Welcome to Flavour Country!

It was a wee bit chilly last night, but never too cold for some charcoal grilling!  Kurt Wentzell (of Wooly Mountain Farm fame) has started selling pork 'grilling chops' at the Lunenburg Farmers' Market.  As you may have noticed, they are niiice and thick.  Why anyone would grill anything under 1" thick is beyond me.


Grilling pro-tips (courtesy of America's Test Kitchen):  
~30 minutes before the meat hits the fire, immerse chops in brine consisting of 2 tbsp. salt dissolved in 4 cups water.  
Rinse chops and thoroughly pat dry, apply a little olive oil, season with salt and pepper.  
Grill over direct heat, ~4 minutes per side.  
Remove from direct heat, check internal meat temp.  
When chops have reached ~135 F, they are ready to pull. 
Let meat rest for ~ 5 minutes, internal temp. should rise to ~140F by the time it's ready to eat.  
To keep chops warm, loosely tent with foil while resting.


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The early bird gets the worm AND...

...market setup pics!

Caught some nice light this morning, tried bumping up the colour saturation in some of the pics, hope you like 'em!:








nice zucchini blossoms and neat pointy cabbage!


mmmmm....orange.


gourmet tomaters, courtesy of pleasant river farm, just down the road from me!


can't get enough of these multi coloured carrots


wanda and barbara, laughin' it up ^_^


these beets sort of looked like elephant trunks to me




svenja's gorgeous bouquets, ah bliss!

Shiny, happy people....

....spotted at the Lunenburg Farmers' Market this morning:

Wish I had half the style...

of this....10 year old? He's way too cool for the market...

Newcomer to the Lunenburg Market, Gluten Free Goodies can be seen in the background. Be sure to sample their delicious products!

More Market Mugs

Thanks for the title suggestion, Ambo!

Next week is the last Lunenburg Famers' Market for the season, so enjoy it while it lasts!


He is friendly, don't let the photo scare you away. Mmm, I can still taste the salt from the delicious pretzel I bought from him!

I finally captured Svenja laughing! ^_^

Lineups are shorter this time of year...

The Sovereign grapes from this booth are___amazing! It's sad to see the fresh veggies from the valley coming to an end...

Mmore...mmarket...dang, what's a word for pics that starts with 'M'?

Let me know when you're getting sick of the weekly market pics:




Peppers and flowers courtesy of Maple Grove Farms, located just outside of New Germany in Farmington, NS


I love all of the signs they write up for the fruit, thanks for the hot tips! ^_^

These mixed baskets of fruit really remind me of baskets of Niagra fruit at the Peterborough farmers' market.

Dang, I have really been enjoying the peaches!

Only the best apple variety eVar!

Mmmmmmarket shots!

I kept telling myself to just shoot people this morning, no still life shots! Hope you like 'em:


Deborah, from Laughing Whale coffee, serving up Lunenburg's finest brew!


Didier Julien graces us with his prescence, along with his mother in law (I should know her name, I've only been shopping from her at the market for 4 YEARS!)


Kurt Wentzell deep in discussion






Yes, those are definately flowers...

A break from the burnouts...it's market time!

I'm a huge fan of the Lunenburg Farmers' market, if you haven't checked it out, you are missing out!

If you aren't hungry now, you might be after viewing these shots, enjoy!