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I wonder if I should PM the recipe to Josh to help with his M80 quest this weekend? Trust me, it's more effective than candlelight!

Anyway:

12 oz / 340 g Toblerone, broken up
1/4 cup / 60 mL Half and Half or whipping cream
2.5 tbsp / 37 mL Amaretto

Melt chocolate with cream on medium-low until it's smooth. Stir in the Amaretto and enjoy! So good with all fruit and spongecake too.

(on occasion my elbow has slipped, and a little bit of extra Amaretto has fallen in - even Kahlua at the same time! Good news is it doesn't hurt the recipe at all!)

Let me know if you try it! I had it here when all the ladies from Axiom came over for a girls' night and even the borderline chocoholics were won over.

YUM!

We do fondue once in a while here...I'll have to give that one a try.

>>And people are driving around with dead moose and deer in their trucks. What a month!

Hi Amie; I don't suppose you happened to notice from which direction most the deer and moose-laden vehicles were coming ?

And on the note of Toblerone fondue, i've passed the recipe onto my wife. We are gearing up for another company filled holiday season of meal after meal olympic like events and fondues are oh so much fun.

On a thought related to the original thread, we had 15cm of heavy white precipitation dumped on us last week and i've since ordered a new Craftsman 11.5HP (Briggs & Stratton) 30" snow blower. Should be here in a week or two. If it snows before then, i skip work.

Since the holidays ARE coming, we also decided to spend a bit and finally invested in a satellite system with the HD-PVR(Bell Expressvu). Some of the Discovery shows and other outdoor panoramic shots are quite amazing even on our ageing Toshiba RPTV.
Now i'm working on getting the satellite to our office computers. A slingbox may be in order soon...

This will be no help, Bridgman, but they were coming from the North . . . I passed the moose on Highway 11 between Bracebridge and Gravenhurst. Lots of deer in the yard here, of course ;-)

Thanks Amie; it is reassuring. A few years ago we were up hunting around Ardbeg (north of Parry Sound), camping in heavy snow, howling winds and way below freezing temperatures...

... We ("chips" and myself) were complaining about the crappy weather and the lack of deer when my brother-in-law said "well, if we just wanted lots of deer we would hunt down south where they're easy to find -- we're up here for the authentic hunting experience".

We were *so* close to dragging him outside and tossing him into the swamp, but he was the only one who knew the route back home.

You want deer Bridgman?
Come to Winnipeg. Bren and I can show you deer until the cows come home, and even then, you will still see deer.
If you are into the hunting thing, just open up any kitchen window in the Charleswood area and point a gun.
There is a 70% chance the deer would be eating the grass in the backyard. If you feel the danger of hunting in town is too great, then take a chance on the highway instead. Drive your car down Hwy 1 (aka Hwy 17 west in ON) just east of Winnipeg and you have about a 20% chance of getting hit by one.

Road trip !!

We have deer around my house but not enough to make a decent herd. We want to let the numbers grow a bit... although from all the gunshots across the road that might not be happening anyways.

One of my fondest memories is walking through Banff watching an old lady chase elk out of her garden with a broom.

I had to point out in this "first snowfall" thread that it reached nearly 90 degrees today, here in LA.