29 Aug, 2010
Parkdale Market
Posted by andrea tomkins in: Easy ways to make kids happy|Ottawa|Recipes and Food
Hot. Hungry. Tired. (that would be US) vs. Fresh. Colourful. Tasty.
Sarah is happily munching a locally-grown mini-cucumber as I type. I hear crunching, alternating with the tinkling of ice in the bottom of her glass of lemonade.
“THE CUCUMBER IS SO GOOD MUM.”
I know this is true. I myself sliced one in half horizontally, sprinkled it with sea salt, and ate it over the kitchen sink.
Emma used her own allowance to buy a bouquet of colourful carrots. I kid ye not.
Also: LOCAL GARLIC. Dear People. You think you know garlic? You don’t know garlic unless you’ve had it FRESH. The stuff that arrives on that slow boat from China is like comparing fresh pineapple to the stuff in a can. Seriously.