Pork Parfait

Canada observes Remembrance Day today. We remember the sacrifices made during the wars.


I took my mom for a test at the hospital a few days ago. It's a busy place, with lots going on and everyone seems to have a story.

A lady in one of the waiting rooms was there for a cortisone treatment. It seems she had broken her ankle 2 years ago while she was in Nairobi, Kenya. All she did was slip as she was leaving the bathroom of the house. She had flown back to Canada for treatment 10 days after the accident. The doctors think it had started to heal by that time and was somehow
set incorrectly. The only way to fix her recurring pain may be to break it again. She can't face that option right now.

Another man was in for a CT scan. Apparently they do 50 of these a day at the hospital, one every 10 minutes. He told me he had gone for some routine tests and his doctor uncovered colon cancer at an early stage. So he had 6 inches of his colon removed in the summer and was doing some follow-up. He's only 55 but his prognosis sounds good (so far).

My mom and I had lunch at the hospital. They have a cafeteria attached to a Tim Horton's coffee shop that is also accessible from the street. There are Tim Horton's everywhere. Anyway, my mom had chili con carne with a pumpernickel roll. I had a hot, delicious potato leek soup with crackers and a pumpkin spice donut with coffee.

Oh McDonald's is starting their free all day coffee special November 15 - 28 nation wide, if anyone cares. They have good coffee.


And have you ever heard of a pork parfait? I'd try one of these:

Pork parfaits rule the Royal