One of the high points of my vacation was a stop in at Wendy’s Country Market, off a dirt road north of Kingston, Ontario, in Morton (off highway 15). Wendy is apparently something of a legend among local foodies and farmers alike: known as a place where farmers get a much better deal than they would ever see from the big wholesalers, and, as a consequence, where some of Ontario’s best produce ends up (much of it grown in Wendy’s own farm). Wendy supplies some of the best restaurants in the province, and also operates a mobile market that drives around the region, selling ultra-fresh meat, produce, and prepared foods.
Everything I tried at Wendy’s was incredible (oh, the cheese!), but top marks go to the “campfire ice cream,” which has actual flecks of fire-burned marshmellow skin in it, and tastes like nothing you’ve ever tried before. I could seriously eat ten pots of this stuff. Wendy tells me that the ice-cream is made by Slickers in Bloomfield, Prince Edward County, Ontario, which sounds like it’s worth a visit on its own.
If you’re a Torontonian, Ottawan, or Kingstonian driving through the Thousand Islands region this Labour Day, stop in at Wendy’s. You won’t regret it. Also: save some campfire ice-cream for the rest of us, OK?
(Thanks, Jennifer and David!)