Food
Pumpkin Pudding
I made pumpkin pudding with a big pumpkin that I got from my neighbour. The pumpkin was delicious just steamed, but the pumpkin pudding is also delicious. The recipe is from one of the Japanese cooking magazine. 400g pumpkin, seeds and skin removed100g sugar (for caramel sauce)2 tablespoons water2 tablespoons water200 ml milk4 eggs100g sugar200ml […]
Happy Thanksgiving
I got another beautiful Japanese pumpkin from my neighbour’s father’s farm. This time, I baked a simple pumpkin pie using a premade pie crust. For the filling, simply mix steamed pumpkin (400g), cane sugar(60g), cream(50g), 2 eggs and butter (30g) in a chopper. After pre-cook pie sheet, pour the filling, decorate, then bake it for […]
Pumpkin Tart
My neighbour gave me a beautiful organic Japanese kabocha (green pumpkin). So, I made two pumpkin tarts with a topping of autumn cookies and gave one of them back them. Then, they gave me another pumpkin! I gave the other tart to another neighbour for his birthday, then he gave me some homemade can of […]
Moon viewing
Jugo-ya, the fifteenth night of a lunar month is a day to enjoy the Tsukimi dango (moon-viewing rice dumplings) while appreciating the beautiful moon, and to give thanks for the good harvest. We watched the harvest full moon at our front yard, and enjoyed the pumpkin soup and sweet red bean soup with rice dumplings. […]
Luckett Vineyards
Luckett Vineyards, an Gaspereau Valley winery Pete Luckett started in 2010 is located about 80km west from our place. Pete Luckett is a founder of Pete’s Frootique, the fine grocery stores where we sometimes visit. We like the Luckett wines and when we know about Pete’s story, we decided to visit his winery. There is […]
