EVERYTHING BUT TOOTHPICKS: I don't know of any other produce market that gives free samples.
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NO PESTICIDES: One stand offers Lebanese-style cucumbers grown in Quebec without pesticides.
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QUICK LUNCH: You'll pay $5.50 Canadian for three tacos or a sandwich. Visitors from the United States get a discount because of the strength of the U.S. against the Canadian dollar.
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SAY CHEESE: Freshly made sandwiches are filled with Quebec cheeses.
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SMELTS IN THE MOUTH: An order of fried smelts and shrimp with spicy mayonnaise is enough for two as a snack ($10 Canadian).
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SPREAD THE JOY: The butcher shop offers hummus, baba ghanoush and the less familiar zaalouk, made with eggplant, tomatoes, oil and parsley.
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BIRDS OF A FEATHER: In Morocco, pastilla is a pigeon pie, but in Montreal, Boucherie Al Kahir makes them with chicken or seafood.
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Paprika is not one of the ingredients of Cochinita Pibil, the mysterious ingredient is Achiote.
ReplyDeleteOK, thanks. Chef Rick Bayless says you can use achiote seeds, also called annatto.
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