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<\/p>\nI go to farmers’ markets once and a while and usually find something fun or interesting or new, or just have a really good conversation with a person at the market. It’s easy to see the same people every week, be they vendors, or fellow market shoppers – some of us have similar schedules.<\/p>\n
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On Mondays I want to go the the Sorauren Farmers’ Market<\/a>, sometimes I can’t make it between 3pm and 7pm, but I try, even in the winter (they’re indoors anyway) – I’ll head over, and grab a coffee and walk around with a mug in my hand.<\/p>\n This week I went and saw something new to me, and I thought they were pretty neat. They were Heartnuts at the Forbes Wild Foods table.<\/p>\n Ever since we were in Georgia, and I got to try local pecans and peanuts, I’ve been a bit obsessed with finding local Ontario nuts (har dee har har). A conversation with an employee at Good Catch<\/a> made me realize that peanuts grow around here (which means fresh boiled peanuts could happen again…) But anyway, when I see pecans or walnut like things, it piques my interest and makes me pay attention. Especially when it’s from a known-to-me local forager like Forbes Wild Foods.<\/p>\n So there they were. Heartnuts.<\/p>\n And\u00a0what’s a heartnut?<\/p>\n Well… a heartnut is a hybrid of a butternut and walnut flavours, and is originally from Japan. It has a smooth and lovely flavour, like walnuts, but without any bitter qualities. These nuts in particular are from the Canadian side of Lake Erie.<\/p>\n Heartnuts generally grow best in northern, temperate, maritime climates.<\/p>\n You can also have a nice visual from the folks at Forbes Wild foods and In The Weeds<\/a>![\"heart](\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/heart-nut-from-farmers-market.jpg\")
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