We spent Canada Day weekend up by Pigeon Lake again and, as always, there was lots of eating, socializing and sunning to be done. Did I mention the eating? More than once, someone was heard to comment, “It feels like all we do is eat up here!” How true.
But, not to fret – in between noshing on Nathan’s hot dogs, thick steaks and homemade chorizo, I did manage to convince Paul to take a quick trip to Bobcaygeon so I could cross another flavour off my Kawartha Dairy checklist (actually I crossed off THREE flavours!)
Bobcaygeon was full of people, walking around and enjoying the hot, sunny summer weather (apparently we had just missed the Canada Day parade). The only disappointment was that our favourite place to get butter tarts was gone (after years and years of business) and its replacement…well, let’s just say that the price was still high, but the butter tarts were much smaller and not as good.
Good thing I had my double scoop of ice cream as consolation! This time around, I definitely went with a caramel theme and tried Caramel Snappers (on top) – “caramel filled chocolate turtles in toffee flavoured ice cream twirled with thick English Toffee” and unLOCKED and loaded – “caramel flavoured ice cream complete with a milk chocolate ripple, chocolate coated peanuts and sugar cone pieces”. Both were pretty good, but two scoops of caramel-flavoured goodness ended up being a little too much for me. The Caramel Snappers was really sweet (a little too sweet for me), but the caramel filled little turtles were adorable. I liked unLOCKED and loaded more, and Paul enjoyed the sugar cone pieces (although neither of us understood where the name came from).
Paul surprised me again with another unusual ice cream choice. This time he went with Mango – “a smooth and creamy ice cream with that distinctive Mango colour and flavour”. I’ve had mango-flavoured ice cream before, and usually it’s never as good as the real fruit. This one was pretty much the same – the flavouring is a little too artificial, although it did resemble mango. Definitely the least favourite of the new flavours we’ve tried so far.
Unfortunately I didn’t get a shot of the Mango ice cream, but here’s one of the adorable little chocolate turtles that were scattered throughout my scoop!
So, for those keeping track – here’s how I’mdoing with my Kawartha Dairy ice cream challenge!
