I made this Christmas morning and served it with “butteries” (recipe coming soon).

3 cups frozen hash brown potatoes
1 cups diced cooked ham
1 cups cheddar cheese, grated
2 sliced green onions

5 large eggs, beaten
1 12-oz can evaporated milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Grease a 9×9 baking dish. Arrange potatoes evenly in the bottom of the dish. Layer the ham, cheese, and green onion over the potatoes.

In a large mixing bowl, combine eggs, milk, salt and pepper. Pour egg mixture over potato mixture in dish.

At this point, you can cover and refrigerate until ready to bake (several hours or overnight). When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350°F. Bake, uncovered, for 45-55 minutes or until centre appears set. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving. If baking after casserole has been chilled, you will need to increase baking time to 55 to 60 minutes.

Makes 6 servings

What’s your favourite black article of clothing?
I’m not on good terms with most of my clothes right now. I suppose my current favourite are my sweatpants. Ugh.

What’s the best black food?
Years ago I had a subscription to Martha Stewart magazine. The Halloween issue is always especially awesome. That year I tried a cheese ball recipe. The cheese ball is made with strong orange cheddar, and then for visual effect it’s coated in black poppy seeds. It’s delicious and it looks cool. I’ll have to post the recipe here soon.

How did you pass the time during your most recent extended blackout (power outage)?
Read a book.

When did you last play blackjack?
I can’t remember the last time I played, but I did watch several people gamble their money away at the blackjack table in Vegas a few years ago.

What are some songs in your playlist whose titles contain the word black?
I’m not big into music, but I’ve recently discovered a genre that makes me smile; it’s called electro swing. There’s an album called “White Mink: Black Cotton” that’s a nice collection from various artists. Here’s a taste:

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What’s something that’s better on the rocks?
Breakfast?

Whose behavior has been beyond belief?
When you are the parent of a teenage girl the limits of your belief system are challenged weekly.

In what way do you color outside the lines?
Sometimes I put plastic stuff on the bottom shelf of the dishwasher.

When were you recently relieved to be in the clear?
Everytime I’m driving and I come within sight of a law enforcement vehicle I experience a brief moment where I wonder if they’re going to flip on their lights and pull me over, followed by a wave of relief when they don’t. I don’t know if that’s just incredibly vain on my part, or just stragely paranoid.

What seems to have disappeared without a trace?
I had started a very ambitious quilt project before I moved to Saint John; a queen-size cathedral windows quilt. I had several hundred white muslin squares cut, and about twenty of them sewn and pressed as part of the first step of construction. I also had a lot of swatches of colored fabrics purchased. I’m guessing I spent over a hundred dollars in materials and put about sixty hours of work into it. It was all packed tightly in a very small cardboard box clearly labeled “Cathedral Windows Quilt”. I can’t find it ANYWHERE. I’m out of my mind over it.

Jean-Lucs First Birthday

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