A big part of the weekend was the food.
Friday night was burgers........Wagyu beef. (explanation to follow)
Saturday morning we started with waffles and bacon.
In the afternoon the girls went to Mahone Bay and here we are at the Kicking Horse cafe.
That evening we had steaks, string beans and roasted potatoes.
The beef was Wagyu meat.
"Wagyu meat comes from a group
of Japanese breeds revered for an incredibly high level of fat marbling.
Where the best Western beef has white streaks running through it,
Japanese wagyu is more fat than flesh, a slab of white with a
splattering of pink.
And it’s not just any fat – this is a soft fat with a low melting
point, due in part to its high proportion of monounsaturated fats, to go
along with high levels of omega 3 and 6. Which, yes, means that it is
probably healthier fat than the regular saturated kind, although in
these fat-friendly days there are those who claim that saturated fat
should never have been demonised anyway. The point is that fat is where the flavour of meat resides,
and this particular dissolving fat makes for the juiciest, richest steak
in the world."
Jack and Margie found a vet on PEI who raises Wagyu cows and then sells the meat. They purchased 250lbs. of meat in different cuts.
Jack is marinating the steaks.
Don't ask!
Cooking on the BBQ.
Delicious.
A few games of ALIAS.
Snacks on the deck Sunday afternoon...
tortilla bread done on the BBQ, brie with garlic and sundried tomatoes on a salt block, and homemade salsa.
Chicken wings followed.
Sunday evening chicken on the BBQ cooked with the salt block, baked potatoes on the BBQ with asparagus and cherry tomatoes.
And each meal ended with homemade ice cream, maple walnut, vanilla, raspberry sorbet and lemon gelato.
Maple Walnut Ice Cream.....my favorite so far.
