Between daily sampling at the store and the groceries I bring home, we are working our way through the delicious food in the store. This week we had Brenda's tortiere for one dinner and agreed it was perfectly seasoned. Tonight we had zesty pasta sauce from Ken (the Pickle Guy) and it certainly lived up to its name. Kelda made apple pancakes for Sunday brunch from the recipe in the new milk calender with Soundview apples, and we ate them with Uncle Richard's maple syrup. Mmmmm. Trudy has made good use of those apples too, in a Slovak apple cake just full of them.
Ontario cucumbers sold out on Thursday last week so I tripled the order, and also asked for Ontario sweet potatoes at your request. We've been challenged to keep eggs in stock so we've added another farmer - Jim Porteous. Robin's spicy chutneys are great additions to egg cookery, and Ted likes his with barbecue sauce - we have at least nine from which to choose.
A new producer arrived last week, bringing us dried oyster mushrooms, apples and pears. We have some returning favourites too. Song Sparrow honey butter will be back in the fridge this week. The Williamsford Pie Company is bringing frozen pizzas with toppings like roasted vegetables or spinach and feta. Their popular cranberry ginger oat squares, made with both fresh and dried ginger and local oats are back again too. And for ginger fans, Meredith's Ginger Syrup is amazing as tea, in lattes or cocktails, and as a sweet and spicy addition to a stir fry. And it's good for you too! Meredith will be sampling on and off through the next few weeks.
If you're entertaining, try Axel's labneh or Marketside's sun-dried tomato or whitefish pate on a slice of Kelsey's baguette. And feel free to call us and ask us to set one aside for you to pick up on your way home. We'll do that with anything in the store, or we can deliver. Last week a cstomer really wanted lemon ginger marmalade and her favourite bread and they were both out when she came on Friday. When the marmalade arrived an hour later I set one aside and Ted took it up to Valerie the next morning with a loaf of cranberry oat bread. I love having a store that can make people that happy!
Around the Sound is at 972 1st Avenue West, a block north of the library, and we're open Thursday and Friday 10 until 7 and Saturday 10 until 4 (watch for some extended hours in December!). Call us at 519-370-2333 or email at aroundsoundfood@gmail.com.
See you soon!
Anne
www.aroundthesoundfood.com