Harvest Season in Montreal
The harvest has already begun in Montreal!
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Over Labor Day weekend, Boyfriend and I scooted up to Canada for a few days. We spent a good chunk of our time at Jean-Talon Market, which is Montreal's largest farmer's market, and Atwater Market, located just a few steps north of the Canal de Lachine.
These pictures are all from Jean-Talon (except the last very one).
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One of the first signs that the harvest is beginning in North America: apples!
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I was surprised to find baskets and baskets of peppers drying in the sun in a place as far north as Montreal. These were all out in the dry, cool, open air. My assumption was hot weather would be necessary, but I guess not.
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Boyfriend had never seen purple peppers before and wanted a photo of them. Gorgeous colors!
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Before this trip, if someone had told me that Canada had fruit that I had never seen before, I would have shook my head and said, "No way!" And yet, behold: ground cherries. They have a tomatillo-like wrapper that protects a little yellowish-orange fruit, which tastes like a mild or slightly sour cherry with a tight skin that pops like the grape tomato. Ground cherries, or cerise de terre, are popular in pies and jams, apparently. I tasted one or two raw. Not bad!
Cutting to the Chase
Bring up Montreal, and the one thing everyone really wants to talk about, food-wise, is poutine.
I've had poutine before, but seeing as it was Boyfriend's first time not just in Montreal, but in the country of Canada itself, yes, we did eat share a dish of poutine. VoilĂ .
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Over Labor Day weekend, Boyfriend and I scooted up to Canada for a few days. We spent a good chunk of our time at Jean-Talon Market, which is Montreal's largest farmer's market, and Atwater Market, located just a few steps north of the Canal de Lachine.
These pictures are all from Jean-Talon (except the last very one).
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKlxY3QEB7heZuW1paPQLrhbPoFaYR_HIuE1r9OwTtbkE_goso-qHLVx_zxd1Tp50i3Kjp0EB4bYnXbJefKxXCrR9RRtyoO7O5V4q27P3FIalkA179agu7ZRItZcgqzWSI_zw47L8_kNCo/s400/1009_montreal_apples.jpg)
One of the first signs that the harvest is beginning in North America: apples!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhslIfQa3KBfecd_B5n4ZoRTfNMFQn1YpFly1wneXlzxLFACRoXP3f-IHI_d1I4yZuhJ3FpABRsLqayONzRQn9ndyC98SQ1JKq7sBl6yuxpzpOTvOZW-0v6UZ2i-9fYJ0V6knUEKKE66Iou/s400/1009_montreal_peppers.jpg)
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I was surprised to find baskets and baskets of peppers drying in the sun in a place as far north as Montreal. These were all out in the dry, cool, open air. My assumption was hot weather would be necessary, but I guess not.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq5ZxRefWHm86obEXZJSTvK4HFYpXgQtACiKwM-Xgy84CSXNzwJct4oZ__sgKKCWnBPr__lrlFgqpjWmRxRrZjiJLLktLechVOWxk6PzlTLFGxfgel8IAXqD8h1O1XlS8EH0WlezFtlv3N/s400/1009_montreal_purplepeppers.jpg)
Boyfriend had never seen purple peppers before and wanted a photo of them. Gorgeous colors!
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Before this trip, if someone had told me that Canada had fruit that I had never seen before, I would have shook my head and said, "No way!" And yet, behold: ground cherries. They have a tomatillo-like wrapper that protects a little yellowish-orange fruit, which tastes like a mild or slightly sour cherry with a tight skin that pops like the grape tomato. Ground cherries, or cerise de terre, are popular in pies and jams, apparently. I tasted one or two raw. Not bad!
Cutting to the Chase
Bring up Montreal, and the one thing everyone really wants to talk about, food-wise, is poutine.
I've had poutine before, but seeing as it was Boyfriend's first time not just in Montreal, but in the country of Canada itself, yes, we did eat share a dish of poutine. VoilĂ .
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