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| So many berries!! |
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| Mom picks out a cabbage. |
Whenever I travel, one of my main objectives is to visit as many food outlets as I can find! The
St. Jacobs Farmers Market in Ontario is the ultimate jackpot! There is so much food there and it looks so good that you just want to buy everything! I went this morning with my mom and was pleased to see a ton of local Ontario produce. Lots of cherries, berries and peaches to choose from and a big selection of fresh vegetables as well. We picked up peaches of course, some carrots, potatoes and cabbage and also fresh corn for dinner. We stopped at the
Hilltop Acres Poultry Products and picked up some garlic turkey sausage to go with the corn as well.
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| Corn and sausage on the plate! |
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| Corn and sausage on the barbie. |
The corn and sausage went on the BBQ later in the day. I slow roasted the corn, brushing it with sage butter near the end and grilled the sausage, basting it with pomegranate molasses when it browned. A bit of fresh greens went with the corn and the salad and I washed that all down with a cold Organic Lager (or two!) from
Mill St. Brewery. Great meal.
What would summer be without that big family BBQ in the back yard? Whenever I come home during the summer it has to happen and this year was no exception. It was quite special this year because my nephew Chris was taking care of the meat. He and a friend had built a new BBQ and were perfecting their BBQ skills so Chris picked up the meat he wanted to prepare and I set it up for the grill. We smothered the prime rib with garlic butter and herbs, then put the fat cap back on and tied it up. Three pork roasts were seasoned differently, one with Chinese 5 spice, one rubbed with my Northern Smoke spice rub and believe it or not, I can't remember what we seasoned the last one with. We basted the 5 spice rubbed roast with pomegranate molasses during the last half hour or so and that was the best. Grilled garlic chicken sausage from Hilltop Farms and garlic butter soaked grilled corn rounded out the meal. It was one of those meals that seems to taste better when all the family was around to enjoy it. Way to go Chris! We did a pretty spectacular job!
