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Participate in our survey and be entered to win a pie! We’d like get feedback from our wonderful customers, to help us to determine where to go next. And in participating in the survey, you’ll be entered into a draw for a free regular meat, vegetarian or fruit pie!
And there’s a second way to win. If you’re on facebook, for every facebook friend you get to ‘like’ us, you’ll be entered into another draw for a pie. You will have to get your friend to post, at our site, your name in a comment.
Our site on facebook is at:
The Tartan Pie on Facebook
Good luck!
AND, if you’re not a facebook fan already, just becoming a fan earns you another chance into the draw!
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Valentines Day
I was going to write about the history of valentines day. During my research, however, I found a really good site that sums it up, and the beauty of the internet is that I can just provide the link http://www.history.com/content/valentine/history-of-valentine-s-day. No sense in re-inventing the wheel.
Valentines day has been one of those hit and miss days for me. Sometimes it has been amazing. Grade 12 valentines day was memorable, I opened my locker to a dozen long stemmed red roses, and to this day I have no idea how they were placed in there! My favorite was a few years ago when Valentines day fell on fire practice night. My boyfriend wanted to do something special, and had planned a special dinner for when I returned home from practice. Of course, it was a fun filled night at the fire hall and we ran late in finishing creating a very anxious boyfriend. On arriving home I found the nicest meal he has ever made for me!
Valentines Day and food is a great combination, and it doesn’t have to be about Chocolate (though I love it when it is!). It’s a day that gives an excuse to try something new, it doesn’t have to be costly nor extravegant. Baby vegetables are a nice touch on a valentines plate, as are cuts of meat that cook up nice when stuffed or rolled. Add a nice bottle of wine and your set. And then there’s dessert…and that’s my favorite food of the night. You can’t go wrong with choosing a dessert for a valentines dinner, one quick search on the web and there’s oodles of ideas. My dessert this year will be a Chocolate Truffle Cheesecake. I won’t be able to sleep after having that much chocolate in the evening, but it will be worth it.