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 How have you grown this year?

Not only is Molson the oldest brewery in Canada, it’s also the oldest Brewery in North America. Founded in 1786, it’s still one of Canada’s most popular beers. From https://vinepair.com/wine-blog/12-of-the-oldest-breweries-in-the-world/ Founded in Montreal in 1786, the Molson Brewery is the oldest brewery in North America and continues to produce beer on the site of the original brewery. On May 2, 1782, at the age of 18, John Molson left England for Canada, landing in Montreal on June 26. Shortly after his arrival, he began working at the Thomas Loyd brewery. He went on to purchase it in an auction in 1784. Not long after his arrival in Montreal in 1782, Molson sensed the market potential for beer in the then British colony. Prices for wine, rum and port were rising and an influx of English and Irish immigrants were particularly partial to beer. When he came of legal age, Molson used the money inherited from his parents to acquire a small brewery housed in a wooden building on the shor...

From Wikipedia: Pouding chômeur (The poor man’s pudding) is a dessert that was created by female factory workers during the early years of the Great Depression in Quebec, Canada. Today, it is casually served as a regional dessert, perhaps being a bit more popular during the saison des sucres, when maple sap is collected and processed and is usually part of the offerings during a meal at a sugar shack, but it is not specifically a maple dessert. The pouding chômeur is a basic cake batter onto which a hot syrup or caramel is poured before baking. The cake then rises through the liquid which settles at the bottom of the pan, mixing with the batter and creating a distinct layer at the bottom of the dish. The syrup or caramel can be made from brown sugar, white sugar, maple syrup or a combination of these. During the worst of the Depression, stale bread was used in lieu of cake batter. Traditional Pouding Chômeur PREPARATION 20 MIN COOKING 35 MIN SERVINGS 8 INGREDIENTS 1 cup (150 g) unbleac...

 What are your plans for this weekend?

If you could be an expert on any topic in the world, what would you choose and how would you use your expertise?  

Read this book! Why?  Can't you just trust me?  I promise you this is an excellent read.   The Woman in the Wing  is the story of Charlotte Mercer who is in training to become a WASP during WWII.  Charlotte's training is interrupted for refusing the advances of a lecherous army major.  Charlotte is recruited to work for the FBI who are trying to find the German spy ring responsible for damages at a nearby defense plant. Do you need me to tell you more?  Haven't I made you curious to find out what will happen next?  This mystery is so well written that every time I think I had figured out who the spies are it turns out that I am wrong. More?  Although I am not an expert on women in the armed forces during WWII, the story seems to be well researched and believable. The only thing left to tell you is WHO did it . . . and I won't. Read this book!  It is well-written, fast paced and full of mystery and excitement.

Papercrafting Treats for Halloween! Happy first day of fall! Between the changing leaves, crisp evenings, and all the other great things about fall, one of our favorite things about this wonderful season is the Halloween celebrations and the great crafts that come with them! This year, we’ve got some very special Halloween-themed products in store, starting with the  Boo Crew  collection ! This spook-tacular suite includes an imaginative color scheme, bringing together the classic tones of orange and black, along with bright pink accents to tie it all together. The Boo Crew collection features a selection of fun patterns in a  paper packet ,  sticker  sheet ,  stamp  set , and  Thin  Cuts . With all kinds of cute and spooky sentiments, icons, and images, these stamps and stickers are the perfect complement to your favorite Halloween memories! Rounding out this too-cute collection are the  Boo Crew coordinating cardstock , made up of 3 sh...

I have often dreamed about buying a bus and converting it into a travelling oasis of happiness. If someone offered you a bus to convert into your own personal hangout space how would you convert it into a perfect space for you.

The Bros. Landreth are a Canadian alternative country and folk music group. Their debut album Let It Lie won the Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Group at the Juno Awards of 2015. The group was first formed in 2013 by brothers Joey and David Landreth, the sons of Winnipeg musician Wally Landreth. The brothers share vocal duties, while Joey plays guitar and David plays bass. The initial band lineup also included Alex Campbell on piano and Ryan Voth on drums. The band has also toured with musicians Ariel Posen on second guitar, Cody Iwasiuk, Curtis Nowosad and Michael Carbone on Drums, and Liam Duncan, Darryl "Duke" Havers on Keys. Let It Lie was released independently in 2013.[5] In 2014, the band signed an American distribution deal with Slate Creek Records, who rereleased the album in the United States and Europe in January 2015. At the 10th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2014, the band won the award for New/Emerging Artist of the Year, and Let It Li...

