4 - Friday, January 14, 1994 ~ North Shore News Aberdeen rowies: another shaggy dog story Trevor Lautens GARDEN OF BIASES The Auld Scottish Larder, in the 4000-block Hastings Street in Burnaby, needs lit- tle publicity. Its haggis — and let us not for- get that this is the month ta tootle the bagpipes and don the tartan to salute Robbie Burns -— is justly famous, rivalling that of Peter Black, the Park Royal butcher. But the Larder’s tasty producis _ received an unusual endorsement - fast weekend. Follow this story, and it will repay your patience. Coincidentally, it invalves Cole, the black Labrador dog that boldly stole the attention in Mike Wakefield's superb. front-page ‘color photo last Friday. The picture showed my humble self peering into a garbage can. But nobody noticed me. "Cole hogged the limelight, with a Jake & Elwoods is finally ‘fH open. As all good things ‘take time, the staff and owners would like to welcome everyone to Jake & Elwoods. (Open ‘till 1:00 am) his stunning white teeth, sparkling cyes and handsome nose. As afl actors know -— and Pina bitof a peseur myself — never get jute a picture willha dog aria child. They will soitch the spotlight from you every ume. Anyway, Cole and the Auld Scottish Lanter now have an indeli- ble bund. You could say that the Larder is forever part of Cole. Cale — and J want to emphasize that he’s my wife's dog, not mine — frequently accompanies me on my rounds. These take me to exotic places. By exotic, | inean somewhere beyond Greater Tiddlycove. | avoid travel. Last Saturday | took Cole, in our filthy van, to the 4000-block Hastings, one of the tastiest frontages in the Vancouver area. That block includes Valley Bakery, whose products alone make the trip worthwhile, an excellent fish store, and the Larder, among other good shops. On this occasion | purchased — it takes a lot of nerve to inflict one’s grocery list on readers and get paid for it — three fine loaves, three dozen cookies, a heavenly apple strudel and six mince tarts from Valley. And from the Larder 1 obtained a family-sized steak and kidney pie. a couple of pounds of beef sausage. and half a dozen Aberdeen rowies. Aberdeen rowies? Yes. For the uninitiated, Aberdeen rowies are a kind of but- tery roll, halfway between a scone and heaven. 1 bought these from Elaine Schick herself. The Schicks own the Larder, and CATCH THE SPORTS | GN 20 T.V.'S Plus a Huge Screen T.V. HOURS: Monday - Saturday 11:00am to 1: 00am, Sunday 12 to 12 1080 PARK ROYAL SOUTH (Between Park Royal Cinemas & Park Royal Bowling Cte) they lve in North Vincouver, You dontthiak fa be telling this story if there wasn'ta North Shore angle, do you? Incidentally, laine Schick's forebears were from Norway, which ts almost its cold as Scathind. Butlet’s not talk about the weather, though people do insist on doing so. Back to this shaggy-doy story. 1 put all the above-listed goods on the floor in front of the passen- ger seat. and thought dite more about them, my mind being preoc- cupied most of the lime with poctry and the Higher Learning. Thad another stop to make — at Commercial and Second, another gustatory diadem if you love great cheese and tuscious bread and rolls. But that’s another story. Reader, J suspect that you have already guessed what I discovered on returning to my van and my wife's black dog. Ecan't fool you. at least not for long. Yes, Cole — star of the North Shore News’ page one —— bad lost all self-control. He was into the groceries like a dipsomaniac into a wine cellar. I caught him in the very act. He had carefully removed from their plastic bags a number of the items | had purchased with money painful- ly acquired from the wretched act of writing. And he had removed them to the rear of the van He wus engaged in enjoying an early, rich, and costly supper at the very moment lL, who had trusted the ingrate so unreservedly, approached the van. [ will not describe how [ expressed my disappointment with Cole. The SPCA may be reading this colunin, Hutihat. as the kite Jack Wassermiin would say, isn’t the Wem. The item is that Cole had merely sampled the end of the beef sausage package. Same with the apple strudel -- he’d taker a taste, possibly rolled it around in his mouth and stared heavenward like a wine connois- seur sampling an “82 Chateau de Presumptionne, and gone on, He'd delicately removed part of the crust of the steak and kidney pie too, But what had he totally demol- ished — so completely that only an hour after [had returned home did | notice their absence from the comu- copia of goodies? The Aberdeen rowies! Faced with an array of bliss- making food, including meat of the finest quality. my wife's dog had fastidiausty chosen, firstand fore. most, to tngest six Aberdeen FOWIES, My wile’s parentage is Scottish, Lim proposing that we rename her dog MeCole. On a fess serious matter. nothing being more serious than my food: The refusal of the West Vancouver Schoo! Board to release the names of the alleged recipients of the infimous hockey tickets in the fuce of contradictory evidence, is disgraceful. The refusal of the new head of the board. Jean Ferguson, to do so is disgraceful. If the bourd’s new members don't force the board to make the / names public, they'll be co-opted in the disgrace. And this column won't stop say ing so. YOU'VE BEEN WAITING ge WAREHOUSE ONE WEEK» ONLY OFF JAN.16 TO JAN.23 | ELE ROYAL NORTH MALL » 922- 0213 or 922- 6818 . SERVING FABULOUS LUNCHES & DINNERS