Move Over Maple, Birch Syrup Gets A Plug

Rocky Lake Birchworks Ltd., a family business owned by Al and Johanna McLauchlan and their sons in The Pas has received $13,189 from the federal and provincial governments to assist with market development. The McLauchlan family taps approximately 700 birch trees near their home north of The Pas. They harvested about 700 litres of birch


Cold Weather, Warm Kitchen

The days of getting up in darkness and returning home in same have begun. The last geese are gone and snow is arriving. November is nearly over and we’re entering The Tunnel. I confess I enjoy the arrival of winter. Winter is a quieter time. A bright day in winter produces luminous landscapes. It’s a

Bringing A Bit Of Home For British Pork Lovers – for Sep. 9, 2010

Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba Co-operator. When Alan and Nicola Irving set up their new business producing fresh British-style sausages and bacon, they knew they would be popular with ex-pat Brits like


No More Runny Egg Yolks For U. S. Consumers – for Aug. 26, 2010

WASHINGTON/REUTERS The U. S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner said Aug. 23 there may be more recalls of eggs in the salmonella outbreak and the agency did not yet know how the eggs and chickens were contaminated. “We don’t know exactly how the contamination got into the chicken population, into the egg population, and we’re

From Lake To Plate – for Jul. 29, 2010

If you tend to skip the fish section of the grocery store, unsure of how to cook fish or are lacking recipes to prepare it, a new cookbook is here to help. This is the new online cookbook,From Lake to Plateavailable through the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation, containing a huge variety of recipes collected from


Wake Up The Family With Sweetheart Toast

How about this toast for breakfast to greet each family member on Valentine’s Day? Materials: – 2/3 c. milk – Yellow food colour – Red food colour – White bread – Honey – 2 thin paintbrushes – Wide brush for honey – 2 glasses – A toaster oven works best Directions: Pour 1/3 cup of

Send Recipes Or Recipe Requests To: – for Nov. 26, 2009

RECIPE SWAP You don’t often sit down to a plate of scones nowadays. They’re a simple treat from simpler days when more of us baked from scratch. I made scones last week using a favourite recipe – see below – and started to wonder about the origin of the word. One theory is that the


Good For The Brain As Well As The Body

When our stomachs are running on empty, we may feel tired and unable to focus on our tasks. Our brain doesn’t function well, either. Refuelling your body and brain with nourishing food has many benefits for people of all ages. Parents should remember the role of breakfast in school performance. Eating “something” is better than

W – for Jun. 25, 2009

RECIPE SWAP Here’s a few recipe selected from the Manitoba Milk Producers website that look tempting for what we certainly hope to be the hot summer days ahead. If you’re looking for more recipes along these lines log on to: www.milk.mb.ca/recipes RHUBARB TARTS Lisa Lillies of Woodlands shares her favourite tart recipe with us this