Following Joanne Fluke murdery mystery recipes in 2011

Vanilla crack - I got this recipe from a Joanne Fluke mystery book. This turns out really great if you follow the instructions properly. If you get the temperature or timing wrong, it doesn't set properly into hard toffee.  It has nuts, crackers, sugar, butter.. Very delicious.

Sun and moon cookies (chocolate dipped orange cookies).  Also from Joanne Fluke mystery novel.

Durian

banana chocolate chip cookies also from Joanne Fluke book.

peanut butter & grape jelly cookies. Surprisingly good.  The grape jelly is very fragrant when they're baking.

Another kind of Jell-o cake with cool-whip. Not so good.

Strawberry shortbread bar cookies

Coca cola cake. 2 billion THUMBS DOWN! Doesn't taste like coke. My mom says it gave her a terrible aftertaste. The lumps are pecan pieces.

Several types of tarts and other things I baked in 2011

Fruit tarts with custard.  Chef Pradeep showed us how to make this in night school cooking class.

Frankenstein watermelon

Making homemade vegetable soup only took 15 min.  Throw anything in there!

Manchester tarts I made in 2011.  I wanted to make some ever since Gail threw one in Deirdre's face on Coronation St. It is made of raspberry jam, banana (optional), custard, coconut and it's supposed to have a maraschino cherry on top

 
True Blood pies... strawberry/raspberry + orange juice

Peach cobbler - not recommended to make in min convection oven - not cooked thoroughly

Using the fancy brownie pan to with 2 types of muffin mix

FUN da-middles.
Just doesn't taste right without the Hostess cupcake chocolate icing on top. Also the white goop is kind of runny and not fluffy

 
I tried a bit of the one on the right. ewwwwww

Stained glass cookie 2010

Rose scented Bundt cake. I made this for another team cookoff.  I even made candied rose petals.  The recipe had sour cream in it and lemon and rose water.  It smelled terrific.

Revolting. I hate marmite.

Whatchamacall it vs. Thignamajig: The battle of chocolate bars with funny names in 2010. They tasted very similar, like a crunchy version of Reese's peanut butter cups. One was more peanutty and the other is more chocolatey.

 Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot restaurant.  We went here before World Trivia Night in 2010.  It was too expensive.

Moustache shaped spice from Chinese grocery store. Or maybe it is like a bat.

Xmas cookies with jam

Practising for team bakeoff.  Stained glass cookie made with jollyranchers.

Here are some classics from 2009 and 2010

I saw these once in Ogdensburg Walmart.  It was hard to find somebody willing to sample it.  It had a very thick layer of dust on the cans too.

I don't know what this thing is called.  It contains plums or apples and cooked rice and sugar and sometimes meringue.  You cook it before eating. It is old school Euro style.

This was my first time seeing EXTRA GIANT Marshmallows (fist sized).  I saw them in Price Chopper in Watertown, NY in 2009.

I saw this Capilano Snap N Squeeze Australian Honey in Hannaford's in Watertown, NY in 2009.  Since then the crocodile hunter has passed away.

I saw Crastan  Effervescent??! in Food Basic n 2009. It contains baking soda for digesting.

I got this Jolly Time Mallow Magic Marshmallow Treat Flavoured popcorn in 2009.  I got some coworkers to try it.  It didn't taste right.

These throwback drinks started showing up in Ogdensburg in 2010.  Pretty good flavour.  The first time I tried the Throwback Pepsi, it reminded me of how colas used to taste.  But these days, they don't taste right, even if you get the Throwback ones.

Proof of concept for a United Way bake sale in 2010. I was testing if fruit roll ups would show up or melt or what.
Step 1: bake a white cake.
Step 2: cover it with fruit, candies, etc.
Step 3: Prepare the jello as per instructions and pour the hot liquid over the cake.
Step 4: Refrigerate
Step 5: It's delicious

Awww yeah, here is the real cake I made for the bake sale.  Blue jell-o ocean scene with hammerhead sharks made of fruit roll-ups!

The origin of the Dead Food Society

The Dead Food Society was created by my friend and colleague, Toshi.  He passed away a few years ago.  He made me a membership card once from an aluminum can.  I am not as good a member as he was though, because he would try anything, including plants from outside, and most of it involved real cooking.  I am not as open minded and most of my stuff is store-bought.

I saw these Reese's peanut butter & banana creme cups once in Ogdensburg.

This is a Halifax style donair from King of Donair in Halifax, NS.  The sauce is sweet and tangy.  This food has the same crazy combinations that make McDonald's addictive - sugar, fat, salt, meat, etc. all in one.  I went mental and couldn't sleep after eating it.  I had to eat another one on the next day!  It is really a shame that nothing comes close over here.

international KitKats, orange and canteloupe flavours.  You can buy them on e-Bay and Amazon nowadays. I got these in Square 1 Mal in Markham, ON.

Here is another disgusting Reese's peanut butter cup.. Hazelnut Creme. It was gross. I am not a fan of Nutella.

I got these Turkish chocolate bars from the dollar store.  McChokels and the oozing Kat Kat Tat. 

Lightning Bugs gummy candy.  The tweezers contain an LED.

Jet-Puffed Mallow Bites.  I can eat them all day.  Found them in Watertown, NY Wal-mart Supercenter.