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Duck Hunting at Jimmy Robinson’s : Family Edition
This early October saw my family and I packing up our hunting gear and driving out from our respective cities of Edmonton and Calgary to meet in a small place just outside the famous Delta Marsh called St Ambroise in Manitoba.
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Summertime Fishing
Contrary to how the above picture makes me look like a busy fisherwoman, I have been LAZY this summer. I honestly thing I have only been out three or four times. For me, that’s lazy.
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Jimmy Robinson’s Duck Lodge: A Family Legacy
Every Autumn the shutters on the Jimmy Robinson Duck Lodge are thrown open, the dust cleared from where it settled the past few months and for a few weeks every fall, the lodge comes to life again. Any stray squirrels who might have found their way inside during the past year are
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Jimmy Robinson’s Duck Lodge : Duck Hunting Day Three!
By the time day three of duck hunting at Jimmy Robinson’s Duck Lodge dawned – quite literally- my shoulder was black and blue from using my shotgun so much. No amount of clay shooting had prepared me for duck hunting two days in a row, except perhaps to better my aim. I certainl
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Jimmy Robinson’s Duck Lodge : Duck Hunting Day Two!
Man, did I have to work for those ducks on day two of hunting at Jimmy Robinson’s Duck Lodge. I mean, day one was most likely a duck hunting experience I will never have again. I do believe that there was some magical combination of beginner’s luck, an amazing location and a cold
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Jimmy Robinson’s Duck Lodge : Duck Hunting Day One!
I don’t think I slept a wink the night before our first day of duck hunting at Jimmy Robinson’s Sports Afield Duck Club, in St Ambroise, Manitoba. The beds were comfortable, those gorgeous HBC wool blankets were warm, the lodge was so beautifully quiet as everyone slept- everyone
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Jimmy Robinson’s Duck Lodge, St Ambroise, Manitoba
One beautiful October day, not too long ago, my sister and I packed our bags, guns and assorted other necessities into the back of my truck and started the journey to Jimmy Robinson’s Sports Afield Duck Club, in St. Ambroise, Manitoba. Nerves zinging with anticipation, we had bee
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Going on a Duck Hunt… I’m Not Afraid…
I’ve got my trusty gun..and my sister by my side!
Now that I have that classic childhood campfire chant going through your head- you are so very welcome- it is indeed time to leave for my first ducking hunting trip.
Ever.
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Ruffed Grouse Hunting 2013
Grouse hunting in our family has always been a time to connect, to get outdoors together and about spending time together as a family.The inevitable grouse dinner at the end is just an added bonus to a day well spent together. While those who don’t hunt might not understand the
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There’s Nothing Like Your First Northern Pike
I love Northern Pike. This toothy monster – derided by legions of fishermen- holds a special spot in my heart. Names such as “slough sharks”. “gators” and “snot rockets” (which I fondly have adopted as a nickname for them now) follow the Northern Pike wherever it goes, adding to
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A Canadian Food Hero: My Dad
This month’s Canadian Food Experience post was not an easy one for me. I’m late with it by about three weeks and that’s simply because I was truly lacking in inspirations. I have a hard time equating the word “hero” with much that is being done in food, to be honest, because of m
https://www.thekitchenmagpie.com/a-canadian-food-hero-my-dad/
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The Baby Killdeer
While walking along the beach at the camp ground this past weekend I suddenly saw a flurry of motion at my feet, stopping me dead in my tracks.I narrowed my eyes, considering the possibility that I was losing my mind and simply was seeing things. I quickly tossed aside that notio
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The Great Grey Owl
The sour gas warning signs. (Oh, could it be more stereotype Alberta oil country, or what?) Makes me cringe to even post something SO stereotypical.
https://www.thekitchenmagpie.com/the-great-grey-owl/
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A Regional Alberta Food: Wild Caught Brook Trout
As the date grew closer and closer for the next segment in The Canadian Food Experience Project I agonized over what I was going to pick for the topic,which is writing about a regional Canadian food.
https://www.thekitchenmagpie.com/a-regional-albertan-food-wild-caught-brook-trout/
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Alberta Brook Trout: Beyond Field To Table
Ah, the Shore Lunch. Nothing is more traditional, more sacred and or more looked forward to than the afternoon break while fishing to head to shore and enjoy a lunch. The best shore lunches simply must consist of some of your freshly caught fish from the morning; anything else pa
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Alberta Brook Trout Fishing- The Action
Early one morning we carefully packed up our fishing gear, dropped the kids off with a sitter and hit the highway before the morning traffic rush had even thought about occurring for that day. The tires thrummed steadily against the pavement as we zipped down the empty Alberta hi
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My Sunday Table: Freshly Caught Brook Trout
Those my friends, are six magical words that has every fisherman perking up their ears and reaching for their tackle box and fishing rod, ready to leave the house at a moments notice. Your nerves tingle with anticipation of the next big catch and taste buds kick into overdrive at
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Sunset, Northern Pike & The One That Got Away
By the time the week reaches Tuesday I’m already pining to get back the lake. I’m so over driving the kids to school, spelling, homework, cleaning my house (that’s just the norm though) and the fact that I am not out fishing. Most of all, the fact that I am not out fishing is the
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How To Find Morels in Alberta- Part 2- Where & How To Find Them
Part Two of How To Find Morels in Alberta came about because apparently I have far too much to write about when it comes to foraging morels. When I read through my post I thought “Holy Hannah, there is no way anyone is going to scroll that darn much to read one article.” and Part
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How To Find Morels in Alberta- Part 1- Learn & Listen
To those in the mushroom know, merely saying the name brings up visions of traipsing through the woods, fervently hunting these culinary gems with the knowledge weighing heavily upon your shoulders that you only have mere weeks every year to harvest this famed mushroom.
