Double Spudding
Just a quick note to say we will be spudding at 2 locations this weekend…The Ottawa Folk Festival Friday, Saturday and Sunday and also at the Carp Garlic Festival at the Carp Farmers’ Market, Saturday and Sunday.
Gotta dash…go setup at Carp.
Cheers Spud’eads!
Up yer kilt!
Come join us fer a wee spud at the Glengarry Highland Games in Maxville, Ontario tomorrow and Saturday. The weather promises to be sunny and lower 20′s…perfect spud weather!
Lots to see and do.
Many pipe bands, dancers, music, food, Scottish vendors, British vendors, kids activities, etc.
Then its back to the Ottawa Farmers’ Market on Sunday (no sleep for this Spud’ead!). Drop by and say hello.
Cheers Spud’eads…
Are you ready Ottawa!!! Its Bluesfest time!
The amazing Ottawa Bluesfest starts this Tuesday at 5.00pm and runs to July 18th… we’re getting excited.
Our menu will be our famous Wonderful Wedges with dips (mayo, garlic and curry), Wonderful Wedges loaded with a side salad, Baked Potato with cheese and sour cream, and a loaded Baked Spud with a side salad. Salads will be our special Caesar or garden salad with organic garden greens.
So Spud Heads, if you’re at the Bluesfest and fancy a healthy, filling and delicious meal, drop by, or just drop by and say hello.
I almost forgot, our new t-shirts are available for sale, you will see our Spud Crew wearing them at the Bluesfest or the Farmers; Market. They are $18 each. Stay tuned as new designs are coming out shortly.
to market, to market
Sunday at the Ottawa Farmers’ Market at Lansdowne Park…sun…happy people…lots of happy vendors…
The wedges rocked, along with our world famous fresh sqeezed lemonade, so much so, that we ran out!
HOT POTATO OF THE WEEK went well…cheese sauce on muchrooms on a buttered spud…….MUSHROOM MELT…
Stay tuned for the next SPUD of the week!
BTW if you have any ideas, we will try them if they sound delicious.
Bye for now.
Festival of Maples and Wedges
This past Saturday, we were baking and selling our baked potatoes and wedges at the Festival of Maples in Perth, Ontario. The Festival of Maples is a yearly celebration of maple syrup. This area is in Lanark County, which is the maple syrup capital of Ontario. Perth is a beautiful historic town about 1 hour away from Ottawa.
There were approx. 140 booths of maple syrup producers, crafters, merchandisers, and food vendors along the Main Street with a music stage, children’s activities and demonstrations.
We had a great day. Perth loves of our wedges and baked potatoes. The people were in high spirits and very friendly.
We love Perth and will be back for the Garlic Festival in August.
Cheers!
RESPECT, PASSION, COMMITTMENT
I sit on the Board of Directors of the Ottawa Farmers’ Market. Its an elected position of which I enjoy and am proud to hold.
We had a meeting last night, which went on far too long, got home just before midnight! We are busy setting up the market for the coming year.
As I sat in the meeting, I looked around the table at the 10 directors and market manager, and realized what a talented, committed and diverse lot we are. There’s a farmer that produces over 850 varieties of fruits and veggies; a farmer with booths at several farmers’ markets and the Byward Market; another farmer who is strictly organic and very passionate about what she produces; another farmer that produces mainly corn (and other crops) for the large supermarkets; a farmer and musician with a small piece of land producing unusual produce; an unusual animal farmer who is also in the food court; a plant grower who is also a university professor; a young enthusiastic farmer trying to establish himself on rented land; a food court vendor who is also in high tech; the market manager a tireless ex-Metcalfe Farmers’ Market vendor; and then there’s me, somewhat in awe of these people for their passion and persistance for the Ottawa Farmers’ Market.
What I’m trying to say is, when you go to the O.F.M. or any market for that matter, remember the countless hours that go into organizing such endeavours. Farming is a high risk business with everything on the line each spring and yet these few spare the time to make this market happen.
I say well done! Hope you all come out to the Ottawa Farmers’ Market this year. Its bigger, better and there are a few surprises in store. We open May 9th to November 21, 2010….8 am to 3 pm.
What an Easter weekend!
Our first event of the year was at the Canada Agricultural Museum
at the Experimental Farm in Ottawa, the nation’s capital. Weather wise it was fabulous, Friday and Saturday upper 20′s, Sunday lower 20′s…perfect for baking and selling baked potatoes and wedges.
It felt like Canada Day!
The crowds were there, people were happy, children running around hunting for Easter eggs, spuds and lemonade flowed. Anticipating large crowds, we decided to use our distinctive Victorian Oven to help with the baking.
Next stop the Maplefest in Perth Ontario, celebrating everything Maple Syrup! Hope to see you there…drop by and say hello.
3, 2, 1…you are live, online!
F I N A L L Y ! you are probably thinking? This is our little spot on the World Wide Web…our little potato patch on the mega farm of connectivity…
We chose blogging, because we thought we could keep you informed of our many SPUD adventures throughout the year. We will try to update this blog at least weekly, or whenever time permits and whenever we are motivated to do so.
Its January and we are itching to get started baking our delicious SPUDS for you this year. At the moment we are scheduling our events, festivals, farmers’ markets, etc. for the coming year and I can tell you we will be busy…but we love it! Our first scheduled outing isn’t until Easter at the Canada Agricultural Museum at the Experimental Farm in Ottawa.
We had tried to get a spot during Winterlude (Ottawa’s winter festival), but have been turned down AGAIN! We thought it would be a no-brainer eating hot delicious SPUDS on the canal or at the ice structures at Confederation Park…imagine it, sunny day, skating on the canal, feeling hungry and a bit cold, grabbing a hot baked potato, lots of butter, cheese, or whatever, warming up your tummy, leaving you with a satisfied glow! But it wasn’t to be.
If you want us at Winterlude, contact the NCC!!!
Hello spud world!
out and about, baking at festivals, highland games and fairs
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, COME AND TRY “THE HOT POTATO”
out and about, baking at festivals, highland games and fairs
Baking out and about the Ottawa Valley, are our delicious range of oven fresh BAKED POTATOES and WONDERFUL POTATO WEDGES (hand cut and baked not fried), along with individually prepared FLATBREAD PIZZA, all topped with various farm fresh options, and all cooked in our unique Victorian styled baking oven!
We also serve freshly squeezed Lemonade, local apple cider and fair traded coffee and tea.
We are a true family business, with our daughters Jasmine (18) (to earn money for university) and Amy (15), and son Owen (7) eager to serve you.
