Okay, I have to admit I'm not all pulled together today. I'm in the middle of deadline dementia. (Wish you could see my hair pretty much standing on end right now!) I have a book due on June 20, and I'm in the process of making TONS of changes after receiving two critiques back. Ouch.
Sooooo..... My batteries are kind of low right now.
I'm leaving y'all to choose a topic today. The first person to jump in gets to choose! :) I'll stop by when I need a coffee break.
Which I'm sure will be soon!
I made a discovery today. what we call short cut bacon is what is referred to as Canadian Bacon.
ReplyDeleteI knew the difference when I am at a hotel where they have breakfast and have American and English bacon. American is cooked alot crispier and English is how I like it more with the Canadian or short cut bacon and its not as crispy.
Jenny, it's funny because when we're in Canada, they just call that smoked pork or something... Kav, I know they didn't call it bacon when I was there last. Give us the Canadian skinny on smoked pork loin...
DeleteJenny, I buy the long, American version but thick cut and we like that a lot. I don't like my bacon crisp, I'm a chewy bacon girl.
I dont like the smoked as much. we can get the strips it normally has one end with a solid meat and the rest is strips. I dont like the fat so shortcut is great as there is not much fat on it. its also rindless. I figure I get more value out of the short cut. Although the bacon strips may be a bit cheaper.
Delete"Canadian skinny on smoked pork loin..." uh...would that be Wilbur? Seriously, you're asking a vegetarian to name cuts of meat?
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Too funny, Kav. We're reading Charlotte's Web in class right now. Today we were planning the end of the year breakfast and people were saying what they wanted to bring. When one girl suggested bacon, the class cried. "NO! Not Wilbur!"
DeleteIs it fair if I choose??? Then of course I want to talk about me, and my new book A Family to Cherish, available now at harlequin.com and soon at Amazon (June 19th) and in stores nationwide!!!
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Shameless promotion noted! OR....
We could talk about my new quest to make delicious Lo Mein which started the other night. And it came out well, but Dave's bringing me home Oyster Sauce (??????) because that's the secret ingredient to make the sauce viscous (really, that's a word???? It means thicker and clingier, kind of like a middle-aged woman)...
Or we could talk about how happy I am that the 90 degree weather has taken a walk from upstate this week and I'm enjoying the seventy-something respite...!
Ruthy you are preaching to the converted here! I have it on preorder. (I order via the bookdepository.) We had a really cold day today (or was that cos I wasn't feeling great). it was around 54ish and the nights are around 32.
ReplyDeleteWhy is it the fire is finally burning hot when I am about to go to bed.
Jenny, I think of Canadian bacon more as ham. It's nothing near our American bacon! CB is lean and tasty in its own right. But what we call bacon is nice and fatty. And despite what Ruthy says, it's better crispy!! ;)
ReplyDeleteRuthy, yes we can talk about your book!! Give us a blurb! Give us a link.
ReplyDeleteRuthy, I have the book on pre-order. Clearing my schedule now for reading time.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Missy, deep in our writing caves. I just finished revising a scene where the H/H are discussing the Amish doctrine of non-resistance vs. protecting loved ones against evil. I hope I presented BOTH sides accurately - it's something they get to wrestle with a couple more times in the book.
See what happens when you open up the floor, Missy? All kinds of topics!
Oh, and I like thick cut American Bacon for breakfast, and Canadian on pizza and sandwiches. That's my vote.
Does anyone know a trick for baking bacon? I tried once and it didn't turn out so well. But frying is so messy.
ReplyDeleteI either cook it in its own juices, or I now use a quick spray of a canolia oil spray, then not to high a heat and cook 3 mins each side. I dont like it crispy and crunchy. for that cook on higher heat.
DeleteRuth, Im going to look up A Family to Cherish! =) Thanks for the note on that!
ReplyDeleteI love Canadian Bacon on pizza....I dont eat regular bacon that much..
Have a great day everyone!
Hey Ruthy, I got an email from eharlequin telling me my order has been shipped. Guess what's in it?????
ReplyDeleteJan, that sounds like a tough issue to tackle! Glad it's you and not me. :) Good luck finishing your revisions!!
ReplyDeleteDonna, I used to microwave it in paper towels, but it's not as crispy like I like.
ReplyDeleteLately, I buy more of the pre-cooked bacon. It microwaves up pretty well in just a few seconds. It's handy and less messy.
Hey, Melissa! Glad you dropped by!
ReplyDeleteYay, Kav!! So do you get all 6 books each month? Or do you place individual orders?
Joining the gang in the revision cave. I have til Sunday to do revisions on both Duel finalists. Since school ends for the kids on the same day your book is released, I'd say the timing is just about perfect.
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