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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Arial Narrow">Bridgehead</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">Last September I wrote a nice email to Bridgehead
saying I was happy to hear from the staff that they were working on some vegan
options, and that places like Perfection S.P. create wonderful vegan cakes that
you can't even tell are vegan... etc... and I got an email back saying they had
been trying out recipes without success [that would appeal to all so that it is
sold fast enough to be fresh]. So I emailed them back with these recipes (in
case you all want to try them out too =0)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow"><STRONG>Chocolate Cake</STRONG><BR>[Add ingred to
one bowl in following order:]3 cups flour, 2c sugar, 1/2c <BR>cocoa, [Stir a
little] 2tsoda, 2t bking powder, 1t salt, 2 t vanilla, <BR>2Tvinegar, 1c oil, 2c
water [Moisten by hand, then mix with electric mixer.]<BR>Do the usual floured
pan or whatever (I do cupcakes). 350 30-35 mins approx.<BR><BR>A "homemade"
icing is pretty simple:<BR></FONT><FONT face="Arial Narrow"><STRONG>Chocolate
Frosting<BR></STRONG>1 stick (1/2 c.) vegan margarine (Earth Balance/Soy Garden
available at <BR>Kardish Glebe and Loeb Glebe)- long fridge life.<BR>2/3 c.
cocoa<BR>3 c. powdered sugar<BR>1/3 c. soy or nut milk<BR>1 tsp. vanilla
extract<BR>Melt margarine'. Stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and
milk, <BR>beating on medium speed to spreading consistency. Add more milk, if
needed. <BR>Add vanilla. Makes enough to frost a round 9" layered cake or one 9"
x 13" <BR>square cake.<BR>- and if you don't like this icing, I'm sure I could
get you several others.<BR>Also, since this cake is great for black forest (I
personally am not a big <BR>fan of cherries), a variety of berries can be used
as a middle layer.<BR><BR><BR>Otherwise a <STRONG>Peanut Butter Rice Krispie
Squares</STRONG> recipe is SUPER easy, and <BR>would be popular:<BR>1 c. corn
syrup<BR>1 c. brown sugar<BR>1 c. creamy or chunky peanut butter<BR>6 c. Rice
Krispies cereal<BR>In a large saucepan over low heat, combine first 3
ingredients. Stirring <BR>constantly, bring to a boil and boil for 3
minutes.(Microwave is much <BR>easier -no stirring.) Add cereal and toss to coat
well. Press into greased <BR>13x9x2 inch pan. Cool and cut into 2x2 inch
squares. Makes 32.<BR>and <STRONG>the icing</STRONG>: I can't remember the exact
measurements, but it's a dark <BR>(semi-sweet, no dairy) chocolate chip and
smooth peanut butter melted <BR>together and poured ontop of the squares. Chill
and cut. I could get you the <BR>measurements if you like. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">(they have these squares available also at Herb
and Spice... some of you guys may have tried them from there.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">so I didn't hear anything back, and I didn't see
any new vegan baking on the shelves.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">A couple weeks ago they sponsored? an Ocean Fest
and had a "fact of the day" in the bathroom saying something about shadegrown
plants like their coffee require less water or something. so I sent them my fact
of the day:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">To feed a vegan for a day it requires about 300
gallons of water. <BR>4x as much is required to feed a vegetarian (1200
gallons), <BR>and 14x as much to feed a meat-eater (4200 gallons). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">and again complained that their occasional vegan
salad, some "nature bar" (meh-maybe it even has honey... only had it once. very
dry) and dark chocolate bars just didn't satisfy a vegan like me.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">She responded by saying again that they haven't
been impressed with their attempts at a vegan dessert/snack but that
<STRONG>"virtually all of their soups and breads are vegan"...</STRONG>
yeay!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">but still... how hard can it be to find one dinky
little vegan recipe that would appeal to all the customers?
ARGH!!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">I do of course love bridgehead stance on fair
trade- (I almost wrote in my email to her "free-trade"..oops. and I found out I
had mixed the two in a sign on my veg table as well by accident-no one pointed
it out.) shade grown, etc etc, and their free wireless internet access
<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">ANYWAY, If you feel so inclined... (</FONT><FONT
face="Arial Narrow">perhaps you step into Bridgehead now and then yourself)....
