Subj : Yellowknife
To   : DAVE DRUM
From : JIM WELLER
Date : Wed Sep 07 2022 22:46:00

-=> Quoting Dave Drum to Jim Weller <=-

 JW> Gold and diamonds get all the publicity but government is actually
 JW> the largest employer.

 DD> Likely located there because of an already substantial
 DD> (comparatively) population and infrastructure caused by the
 DD> natural resources exploitation. DD> Made sense to locate those
 DD> things there.

Actually I'm not sure why Yellowknife was selected in 1967. It
didn't even exist until 1936 or have a road connecting it to the
south until 1960.

Hay River on the other side of Great Slave Lake was bigger at the
time, older (the Hudson Bay Company set up there in 1868) and much
more established. The outlying area has a handful of local farms.
Its road to Alberta was built back in 1948 and it is the northern
terminus of the Mackenzie Northern Railway and the starting point
for the Mackenzie River barging operations which goes up to the
Arctic ocean and then west to Barrow, Alaska and east to Goa Haven
and Taloyoak, Nunavut. It is the centre of a major northern
transportation corridor.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Bordelaise Sauce
 Categories: French, Sauces, Onion, Beef, Wine
      Yield: 3 cups
 
      2 tb Butter, unsalted
      8 md Shallots, roughly chopped
      1 cl Garlic, roughly chopped
      1    Bouquet garni
    750 ml Wine, red, dry
      3 oz Marrow, veal OR beef
      2 tb Flour, all-purpose
      3 c  Veal Stock
 
  Heat butter in medium saucepan. Add the shallots and garlic and
  cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Add bouquet garni and wine;
  bring to a boil.

  Meanwhile, in mixing bowl, mash together marrow and flour with
  fork until nearly smooth.  Whisk into wine mixture and boil gently,
  whisking occasionally, until reduced by half.
  
  Add Veal Stock and simmer gently until thickened enough to coat a
  spoon lightly.
  
  Chef: Jean-Jacques Rachou, La Cote Basque Restaurant, New York
  Source:  New York's Master Chefs by Richard Sax
 
MMMMM
 


Cheers

Jim


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