Sure, I've heard most of them...I mean the mother in law jokes. I'm a pretty luck guy for many reasons - one of them is that my Mother in law is a master chef....no formal credentials other than raising 3 kids, a Hungarian husband and having a sense of adventure second to none + she is one hell of a chef. Herb garden, shops the market, has a "ham guy", a "chicken guy", a "seafood place", an "egg farm" connection - you know typical stuff for someone that like to prepare great food etc.....there a legendary stories of barrels of oysters being tapped in the basement, a half butchered pig in the bathtub and by now at least a few other stories that I have forgotten. You see before I met my in laws I did not know that cocktails started around 5 pm....then there was wine with dinner and then some wine with dinner and then brandy following dessert.....I have forgotten a few things over the years for sure.
Recent induction into the delicious hall of fame has to be the "celebration cake" - photo attached. Lovingly crafted from an LCBO recipe - hand peeled orange rind candied in Ontario Ice wine mixed in with the cake batter and then later on parlayed on top of some type of hazel-nut cream heaven spread icing....let's just say I celebrated that cake a few times that night.
Also concocted from her recent trip to Alaska how about a red onion relish perhaps spread on smoked salmon or my preference of just eating with a spoon! 1 red onion diced small added to 1 cup of brown sugar and 1 cup of red wine vinegar...pinch of pepper and reduce until very very little liquid is left. You could add red pepper flakes to it or whatever you like - awesome! Simple but wonderful. That's what master chefs do so, so well.
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