please send an email to bridgehead encouraging them to offer at least one vegan
dessert to satisfy ALL their customers... and offer your assistance if they need
tried [easy?] and yummy vegan recipes. you can email them through their website
contact form: </FONT><A
href="http://www.bridgehead.ca/en/FeedBack.asp?SID=322663803221438494101830701035035877491914887010507236185181&LangID=1"><FONT
face="Arial Narrow">http://www.bridgehead.ca/en/FeedBack.asp?SID=322663803221438494101830701035035877491914887010507236185181&LangID=1</FONT></A><FONT
face="Arial Narrow">&</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">or by contacting directly:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">Tracey Clark<BR>Managing Director<BR></FONT><A
href="mailto:tracey.clark@bridgehead.ca"><FONT
face="Arial Narrow">tracey.clark@bridgehead.ca</FONT></A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow"><STRONG>Raccoons</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">You may have read my email asking for help for
the raccoons... =0( anyway, hopefully the story had a happy ending.... we tried
to reunite them with their mother at night but we didn't bother 'locking' them
up. so every morning they were gone, and every night for I think 4 nights
Sun-Wed they came back for food. Thurs-Sat they did not come for the food
we left out, although Friday it was raining some of the night. We are assuming
the best. In my reading I found out that there are average 10-25 raccoons
per square km in the city... rather amazing since we rarely see them ;0).Anyway,
with that kind of "density" I'm hoping that they ran into their family by the
fourth/fifth night. Some other things... while they are often regarded as a
nuisance.... raiding garbage cans with food because N.Americans tend to be
wasteful and/or not compost in the city... they also eat grubs, and small
rodents among other things considered "pests". they are classified carnivores
even though we fed them veg*n pet food, and of course they will eat
anything.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">I also found:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">"“I started looking into the behavior of raccoons
in urbanized areas, where they are so successful,” said Gehrt, who has been
involved with the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation (MMWF) in Dundee, Ill., since
1994. “We have found that raccoons are fairly tolerant of each other. Even if
they don’t live in packs, they live in close proximity to each other, even
sharing dens. Their home ranges usually overlap: they share ranges, dens and
feeding spaces. So when you cut hunting and trapping, as is the case in the
city, raccoons have even more chances for contact and reproduction. Cubs spend a
long time with the mother in the family unit, and adult males seem to spend a
lot of time together, too. This is a very unique social behavior.”
"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">and </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">"The devices[radio collars] are programmed
to record every time a raccoon comes into contact with another within at least
one meter (approximately three feet). The first study using these novel collars
started last year and will continue this spring. It involves 44 radio-collared
raccoons living in a little less than one square kilometer (1 sq km=247 acres).
Last fall, one radio-collared subject had more than 400 contacts with 13
different raccoons in a single night." </FONT><FONT face="Arial Narrow"><A
href="http://extension.osu.edu/~news/story.php?id=3077">http://extension.osu.edu/~news/story.php?id=3077</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">And I forget where... New York City has the
densest raccoon population in all of New York State.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">When cared for by humans, baby raccoons like
human babies need to be burped after feeding.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT face="Arial Narrow" size=3>"It is widely believed that
raccoons always "wash" their food. This is not true. They exhibit a behavior
called "dabbling" in which they dunk their food in water. This helps enhance
their sense of touch and helps them find food underwater by feeling with their
sensitive fingers. It also enables them to sort out items that are not
edible."</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow"><A
href="http://www.bear-tracker.com/coon.html">http://www.bear-tracker.com/coon.html</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">One person recently told me when they had been
camping they raccoons found their sealed (resealable- but I understood it
had not been yet opened) bag of marshmallows.... however instead of
ripping/chewing through the plastic, they rather unzipped the bag to get the
marshmallows.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">and</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">"Raccoon mothers with babies enjoy a privileged
position in the raccoon hierarchy for as long as the babies remain with the
mother. Other raccoons will defer to a female with babies in feeding
situations."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">says <A
href="http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/vines/4892/raccoonfaq.html">http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/vines/4892/raccoonfaq.html</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">If you are interested in helping out the Rideau
Wildlife Sanctuary, they need foster parents- if you have time to care for baby
animals.... and also from their newsletter on their website- [which also btw has
a totally adorable picture of a baby raccoon drinking out of a bottle on
it]</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">We are looking for release sites for the 19
squirrels we overwintered this year. They will be ready to go when the tree buds
start blooming and there is an adequate food supply. Because regulations require
us to release the squirrels within 15 kilometers of where they were found, we
are looking for appropriate release sites in or near the following
neighbourhoods:<BR>• Carlingwood<BR>• Bells Corners<BR>• Barrhaven<BR>• Island
Park<BR>• Sandy Hill<BR>• Bank/Albion<BR>• Mountain or South Mountain<BR>We will
need even more release sites throughout the city for 2006 so please call us for
further information if you are interested.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">(Spring babies are probably released sometime
about now?... otherwise there are the fall babies needing releasing in the
spring.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow"><STRONG>Device Burns Fuel with Almost Zero
Emissions<BR></STRONG>Simple design makes ultra-low emission combustion more
efficient, affordable and stable<BR>ATLANTA (June 21, 2006) — Georgia Tech
researchers have created a new combustor (combustion chamber where fuel is
burned to power an engine or gas turbine) designed to burn fuel in a wide range
of devices ― with next to no emission of nitrogen oxide (NOx) and carbon
monoxide (CO), two of the primary causes of air pollution. The device has a
simpler design than existing state-of-the-art combustors and could be
manufactured and maintained at a much lower cost, making it more affordable in
everything from jet engines and power plants to home water heaters.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">more... </FONT><A
href="http://www.gatech.edu/news-room/release.php?id=1020"><FONT
face="Arial Narrow">http://www.gatech.edu/news-room/release.php?id=1020</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Narrow">(but still using non-renewable fuels is
dumb)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>