I had a lovely foodie weekend, but then I caught an awful cold, and now everything just tastes like pasty-mouth.
We headed to the market looking for cheap lobster, because it’s lobster season and it should be cheap, but it was Saturday at the yuppie-oriented market, so the lobster was overpriced. It should be down to the $11 – $12 range by now, but it was still $14.99 per pound. We bought mussels and clams instead, and brought them home and cooked them up in beer. Served up with fries and a loaf of saffron bread from the market, it was just about perfect.
It was a real “down home” shopping experience actually. I had gone in search of asparagus to hold me over until the fiddleheads were ripe, but some enterprising Ontario farmer has started growing his own, so I’ve got fiddleheads for dinner tonight to go with some maple-glazed trout. We also bought a blueberry strudle made with Nova Scotia blueberries. If you’re sitting there asking “what’s the difference?”, then it’s obvious that you’ve never had Nova Scotia blueberries. Best in the world and the flavour is completely different from berries you’ll find anywhere else.
The market visit also netted us bagels, hot out of the oven, a batch of purple kale, and a selection of cheese including Scrumpy Jack apple cider cheddar, and a walnut cheese called St. Julien from France. It looks like Mimolette season is over for now, there wasn’t even any young stuff available.
What else? I made a dairy-free coconut and pineapple cream pie, chocolate almond and cranberry bread pudding, and then I started sniffling and required the Thai lemongrass and mushroom soup from the local Thai place. Photos forthcoming at some point, once I’m feeling better.
