Faye and Maciek's Adventures in the frosty Canadian North
It turns out that samosas aren’t too challenging to make, and contain mostly ingredients that are obtainable up North (and a few extra spices that we brought up with us).
There are some exciting new foods in the store with the winter road being open, such as purple cabbage, rutabaga and chow mein noodles.
We’re both getting better at this whole cooking thing.
We’re planting a small indoor herb garden. We brought a grow light up with us, Maciek picked up some soil in Yellowknife, and my dad mailed us some seeds. Our first attempt includes parsley, dill, chives, rosemary, thyme and sage. We’ll let you know how it goes.
Every few days, I look at the kitchen clocks and realize that I’m running late for whatever I’m doing next. Then I remember that it’s the clocks themselves that are wrong – our kitchen clocks gain about a minute a day, and need to be reset on a weekly basis.
It turns out that this has to do with our power generation. Electric clocks keep time based on the rate of the electrical current that powers them. If the current fluctuates then clocks will run a little fast or slow, which is a common problem with generators. On the grid, power companies keep the frequency of the current as precise as possible.
Power in Tulita is generated using diesel. The Tulita plant is equipped with three diesel engines with a total installed capacity of 1.1 MW. Here’s a video from the power company about how they generate and deliver power in the NWT: