Tuesday, 7 December, 2010

Cheddar and Beer Soup

LYC sailor, Jen Zimmerman has started a blog entitled The Sailing Chef: Local Eating and Eating Locally. Jen is also a member of WOW = Women on the Water. Jen was featured at a summer WOW event entitled - Cooking On Your Boat!

Jen catered The Store's Christmas dinner last weekend! And what a treat!
The menu included:

  • Goat Cheese with Leeks & Leek and Green Peppercorn Tarts
  • Gnocchi with Beef Ragu filled with lots of local in-season vegetables
  • Garlic bread
  • And the piece du resistance - Pavlona. All that crunch, creaminess, sweetness, topped with cranberries, sour cherries and shavings of white chocolate. It was impossible to resist!
Jen is all about local - supporting the local eateries and the suppliers. She uses only fresh ingredients and therefore only cooks what's in season. As she says in her blog - she doesn't want to do chocolate dipped strawberries in February - because they won't be fresh.

Check out Jen's latest blogged recipe Cheddar and Beer Soup. She challenges us to identify which is our favourite ingredient - beer or cheese? Hmmm

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Heather
PS. Truth be known, I had two pieces of the Pavlona... Yummm

The Store - Mason's Chandlery is your choice for marine hardware. Conveniently located in the Port Credit Harbour Marina, you will find all that you need for your boating needs. Open 6 days a week. Free parking. Open until December 24th at 3PM for your holiday shopping. thestoremasons.com



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Mississauga (Port Credit), Ontario, Canada
Thirty years ago, Jack Mason came home from his sales job of 25 years and said, “I would rather open a marine store, one store to get everything you need!” Jack and Bette (an Island girl) met at Queen City Yacht Club, married, had children, dogs and many, many boats. On April 7 1978, “The Store” Mason's Chandlery was opened in the Port Credit Harbour Marina. It was designed to be a one-stop marine hardware store. Boaters could find everything they needed to maintain their boats, right down to the nuts and bolts! Today, the Mason legacy continues as Lori has becomes the second generation. Mason's continues to provide the same great customer service and exceptionally wide range of product. Mason's stock environmentally safe products and were the first retail store to earn the Green Leaf Eco-rating Award. Mason's has qualified staff, special events; seminars and are producers of the Port Credit Boat Show. Our goal is to continue our top customer service, variety of inventory, competitive prices, and provide the absolute best for our patrons, whether they are experienced seafarers or first time boaters. We work for our customer!