https://www.thekitchenmagpie.com/how-to-find-morels-in-alberta-part-1-learn-listen/
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Spring Morel Mushroom Hunting in the Canadian Prairies
Hunting the elusive morel mushroom in the Canadian prairie during the springtime is a family tradition that is as imprinted in my memory as my own name. The only memory that can hold a close second to mushroom hunting is fishing, as I outlined in my recent post My First Authentic
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My First Authentic Canadian Food Memory: Wild Caught Fish
Back in the early spring, I came to the realization that I needed to organize, re-design and tailor The Kitchen Magpie website to suit my “voice” (oh, that blogging word I hate to love) and gear it up to represent where my writing comes from far more than it does now. There we
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Live Food Blogging While On TV – No Pressure, Right?
I thought I knew blogger’s pressure. That pressure that hangs over all of us, waiting in the wings, because we’ve left recipes too long, or foolishly didn’t take pictures and have to remake something or have taken on a paid project and the deadline is coming up faster than we th
https://www.thekitchenmagpie.com/live-food-blogging-while-on-tv-no-pressure-right/
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How My Kids Don’t Listen & a Geocache or Two
Our first geocaching trip of the season happened this past May long weekend. I was fed up with being inside my messy house, surrounded by literal mountains of “stuff” that has to be sorted, cleaning, organized, given away and moved to various areas of the house. Our basement reno
https://www.thekitchenmagpie.com/how-my-kids-dont-listen-a-geocache-or-two/
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Shore Lunch Whitefish Recipe. And Breakfast TV!
There’s nothing like a TV camera staring you down to motivate you to get your recipe written and posted. Indeed, if I had this kind of motivation every day, I would have three or four cookbooks under my belt and this site would be updated about three times a day.
https://www.thekitchenmagpie.com/shore-lunch-whitefish-recipe-and-breakfast-tv/
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The Family That Ice Fishes Together….
Most families I know didn’t spend a large majority of the chilly Alberta weekends this past winter ice fishing together and I’m willing to wager that an even smaller percentage spent those weekends with extended family members tagging along as well. I apparently like to be an odd
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How to Clean White Fish
Before we go any further, let’s get one thing out of the way.
Whitefish are better fresh, nothing will compare to it and frozen is not as good.
https://www.thekitchenmagpie.com/how-to-clean-white-fish/
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Ice Fishing at Lac St Anne
This past weekend – the very last weekend of the ice fishing season- was the only weekend I have been out ice fishing without my children.
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Burbot, Perch & Walleye, Oh My!
Most people think that drilling a hole in the ice only to sit over it with fishing line in the water, watching your little piece of lake bottom anxiously awaiting that first (if any) fish to show up & bite your book is crazy. Add in the fact that most of us drive onto the lake wi
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Ice Fishing With Kids Can Be Like Poking Yourself in the Eye with a Treble Hook.
First of all, I would like to thank my Dad.
Thank you for the countless years of ice fishing as a child.
Thank you for having patience and teaching not just one, but three kids how to ice fish while somehow maintaining your cool and your sanity.
https://www.thekitchenmagpie.com/ice-fishing-with-kids-can-be-like-poking-yourself-in-the-eye-with-a-treble-hook/
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Christina Lake, BC 2012
For the third year in a row, we’ve descended on our friends in Christina Lake, BC, to enjoy their campground and have fun at one of the most beautiful lakes in Canada.
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No Talkin’ Tuesday: September Mushrooms
**Yes, it’s No Talkin’ Day, but to clarify before anyone freaks, we photograph, pick and try to identify the mushrooms, not eat! Not at that stage quite yet.**
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No Talkin’ Tuesdays: Mountain Mushrooms
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The Families That Fish Together….
I thought I would start out this post with a picture of my handsome hunny, Mr Magpie. I liked it. He’s rather cute. I am also rather fond of him most times, he’s fun to be around, happens to be the father of my children and generally not a bad guy at all.
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My Little Fisher Girl
There’s definitely something about watching your dad teach your children to fish, but I am not so sure I can put a name to it. That certain something makes your heart clench in your chest with love for both of them, tears start to burn ever so slightly at the back of your eyes an
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Saskatoon Picking 2011
Ah summer in Edmonton. Festivals galore, the sunshine that won’t stay longer than 10 minutes and a river valley that is a bounty of food to be found. We have been picking the Saskatoons in the River Valley almost as long as we have been living here. I wasn’t sure how long, so I w
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How To Catch Nightcrawlers
Sometimes I don’t even understand myself. I didn’t even know how to start this post. How can a woman who loves to bake,garden and cook, (plus has a love affair with shiny things and expensive leather purses) also be the least girly-girl I know?
https://www.thekitchenmagpie.com/how-to-catch-nightcrawlers/
