I can't tell you how many times I've walked in to Howell's for a piece of smoked whitefish only to be told they just sold out.
Dammit!
I've always told myself, don't worry, someday YOU will get the last piece of smoked whitefish...
Well, today was the day!
I'd been up to Lion's Head to see their Santa Claus parade, and, almost as an afterthought, I popped into Howell's on the way home. There in the glass display case were three pieces of smoked whitefish.
I took them all!
True, that was a little more fish than I had in mind, but no matter. I'm the guy who got the last smoked whitefish out of Howell's this week!
Life is not too bad after all!
Showing posts with label Howells Fish Wiarton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Howells Fish Wiarton. Show all posts
Saturday, December 1, 2018
Saturday, May 19, 2018
Eight things to like about the Bruce
From time to time me and the Farm Manager contemplate upping sticks and moving closer to the city where our children live. I can look at those real estate listings for hours on end, but it only takes a few minutes on the front stoop to clear my head.
There's a lot to like about living here.
Frogs and birds. Both frogs and birds are allegedly at risk in the wider world, but they're doing just fine up here in the Bruce. Sometimes they even sing together.
Affordability. Ya, it's one thing to see a 100k Land Rover pulling a 100k Airstream trailer up the road, but that family in the ten year old Dodge van going up the road right behind it is gonna have just as much fun camping in their nine by twelve tent. A couple of high school drop-outs can still buy their own house if she makes fourteen bucks an hour at Timmies and he makes sixteen working at one of the rock quarries.
Howell's Fish. Out of the lake, into the smoker, and on your plate in under 48 hours if you get your timing right. You can't beat Howell's smoked fish.
Sullivan's Butcher Shop. According to them, you can't beat their meat, and I wouldn't want to anyway, but you can't beat their pickled beets either. And their smoked sausages are simply amazing!
Vistas. Every time you turn around, you're looking at limestone cliffs. The Wiarton Marina has to be the most photogenic marina in all Ontario.
The Wiarton marina. You can keep a twenty footer in the most photogenic marina in all Ontario for about a thousand bucks a year. Not sure what the guys with the 52' SeaRays are paying, but they get the same priceless views of those limestone cliffs.
People. The librarian at the local high school has bear meat in her freezer. Why? Because she shot it and it'll make great BBQ.
And then there's this. Yup, that's how we roll in the Bruce.
Gonna be a long time before I leave this place.
There's a lot to like about living here.
Frogs and birds. Both frogs and birds are allegedly at risk in the wider world, but they're doing just fine up here in the Bruce. Sometimes they even sing together.
Affordability. Ya, it's one thing to see a 100k Land Rover pulling a 100k Airstream trailer up the road, but that family in the ten year old Dodge van going up the road right behind it is gonna have just as much fun camping in their nine by twelve tent. A couple of high school drop-outs can still buy their own house if she makes fourteen bucks an hour at Timmies and he makes sixteen working at one of the rock quarries.
Howell's Fish. Out of the lake, into the smoker, and on your plate in under 48 hours if you get your timing right. You can't beat Howell's smoked fish.
Sullivan's Butcher Shop. According to them, you can't beat their meat, and I wouldn't want to anyway, but you can't beat their pickled beets either. And their smoked sausages are simply amazing!
Vistas. Every time you turn around, you're looking at limestone cliffs. The Wiarton Marina has to be the most photogenic marina in all Ontario.
The Wiarton marina. You can keep a twenty footer in the most photogenic marina in all Ontario for about a thousand bucks a year. Not sure what the guys with the 52' SeaRays are paying, but they get the same priceless views of those limestone cliffs.
People. The librarian at the local high school has bear meat in her freezer. Why? Because she shot it and it'll make great BBQ.
And then there's this. Yup, that's how we roll in the Bruce.
Gonna be a long time before I leave this place.
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
What my hundred mile diet looks like in winter
Truth be told, my hundred mile diet in the winter looks like smoked whitefish and pickled beets.
Not that there's anything wrong with that. I've done a little research on the internet, and apparently both of my winter staples are really really good for me.
The whitefish comes from Howells. The pickled beets come from Sullivan's Butcher Shop, where their motto is "our meat can't be beat."
Hell, I wouldn't even try to beat their meat.
Nevertheless, I had to slip away today while the Farm Manager was otherwise occupied and grab me a Big Mac.
Oh ya!
To hell with a healthy diet; every now and then you just have to gorf down a Big Mac!
If nothing else, it helps you appreciate pickled beets and smoked whitefish.
Not that there's anything wrong with that. I've done a little research on the internet, and apparently both of my winter staples are really really good for me.
The whitefish comes from Howells. The pickled beets come from Sullivan's Butcher Shop, where their motto is "our meat can't be beat."
Hell, I wouldn't even try to beat their meat.
Nevertheless, I had to slip away today while the Farm Manager was otherwise occupied and grab me a Big Mac.
Oh ya!
To hell with a healthy diet; every now and then you just have to gorf down a Big Mac!
If nothing else, it helps you appreciate pickled beets and smoked whitefish.
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