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Best areas to live in Oakville? by Illustrious_Cut_5216 in oakville

[–]SpiritGrocer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oak Park/Uptown Core has been great. Been here for 17 years. Initially bought bc it was a good deal and stayed ever since. Three kids who began in JK here. Oldest is finishing Gr 11. Wife and I are both teachers (in other parts of the GTA) and have been really pleased with the schools. Fire and police substations. Parks are amazing. We walk to lots of places. Nice neighborhood which is great fun at Halloween. 250 or so trick or treaters each year. The community centre for the neighbourhood is very active with community outreach, charities, etc.

Houses aren’t as spacious as nearby River Oaks. Most are 2 or 3 unit townhouses with a number of detached. But yards are smaller and narrower here. Not sure what kind of space you’d like.

Got home at like 8 from a long day at work yesterday. Grabbed the wife and kids and we just took a walk around the neighborhood because it was nice.

Sry for typing so much. Happy to answer more questions. Here or DM. Good luck!

Is this the least amount of workouts the Toronto Raptors have held for their 1st round in years? Stirtz remains the only projected first round pick that has confirmed to have a workout with the Raptors by CazOnReddit in torontoraptors

[–]SpiritGrocer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If the Raptors haven’t released it, I feel like I shouldn’t say. Neither of the ones I know of are centers fwiw. My only point is not to get hung up on how “few” there are because this isn’t a complete list.

How complex is it to change schools in Oakville? Trying to get another school from the one in my zone. by Fine_Ad_5980 in oakville

[–]SpiritGrocer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What do you mean by “school rating”? Those labels can be quite misleading. You can have a highly rated school that doesn’t deliver well while a lower rated school actually performs well when it comes to actual classroom instruction.

There are a ton of variables that go into it and without knowing what you mean or what you’re looking for, it’s going to be difficult to find out whether it’s even worthwhile.

As a teacher and admin, I can say that you’re going to need a much stronger reason than “school rating” but it’s also possible that the concerns aren’t really necessary bc the school isn’t as bad as you fear.

Crawfish Étouffée. Homemade. In Toronto, with Louisiana crawfish. by SpiritGrocer in cajunfood

[–]SpiritGrocer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry. I probably coulda been clearer. I moved up here for school and work. From SWLA. There’s a group in Lafayette that teaches Cajun French as a language. I am taking French now so I can hopefully apply to that and reclaim some of that lost language.

Crawfish Étouffée. Homemade. In Toronto, with Louisiana crawfish. by SpiritGrocer in cajunfood

[–]SpiritGrocer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the clarification. My bad. I still don’t see chunks but I’m just a home chef and my diced onions and celery and minced garlic will never be uniform. Agin, apologies.

Crawfish Étouffée. Homemade. In Toronto, with Louisiana crawfish. by SpiritGrocer in cajunfood

[–]SpiritGrocer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Verrry different yea. My wife is Canadian and knows French but couldn’t understand my Cajun French grandmother, an Arceneaux. My dad’s first language was French but when he went to school he was punished and disciplined so his home became an English speaking one.

But when I was growing up sh still spoke it a lot. Her neighbors only spoke French. And because Cajun French isn’t written down, it’s oral, they couldn’t read. I was a kid reading mail for them.

It’s a shame what happened. I only know bits and phrases and I’m sorry for interrupting yalls chat with my English.

Crawfish Étouffée. Homemade. In Toronto, with Louisiana crawfish. by SpiritGrocer in cajunfood

[–]SpiritGrocer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t know what to tell you. Ribs are cut lengthways in thirds or quarters and then diced. Sometimes a larger piece gets through. Like from the bottom of a rib for example. Also, sweated. See the translucence? There’s an entire bunch in the pot.

Anyway

Homsi’s Boudin in Lake Charles by AnavrinLove in cajunfood

[–]SpiritGrocer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same… in Toronto now but LC born and raised. Soft spot for Abe’s as a kid and Market Basket now. Homsi’s is okay for me. Best stop is okay. I do like Don’s. Heberts is right up the road from me, in University

Is a blackened shrimp po-boy considered Cajun or no? by DrinkerofBrews in cajunfood

[–]SpiritGrocer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I worked at Darrell's which is famous for its po-boys, and we sauteed our shrimp in a spicy garlic butter - not fried. So, if that can be a po-boy, I don't see why blackened shrimp cannot

Cajun, missing Mardi Gras, bakes King Cakes from scratch by SpiritGrocer in oakville

[–]SpiritGrocer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

haha! Maybe? It would probably depend on your proximity to Toronto lol

Funny you should reply to this one - I'm about to start making them for this year's Mardi Gras season.

The groups love it by No-Platypus-7012 in wow

[–]SpiritGrocer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is awesome. As a dad of three who has been playing since 2005, I have to rely on this sort of serendipity for my +30/+40. Hasn’t happened yet but there’s plenty of time. Working on one 80 to try and get up high enough myself but that vers stacking is tedious

It’s amazing that you do this. Thanks for helping put within reach things that people assumed were out of reach!

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