This made me think about all the other memories I have that relate to food.
I remember the first time I had chocolate fondue. Tom and I were in Quebec City, in a romantic, dimly lit restaurant in the old town.
Then there's Japanese tempura. My first taste of that was in a restaurant in Calgary with Gordie, Ann and Lawrence's boarder, and some Czech friends of his. I ate with a fork and picked around this exotic looking green thing covered in batter, that I was sure was a caterpillar, but turned out to be an ordinary green bean.
And nothing beats the taste of Beloeil's all-dressed pizza. There's something about the pizza they make in that neck of the woods that is just mouth-watering. And it's not really "all dressed" - it's just pepperoni, green peppers and mushrooms. I don't even like mushrooms on pizza ...
When we decided to move to Victoria, I dreamed of White Spot hamburgers. I remember Chuck picking us up at the airport and stopping almost immediately at a White Spot just off the highway. That Triple-O sauce, mmmmmm.
Then there's the time we went to London with Allison and Emily. Emily was in her white-rice-and-ice-cream phase. Now we all know that British cuisine has a bad reputation, but ... white rice? On our final night in London we went to a fancy restaurant and Emily ordered some chicken thing. Don't know what it was, but her reaction was priceless: Heaven on a plate, she declared!
Lucie's BBQ Ribs or Chicken Sauce
(with apologies to all health-conscious people)
1 cup ketchup
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp Tabasco sauce
1 tsp onion salt
