Today’s Goods (Monday, February 6)
Pastries:
Raspberry Cream Scone
Downtowner
Ham & Swisscuit
Laugen Croissant
the Almond Cakester
Blackberry Almond Snail
Coconut Bar
Breads:
Kingfield Sourdough – $5
Wright’s Walnut - $6
Lunchbox (Oatmeal) - Half Pan $3.50 Full Pan $7.00
Challah - Half Pan $3.50 Full Pan $7.00
Baguette – $3
Potica, Pasties and Those Little Pies
Aug 10th
We’re spending a few days in the smallest cabin with the best dock on Lake Burntside. This is a place I’ve been going every August for 25 years, first with my family (as in Mom, Dad, Sister) and then with my husband (we got married here, complete with BBQ on the rocks and swimming) and now with our daughter, too (we missed one week when I was in the hospital giving birth to her!). This is a big time for our little family and it’s one of those things that gets us through the winter.
Ely is not really known for bakeries. Every once in awhile there will be a bright spot, but overall there’s not much to report. There was a killer caramel roll in town 25 years ago, then some really good orange rolls about 15 years ago, and then some decent breads about 10 years ago. In between these times I’ve had some horrible concoctions and have pretty much given up, except for a few things.
Potica, from the freezer section at Zups. I’m sure it’s pales in comparison to anything made by the grandmothers of the Range, but it’s a pretty great little snack. Every year I spend time at the Ely library copying Potica recipes and from church cookbooks – but somehow I get home and this very important project gets lost. Maybe 2010 is the year for the Potica tests?
This year is DEFINITELY the year I make pasties. Last year we were on a mission and bought every kind we could find (have I posted about this before?) and they were all fair to middlin. I guess if I were a miner working myself to exhaustion underground they would have been welcome respite, but now in modern times and in the light of day I can safely say there is a better pasty to be made.
My other northland favorite are those little pies in the waxed paper bags. Honestly I probably like the bags better than the pie, but I get one every year and find them absolutely perfect in their little foil tins. I am definitely a sucker for packaging.
So that’s what I’m up to. Plus serious hours reading, swimming, hanging with the family… general summer perfection. I hope you are all having some good summertime too and we’ll be back at the market this Sunday – see you there!
