Cinnamon Pear Jam

I was recently in St. Stephen, New Brunswick and just outside the town (technically in Oak Bay) there’s a little place called Troy’s Country Market.  They have a little takeout that sells burgers and the like, plus a little market where you can purchase farm fresh fruits and veggies, blueberry wine, jams and other such goodies.  I think it’s part of Tuddenham Farms because that’s where the blueberries and wine are from, plus other things I’m sure.  Anyway, I picked up a bottle of Cinnamon Pear Jam, opened it in the car and then immediately went back and got a second jar.  I wish I’d bought more, because I’m almost through the first bottle.

The cinnamon taste isn’t overpowering at all, but you can certainly tell it’s there.  My brain didn’t jump immediately to pear flavor either.  It almost felt like apple, but if you really stop and taste it you’ll know it’s pear.  Although it’s jam, the “chunks” are far and few between.  It’s more like jelly that way, but the consistency is running enough to be jam.  Soooo good!

In case you can’t read the phone number on the jar, it’s (506) 466-1840.  If you’re in the area, Troy’s is certainly worth a stop!

IHop

I’ve been travelling for the last week (road trip!).  That means I’ll have a couple posts about my restaurant meals. It might be a while before I get things posted because I’m still cleaning up after my trip, OR (more likely) I’ll get the travel posts up first then not post anything while I do the cleanup.  I also started a new job, so I’m not going to be around as much.

Have you been to an IHop before?  This is a newly discovered restaurant for me, since we don’t have one anywhere near my city.  In fact, I have to drive almost FIVE hours to hit the closest one!  Crazy, right?

After several hours on the road we decided to stop for breakfast.  I had their International Passport, which is a crepe, eggs and bacon, and I had a side of toast and a glass of orange juice.

That’s a LOT of food, especially trapped in a hot car.  Oh, didn’t I mention?  Our air conditioning broke an hour and a half into our cross-country trip.  It worked when we stopped for breakfast but not when we left.

Moving on…  The crepe wasn’t the same as last time I had it (seasonal fruit) but you didn’t really notice because it was smothered with yogurt and granola.  That was surprisingly good.  The eggs were cooked just how I liked and so was the bacon, but the toast was burned.  And the orange juice was super good, not watered down like you get some places.  I’m still shocked at how well the pineapple went with the yogurt.

Over all it was good but it wasn’t the “this is AWESOME” feeling like the last (first) time I ate there.

Someone else in my group got an omelette, toast and plain pancakes.  He said it was really good, although his toast was also burned (all four of us had that problem).