Christine and Darrin's wedding July 15, 2017

Kingston Penitentiary tour

Visited the Kingston pen yesterday. It was quite the tour. The tour was almost two hours and very well done. They had a student who memorized everything about the different areas. Then as we went through the pen, there were a series of former employees in each area who spoke about a particular aspect of the pen. It was $35 each and I think well worth it. 

There was a major riot in 1971 that lasted four days. The inmates rounded up the segregated prisoners (sex offenders etc.), tied them to chairs, put sheets over them and proceeded to beat them with metal rods. Two were killed.

They don't tell you where the famous convicts were housed in the pen. This is out of respect for the families of the victims.

Former guard.

Homemade devices to use to boil water in cells etc.

The dome where the riot was occurring. The armoured like structure pictured here was built after the 1971 riot. It contained an arsenal of weapons the guards cold use if necessary.

Cell reconstructed as it was left after the last inmates left.

Cell for handicap person, bigger than the other cells.

Segregation cells.

Painting on the wall of one of the segregation cells.

All the shops were in this area. Very cool architecture. The prison was built by prisoners over an almost 200 year period.

Postal worker carry bags made here.

Shop. Notice the amazing ceiling constructed from bricks.

Happy Birthday Mommy!

Happy Birthday Fred

Funky Monkey bread

Johanna originally gave me this recipe called Funky Monkey Baked oatmeal. It's supposed to be a breakfast meal. The original recipe said to serve it by scooping the oatmeal into a bowl and adding milk. Which sounds gross to me since I don't like mushy cereal, porridge etc. If you like mushy oatmeal or porridge then by all means fill your boots and eat it like that.

Below is my own version of it and I just call it Funky Monkey bread. I've included calorie, fibre and protein counts.

Cream bananas and (drained and rinsed) canned beans with peanut butter, using an immersion blender. Add the remainder of the ingredients and stir. Pour into a greased 9 X 13 inch greased pan. Bake at 350 until a tooth pick comes out clean, about 35-40 minutes. Cool and cut into 10 squares.

You could also add nuts, raisins or whatever you like to this. Obviously any changes you make would affect the nutritional counts.

This recipe is gluten-free.