One of the most popular products at Around the Sound is fish in every form. In their season we have fresh pickerel, perch, rainbow trout and whitefish. Laketrout marinated in pesto and dill. Smoked whitefish or peppered rainbow trout. Marketside's whitefish pate and Winston's new chowders and soups. You are a very appreciative audience, and very obedient. When I told you the fresh fish came in on Thursday, you came on Thursday - and last week you bought every single piece of fish in the store, fresh, frozen or smoked. Winston prepares our fish in a federally-approved plant just outside Owen Sound and he does a beautiful job. People all over Ontario have discovered him, and his suppliers and delivery people are challenged to keep up with the demand. So we will be patient and appreciative and Winston will continue to do his very best to bring us his best.
Last week we got a new fish product, but please don't eat it! "Fish in a bag" - a glycerine soap with a surprise inside - joins our clean line, along with some scented soaps for adults. Look for Jane Ezby's soaps for children and adults with natural colourings, alongside her beeswax products - tapers, votives, tealights and birthday candles.
Trudy has been working hard in her kitchen all winter. In addition to her baking, she's brought back her popular salsa verde and habanjero pepper jelly, and new products - apple pie filling (try a spoonful baked into an oatmeal muffin) and apple butter.
Kelsey's bread continues to be the most anticipated delivery of the day, and we're adding some new baking too. Laura, from the Williamsford Pie Company, arrived last week with a staple of our downtown store - cranberry ginger oat squares from Rose Murray's "Taste of Canada" cookbook. She also brought frozen pizzas ready to take home and bake, and beginning this week she will be delivering Irish Soda bread and lemon buttermilk tarts each Thursday. If you want to order pies, she'll be happy to bring them any Thursday to Around the Sound.
Vitold, owner of the very popular and dearly missed Idyll Cafe in Markdale, is now baking full-time, and he will be bringing us his famous chocolate chip oatmeal spelt cookies, bagels, soft kamut pitas, hot cross buns and more beginning next week. Look for samples this week!
In the meat department look for smoked pork chops, black forest hams, side, back and peameal bacon and summer sausage from Sean at GrassRoots, and organic whole turkeys from Matthew and Janice Dick. The food from these and other local farms, all members of the National Farmers Union Grey County, will be featured at the three-course Farm Dinner, Wednesday, April 7 at the Grey Granite Club in Owen Sound. Tickets are $20 and available from Around the Sound or GrassRoots or the 100 Mile Market in Meaford.
It's hard not to think of the gardens these days. Be careful of your soil - it's tempting in this lovely weather to dig too soon. But get ready for your planters and boxes with natural soil amendments and compost from Kurt Hick at Waymore Natural Services www.freewebs.com/waymorenatralservices
His products will be available at Around the Sound beginning this week.
The week of Easter Around the Sound will be open Wednesday, Thursday, from 10 until 7 and Saturday 9 to 5 (closed Good Friday) Beginning in April we will be open every Wednesday.
This week, Around the Sound Local Food Market will be open Thursday and Friday 10 until 7 and Saturday 9 to 5. Look for familiar faces at the Around the Sound booth at the free Health Fair at the Bayshore Community Centre this Saturday 10 until 3 (free skating 11-12).
Call ahead to reserve bread or anything else that tickles your tastebuds.
See you soon!
Anne
Around the Sound Local Food Market
685 6th Street East, Owen Sound
519-370-2333
www.aroundthesoundfood.com
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