Nasty Peach Goo

I bought a basket of peaches because they were in season and looked so perfectly round (and they were on sale).

As I took one out, I noticed a strange, clear, gooey substance seeping out of it. I tried to wash it off, but it just danced around under the running water like rubber, still clinging to the peach.

After being slightly grossed out, I decided that maybe the rest of the fruit was still okay and cut around the offending substance. Then I found another pocket of that goo inside the peach. I cut around that too, and ate the rest of the peach which was sweet and slightly crunchy, by the way. Then I Googled. If it happens to be larva, I'm moderately confident that my stomach acids will take care of it.

Ontario freestone peaches for the win!

Apple and Cheese

I was pretty young when I found out that I quite liked the taste of apple and cheese together. Of course, back then, it was processed Kraft slices. These days, I'm working with cheese that comes in brick form.

In a sandwich. With spinach.

Lemon Honey Ginger Tea

Lemon Honey Ginger Tea

As the season changed (and as I started to take public transportation on a daily basis), I managed to get a sore throat. The sore throat became a cold. Then it was time to attempt to cure myself with tea. 

Yes, I just throw the pieces of ginger in there too.

Here's what I do to make it my way:
1) Peel and slice/chop up some ginger and put in boiling water.
2) Cut up lemon slices and squeeze into a cup. Throw some unsqueezed slices in there too.
3) Let the ginger water boil for at least ten minutes.
4) Pour ginger water into the cup with lemon juice.
5) Add honey.

I used up four lemons in about three days.

It's supposedly good for me, and my throat can sometimes feel the burn. I just take that as a sign that it's working. Oh, and I actually like the taste, but I'm one of those weirdos who can eat cooked pieces of ginger.

Random SF Food

Breakfast chicken made by Casey

Mmm, the golden brown skin is delicious.

Boneless chicken wings.

Casey really outdid himself with this one. Sweet boneless chicken wings for our mini road trip. It's great when we pull things like this out of a cooler from the trunk and just start eating it in parking lots.

During a car ride in a traffic jam, we got hungry. Remember that there were packed sandwiches in the trunk, it took me a lot of work to use the club to reach in from the backseat and get them out.

Healthy avocado, orange, spinach sandwich by Casey.

More eating out of the trunk. This time it's peach pie (courtesy of Casey) in the Korbel (more on that later) parking lot. 

The peach pie tasted like apple pie, but it still tasted okay. The best part was when the security guard drove by us and gave us funny looks. He probably thought we were drinking alcohol out of the trunk.

Apple orange spinach sandwich by Casey.

Healthy!

Perfectly arranged apple slices!

Healthy!

French toast breakfast by Casey

This was quite delicious. I liked the texture of the soft bread with the crispy edges.

Alaska spruce tip syrup

It tasted like... if I licked the needles on a pine tree. It was interesting, but I think I still prefer maple syrup.

My chopped up seaweed.

Seaweed and avocado

Sunny side up eggs

The complete meal: rice, seaweed, avocado, and a fried egg.

Simple idea from Casey, but relatively healthy. 

Cream of mushroom pasta by Casey.

Oatmeal breakfast.

... Casey eats a lot of oatmeal.

Trader Joe's!

I picked out these sausages to be barbecued.

Barbecued meat, rice, and vegetables.

So the chicken I cooked were slightly on the raw side at first, but it was my first time!

The sausages from Trader Joe's were pretty good. I liked the spices that were in them. 

Great coaster at Casey's place

Bones from wing tips.

We leave nothing behind.

Major thanks to Casey for so much cooking and healthy food on the trip. There was a lot of thought put into it, and I really appreciated it!

Marché Jean-Talon

The Sights of Marché Jean-Talon (7070 avenue Henri-Julien, Montréal)

514-937-7754

info@marchespublic-mtl.com

Hours:

Mon - Wed, Sat: 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Thurs, Fri: 7 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Sun: 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.

This giant market is just a short walk away from station Jean-Talon, and it's very exciting. It has all sorts of fresh produce, baked goods, meat shops, speciality food stores, and some food stalls. In short, it's a great destination for a lover of food... or someone who needs to buy produce in basketfuls.

There are peppers hung like Chinese firecrackers! Beside a plush ape!
You can even find cheap lawyers! Three for a dollar is the best deal ever for a big offender.
If the outdoors is not your thing, there's a pretty large area that's covered by a roof. And yes, there are washrooms.

It can get pretty crowded.
Look at all those pies.

All the bright colours of the produce are absolutely marvellous!
I found Tintin!
Sheila kept pointing out the "giant green onions" sold everywhere. I thought they looked more like leeks, and after searching up the translation for "poireaux", it turns out that they are leeks.
The red peppers really do look like Chinese firecrackers from far away.

There were also various types of cauliflower: orange, purple, mutated!
Props to Sheila for taking these pictures even though the fractal patterned broccoli gave her goosebumps. I kept referring to them as freaky broccoli, but they're called Romanesco broccoli or broccoflower. I wanted to buy one just to walk around with.

We noticed something interesting at La fromagerie Hamel.

This contraption heated two giant semicircles of cheese.
The cheese was then scraped onto a slice of bread.
I want one of those for my house.
Then, it was served to us as a free sample. Yay!
Hot, melty cheese on bread is delicious. So is salty, cured meat.

We were pretty lucky not to have to wait in line. Actually, the line started forming after we got there so our timing must be impeccable.

There are plates of cut-up fruit so people can try before they buy. That is how everything should be.
Also, I love the description of "Super bonne".

Notice the roasting of whole birds in the lower oven.

Of course I didn't just look at all the food. More of Jean-Talon market in the next post! :D