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FOOD: Fried Dough – An original Fundy Wonder

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First posted on November 6, 2010 by Art Fried dough with wild strawberry jam or just slathered with real butter! It seems like yesterday rather than 60 years ago when I, my brothers, and every friend who was downwind would … Continue reading FOOD: Fried Dough – An original Fundy Wonder

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ISSUES: Bambi reports on deer life today … not heard from since 2008…

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ANNUAL REPORT 2019 N.B. Deer Association, Charlotte Co. Division EDITORS NOTE: It’s been years since we last received a report from Bambi Deerburger. We just found this version in an email that came from an address in St. Andrews, NB. … Continue reading ISSUES: Bambi reports on deer life today … not heard from since 2008…

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ISSUES – FOOD: Are you suspicious because bread doesn’t taste the same and baking bread doesn’t even smell the same!..

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Apart from the fact that breads have no real taste these days and certainly don’t have the same smell when baking, there is this: “Wheat harvest protocol in the United States is to drench the wheat fields with Roundup several …

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OPINION – Short Sea Shipping! Did I Doze Off or What?

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This article was first written in 2008. Today in 2022, the cost of fuel for the huge ships that bring our increasingly expensive essentials from far afield may indeed see us returning to local produce and coastal sail. What do …

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FOOD: Some Original Scottish Recipes to Try & Enjoy

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Well now, if you haven’t tried Scottish recipes, you really need to give these ones a try …  Oat Cake the old recipe, Fat Rascals, Porridge Bread, Oatmeal Nibblers, Scots Plum Pudding, Gram’s, Ginger Snaps, Gooseberry Jam, Hawthorne Jelly, Rhubarb …

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ISSUES – CLIMATE: For the McCain empire, built on potatoes, climate change is serious business

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World’s largest french fry maker to spend undisclosed amount of money on green, industrial-scale farms

KEVIN CARMICHAEL Ottawa Citizen
Updated: September 27, 2019
McCain CEO Max Koeune: “If you put together the big news story and what happens every day with what we do, there’s a clear connection and clear sense of urgency in moving the needle forwards and moving the actions at a very different pace.” AFP GETTY FILE PHOTO

As a closely held company, McCain Foods Ltd. is under no obligation to be chatty. And it isn’t. The world’s biggest seller of frozen french fries has issued only eight press releases this year. When your name is on Continue reading “ISSUES – CLIMATE: For the McCain empire, built on potatoes, climate change is serious business”