, no?

Obviously, it is his business, and he has a right to do what he wants. But this also means I'd never darken his door.

Very disrespectful to the original Joe Beef, "the sailors' friend".

http://www.ianmosby.ca/83/

Guess she "outranked" them there!

Walleye is called doré (golden) in Québec. Definitely a most desirable fish.

An "assiette creuse" (soup dish), the kind of very shallow bowl or deep plate one serves pasta in, would do for quite a variety of salads.

They are excellent. I'd also add duck livers: I don't mean foie gras - duck liver is plenty rich on its own without gavage. Obviously ordinary duck livers are not as buttery as foie gras (remember, "foie" means liver, even human livers, and has nothing to do with gavage, unless we overindulge in rich food and drink) but they have more flavour.

I can get little clear plastic tubs of duck livers, hearts and gizzards for a very cheap price at a nearby Southeast Asian grocery....

If you find this dish very "brown", you can always chop some parsley or fresh coriander...

I saw La Petite Mangue - Cambodian cuisine on Mont-Royal as I was cycling to Trip de bouffe, but didn't stop as traffic was very busy. Now Susan Musgrave has a write-up in the Gazette. Sounds good, and most reasonably priced (byow)

http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/f...

It is in the space formerly occupied by Fou d'épices (Vietnamese) 300 Mont-Royal E.

Spargelzeit!

It was longer ago, and depends on where one's ancestors lived. It was certainly true in Atlantic Canada and eastern Québec, where poor kids grew sick of fish and seafood. Imagine it must have been the same in parts of New England.

But the problem with fish and seafood was mismanagement of what seemed to be an unextinguishable resource.

Yes, in general they are different breeds from beef cattle, though there are some all-purpose breeds, like our "vache canadienne", whose ancestors were from Northern France: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadien...

Old hens were stewed, producing chicken broth and the "chicken in every pot". But obviously there were fewer of them, as they weren't churned out and slaughtered in a matter of weeks.

I think a lot of this depends are why we are going out to eat. I don't really like tasting menus either, but I do like to take my time when I eat out. In the past, I did work that involved meeting colleagues and clients at restaurants, and then of course one doesn't want a working dinner to go on endlessly.

Nowadays, I mostly work at home, and the exception is work at conferences and similar events where lunch is usually provided, so for me suppers are social events involving chatting with friends and catching up with them.

I'm not such a "meat eater" that steak turns me on, but have several friends from the southern tip of South America, and they can eat red meat twice a day, so I have no problem going along with that with them. I can't really judge steaks; fine if people love them.

How did she react when veterans in her family called it by its military name?

Impasto should be open by then. Check in here at the Québec board for updates!

You are very welcome. Are you staying around here? In July, picnics are a great option. There are at least three nearby parks where you can enjoy the foods you have picked up at the market and nearby: Parc Dante, Parc de la Petite-Italie and Jarry Park, a short walk north. It is licit here to drink wine or beer, if you wish, with meals in parks; to avoid any problems, I've suggested ones where there are picnic tables, which is the actual rule (as well as food or evidence of ingested food).

I know; it is just that it is important to keep these threads kind of ordered for reference. There are several years of them archived here. Our old Little Italy (Petite-Italie, Piccola Italia also search terms) is very small; anywhere here is a short walk from the market.

When are you coming? Very soon, a local culinary star, Stefano Faita (son of the propietors of our famous Quincaillerie/Ferramenta Dante, which is now more a cookware shop than a hardware store) will be opening a restaurant, Impasto.

My favourite place extremely close to the Market isn't Italian, but Syrian (very similar to other Levantine cuisines), Le Petit Alep, just north of the market, on the other side of Jean-Talon. You can have just a sandwich, salad or starter, or a full meal, and it is friendly to meat-eaters and vegetarians.

It is bizarre indeed. Of course there is a fruiterie/nuts/natural products shop at the corner of Beaubien and St-Dominique that only really opened a few months ago after having elaborate paintings of produce and products in its windows for about a year and a half.

There already is a thread on this subject, here:

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/891638

For some of us, it is goat (or ewe's) mik cheese or no cheese at all. Not everyone can tolerate cow's milk products. As for it being associated with "fine-dining" (in English-speaking countries), that was just a marketing ploy.

Many people don't like wine or are indifferent to it. More wine for me!

I detest sweet soft drinks. Love plain bubbly water, especially one with a high mineral content like Gerolsteiner or Borsec.

The Spanish omelette - called a "tortilla" in Spain, nothing else in common with Mexican tortillas except being round and flat. Very plain with potato, or at most a bit of onion, ham, and I'll add a tiny bit of parmesan, though purists wouldn't. A very satisfying dish, and dirt cheap.

Agree that fresh tofu is lovely. I had a source nearby, but they closed down a couple of years ago.

Also hate tofu misused in Western foods, as a meat or cheese substitute.

Cheap DRY wine.

That had been Les Épinards, and before that, a resto-café-bar with a vaguely Egyptian name ... forget what it was. Lot of turnover around there. Pretzel place still standing.

I cycled past there, between Trip de Bouffe and PA, not really interested in looking at publicity for poutine and burgers. Sign of age? I can't digest poutine (though I never liked it anyway) and prefer my own burgers, and my friends'. Wishing them luck anyway.

Patriots' is plural, as the name refers to "Les Patriotes", those who took part in the 1837 rebellion - which also took place in Upper Canada, by the way. This is also a common term for those involved in struggles for independence or greater local autonomy elsewhere in the Americas, in the US and the countries to the south (against British, Spanish and Portuguese rule).

Metro supermarket near me: In French, Journée nationale des patriotes, in English, Victoria Day (which is an official Federal holiday).

Canadian Tire flyer: in French and in English, generic reference to "the holiday"; flyer is illustrated by its actual purpose for most people, buying flowers, herbs and other plants for gardens. And, of course grilling and drinking outdoors, weather permitting.

Oh, I certainly agree, in everyday speech. But don't want to go too far down the language geek road.