Recipe: Grilled Cheesy Sloppy Joes

As hard as it might be to believe, there are folks who despise leftovers. The recipes in the March 2023 issue of Downhome, though, take leftovers to a new level.  Everyone will be saving their “couldens” (as in “couldn’t eat it all”) for another day. Here’s one to try. Grilled Cheesy Sloppy Joes 2 cups…

A Mystifying Apparition at Sea

By Kim Ploughman The folklore around the French Shore is a colourful one, but one story is especially riveting. It involves a skipper, his worried wife, a sea trunk, a mystifying visitation and a riveting wake. In his 1986 book, Sea Stories from Newfoundland, Michael Harrington shares this strange story, which is still talked about today…

Buddy Wasisname and the Order of Canada

By Janice Stuckless, Editor-in-chief It’s not every day that you find yourself in the front row of history. But that’s where I was, and it was amazing. I believe I was in Grade 7 of J.M. Olds Collegiate in Twillingate. The whole school had assembled in the gym for a concert. Our class being the youngest,…

New Music from Fortunate Ones

New music talk with Wendy Rose Long-time folk/pop music fans, especially those on the west coast of Newfoundland, may be fortunate enough to remember Andrew James O’Brien and Catherine Allan from a previous band, Andrew James O’Brien and The Searchers. As Fortunate Ones, Andrew and Catherine released their debut album, The Bliss, in 2015, followed…