Does the Queen Own Canada?

You may recall that while we were biking on Farley's Beach on Wednesday, the sound of the lobster boats out hauling their traps inspired us to have one last lobster feast before the season ends. So, we went down to the St. Peter's Canal yesterday morning around 11:30am just as the boats were coming in and waited like seagulls as the first one tied up and prepared to unload.

Next stop: Foodland and the NSLC; Annick and Giles were coming over for dinner in the evening. Daniel was in charge of cooking the lobster and I had a pasta salad and white sangria to make.

Done!

I learned how to make sangria at the deluxe digs International Youth Hostel in Lagos, Portugal circa 1995; one of the hostel workers invited me to go shopping for the ingredients and then showed me how to make it. I probably would have followed him anywhere. His recipe was for red sangria, but white sangria is basically the same with the obvious substitution of white for red. He put brandy and cognac in his; I like to Bluenose mine up a bit by using rum.

White Sangria Recipe

• 1 bottle of "economical" white wine (Daniel picked out a new Jost that was very peachy and perfect for sangria)
• 2 cans of Canada Dry ginger ale
• 2 oranges, juiced, cut up peelings and toss them in too
• 1 lime, juiced, same drill (and/or a lemon)
• 2 nectarines sliced, toss them in (or peaches)
• 1 generous pour of Triple Sec (or any orange liqueur)
• 1 generous pour of amber rum (or brandy or cognac or all)
• a few tablespoons of sugar (or not)
• Stir it; let it rest in the fridge for a bit; throw in lots of ice and serve with some of the booze-soaked fruit in each glass.

digging in

I found this cute little cheese which Cheryl left in our fridge; she knows of my penchant for expensive goat cheese rolled in volcanic ash. It was a perfect end to our feast and a Nova Scotia product too! Thank you Cheryl.

is the ash from a mountain or a mountain ash?

 doesn't matter ... it was delicious

But does the Queen of England really own Canada? That was the topic of after-dinner conversation. Today, I finally found an answer by googling it. And if you read it online, it must be true. So here it is ... the definitive (maybe) answer can be found at:  Who Owns the World: The Hidden Facts Behind Land Ownership.

the sun went down on the sangria and several bottles of wine