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30 Acton/Georgetown, Friday, September 12, 2008 The travelling food game can try even a foodie Gerry is writing today... Many of you may have heard the song from the 50s called The Name Game. Well, I have a new game for you the food game. We have played this food game numerous times before, but this eight-hour version was played off and on during the second last day of our western driving trip and it was the BEST one weve ever played. We drove for 18 hours that day in order to make it back in time to see both sets of grandchildren before they were off on their own adventures. This kept Dave, the driver, occupied and awake! It goes like this one person names a food and the next person has to come up with another food starting with the last letter of the previous word. I am sure all of you have played this. This became increasingly more difficult and funnier as the hours wore on. It didnt take long to discover that words start- ing with e were the hardest, as my husband tried diligently to give me words ending in e every- time. We finally tallied up our foods starting with the letter e we had come up with over 40. Here is a listing of just a few; how many can you come up with? lair, escargot, escarole, eggplant, Eskimo pie, evaporated milk, edamame, English muffin, emmenthol cheese, elephant garlic, enchilada, eel, egg drop soup. Thats enough; Ill let you figure out the other 30! Keep in mind that among these e foods were all the other letters in the alphabet too. This game traversed many states that long day including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Ontario. We stopped in Wisconsin, the dairy state at a cheese shop to pick up some cheese for snacks that night. Well, the cheese didnt make it to sunset, as most of it was consumed very handi- ly we had a cheese and cracker party while dri- ving through Chicago for three and a half hours! I guess after 25 days on the road together we were still able to muster some humour but maybe you really had to be there. Have fun and keep cooking! P.S. I need to make a correction to my column last week. When I referred to the Hooded Merganzer as Dutch, I meant duck. I apologize for the typo. (Lori and Gerry can be reached at whatscookin@independentfreepress.com) Pickled Beets Makes approximately 12 - 500ml jars Ingredients 3 cups pickling vinegar 1 1/2 cups sugar 3 tsp ground cinnamon 1 1/2 tsp salt 3 tsp ground cloves 3/4 cup beet liquid 3 3-litre baskets of beets Method Cook young beets in boiling water until ten- der. Remove the skins when cooled or by run- ning under cool water. Pack beets into sterilized jars. You may need to slice or cut beets, depending on their size. Combine vinegar, sugar, cinnamon, salt, cloves in a pot. Bring to a boil. Boil until sugar has dissolved. Add beet liquid to brine. Cover the beets with boiling hot brine. Seal jars. Lori Gysel & Gerry Kentner Shop for the food bank The Georgetown Bread Basket (food bank) is very low on some food items. If you can help, please drop off at any of the grocery stores: cold cereal, canned juice, canned vegetables, canned meat, instant coffee, flour, baking goods, fruit bars. Thanks for your help. Any items can be placed in the food bank bins at any of the grocery stores and food bank volunteers will pick up. Barbecue & corn roast The Limehouse Memorial Hall is holding their annual Silent Auction-BBQ- Corn Roast on Saturday, Sept. 20, 4-7 p.m. Everyone is welcome to come out rain or shine, enjoy a hamburger and some corn while bidding on some great items! Pork barbecue Union Presbyterian Churc hosts its Annual Pork Barbecue and Silent Auction on Saturday, September 27, 5-7:30 p.m. at Alloa Public School, 1248 Mayfield Rd. Adults: $12 in advance; $14 at the door; children (12 and under), $7. Barbecue smoked pork chop, baked potato, baked beans, corn, coleslaw, rolls, dessert and beverage. Take-out too. For tickets/info: Anne Thompson, 905-873-6811.