OMG! MacDo has TATER TOTS - Limited Time Only

Get them while they Last!

I hadn't been to MacDo in about 10 years.  It was purely coincidence that I ended up downtown after 9pm, on a Sunday night when I was hungry.  I was shocked to see something on the menu that looked like tater tots, called "Crousties", so I ordered them just to find out.  And lo and behold, they were authentic tater tots!  I love tater tots, so this makes me super happy.  It's a promotional product that you can apparently only get for about the next two weeks, then they're gone.  I got them at the Hôtel de Ville McDonalds, but I imagine they probably have them in other stores.  For as much as I love tater tots, you just might find me there.  I might be camping out...

Post by Dori, 16 Sept 2018

Homemade Nutella

What doesn't taste better when you do it yourself?  I use to marginally like the original until I looked at the ingredients.  It's mostly palm oil and sugar.  The palm oil is a problem, but I'm also more interested in a fuller chocolate and hazelnut flavor.  There are a whole bunch of recipes that use less more processed ingredients, such as milk powder, or cocoa powder, but there is no need.  Using the brute ingredients works just as well.  

Why is palm oil a problem?  Because at this rate of palm oil consumption, 

Orangutans will go extinct in 10 years.

Homemade Nutella

1 ½ C - 200g    Hazelnuts

7oz - 200g        Dark chocolate 55% or Milk Chocolate if you prefer

1 Tbsp - 1 càs  Oil

½ C - 12cl        Milk

½ cup - 50 g     Powdered Sugar

1tsp - 1 càc      Vanilla

1/8 tsp -            Salt

3 pincées

Toast the hazelnuts in the oven at 350° F-180° C for 10-15 minutes.

Remove as much of the skins as possible with a clean dish towel.

Grind the hazelnuts in a food processor with the salt until smooth. Add 1 Tbsp oil towards the end of processing.

Melt the chocolate in the microwave.

Add the melted chocolate, milk, vanilla, and powdered sugar, and blend until smooth.

For vegans, it seems to me that you can use almond or soy milk in place of cow milk, without too much of a difference.

By Dori,  27 March 2018