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2nd Annual Halloween Pumpkin Carving Invitational

by Andy Quatember

In 2018, we were visiting a friend of ours in Victoria during Thanksgiving. Her family had a yearly Pumpkin Carving Contest that was a lot of fun! In 2019, we tried having one at our place and invited over friends and family to have the…

Cornbread

by Andy Quatember

A great recipe I found on the internet that I had to share. Ingredients: Instructions: Preheat oven to 400°F (204°C). Grease and lightly flour a 9-inch square baking pan. Set aside. Whisk the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a large…

Sauce-less Ratatouille

by Andy Quatember

This is a very simple sauce-less Ratatouille-like recipe. Ingredients: Instructions: In a large bowl, mix all the vegetables together, Place in a 2 quart ( 2 litre ) casserole. Sprinkle with herbs and spices. Drizzle olive oil over. Stir well, cover and back at 350F…

Sarah's Chili

by Andy Quatember

This is Sarah's take on chili. Ingredients: Instructions: Brown the ground beef and drain away the fat. In a large pot, add browned beef, onions, celery, tomato soup, chili sauce and water. Cook for approximately 10 minutes. Add remaining ingredients and simmer on low heat…

Saskatoon Trip

by Andy Quatember

Another trip with two reasons, see Elizabeth's uncle, and see the sights in the area around Saskatoon. We packed in 2,500km of driving over 5 days to see the sights. The weather was fantastic and the people were great. The list of the sites we…

Grand Fleets Scenario: Operation 29

by Andy Quatember

Overview This is the Battle of Jutland 1916 re-imagined to fit into the game of Grand Fleets v3 by Majestic 12 Games. The hard work of "recreating" the battle was done by Andy S. of our game group. We will be playing this in Tabletop…