Write a letter to your future self. 

Oprah Winfrey has just called you for an interview. What does she ask you about? Write down how your conversation might go.

  The current population of Canada is 38,188,670 as of Monday, November 8, 2021, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data. Canada 2020 population is estimated at 37,742,154 people at mid year according to UN data. Canada population is equivalent to 0.48% of the total world population. Canada ranks number 39 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population. The population density in Canada is 4 per Km2 (11 people per mi2). The total land area is 9,093,510 Km2 (3,511,022 sq. miles) 81.3 % of the population is urban (30,670,064 people in 2020) The median age in Canada is 41.1 years. https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/canada-population/

 Which fictional character do you relate to the most? Describe the similarities between them and you.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Jump to navigationJump to search Oka is a semi-soft washed rind cheese that was originally manufactured by Trappist monks located in Oka, Quebec, Canada. The cheese is named after the town. It has a distinct flavour and aroma, and is still manufactured in Oka, although now by a commercial company. The recipe was sold in 1981 by Les Pères Trappistes to the Agropur cooperative. It was also manufactured by Trappist Monks at the Our Lady of the Prairies Monastery, located 8 miles southeast of Holland, Manitoba. A small Manitoba producer learned the process from Brother Albéric, but stopped making unpasteurized Trappist cheese in 2019 because of the cost of provincial regulations. Brother Alphonse Juin arrived at the Notre-Dame du Lac Monastery in Quebec in 1893 with a recipe for Port-du-Salut cheese. He "tweaked and adjusted" the recipe, and Oka was born. Since that time, Quebec has become a major producer of Canadian Cheese. Oka cheese has ...

When you hang out with your friends, do you prefer to stay at home or go out? What are your favourite things to do together?  

What a great read!  Gail Holland has collected some wonderful inspirational stories by asking each person to describe a day they would like to live again. Each person is just a regular person.  Some have lived simple lives, others extraordinary lives.  What they share is that they find happiness in their every day. Don't read this book hoping to learn some quick fix for making your life happier.  But if you really take the time you will realize what each of these stories has in common.  Each story is about a person realizing something important about their own lives. Read one story a day or the whole book in one evening (like I did).  But definitely read it.

Are you usually on time, late, or early? What do you think this says about you?  

Broken Social Scene is a Canadian indie rock band, a musical collective including as few as six and as many as nineteen members, formed by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning. Most of its members play in various other groups and solo projects, mainly in the city of Toronto. These associated acts include Metric, Feist, Stars, Apostle of Hustle, Do Make Say Think, KC Accidental, Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton, Amy Millan, and Jason Collett. The group's sound combines elements of all of its members' respective musical projects, and is occasionally considered baroque pop. It includes grand orchestrations featuring guitars, horns, woodwinds, and violins, unusual song structures, and an experimental, and sometimes chaotic production style from David Newfeld, who produced the second and third albums. Stuart Berman's This Book Is Broken (2009) covers the band from its inception to its critical acclaim.[5] In 2010, Bruce McDonald made This Movie Is Broken, a movie about the band...

  Map Your Journey with a Paper Piecing Stamping Technique! September is a very exciting month for us at  Close To My Heart . Not only do we celebrate  National Stamping Month , but it’s also the month that we launch our new annual catalog! In this year’s  Core Products Catalog , you will find lots of new and exciting products, among them a new series of stamps called  Map Your Journey . With versions for all our current markets ( USA ,  Canada ,  Australia ,  New Zealand , and  Japan ), we thought these stamp sets would be a fun way to share with you yet  another  stamping technique, in addition to the 10+ techniques we shared last week.  (If you missed it, make sure to check that post out:  Stamping Techniques to Keep Up Your Crafty Sleeves! ) Today we will take the imprint of a stamp that has many parts or lines to it, like a map  , and create a final image by piecing together a variety of papers, kind of like a mo...