Today I went for a walk at lunch in downtown Kamloops, as I tend to try to do on busy days. Gives me a break from the phones and emails, and lets me just relax for a few minutes.
Wednesday is a Farmers Market Day in Kamloops, a great little event that is held on Victoria Street. Todays was actually a bit bigger, they had shut down a couple of blocks of the street to expand the market. The selection of fresh produce was spectacular (if your interested in that kinda thing), and there was a great variety of wares, meats, foods and baked goods available.
In my wandering, I stopped in at a booth for Bohemian Bakery. This is a small family bakery, specializing in wedding and special occasion cakes. They had an awesome selection of baked goods, buns, cookies, breads… and individual lemon meringue pies.
Now, I love lemon meringue pie – we both do. I have sampled many a pie, and worked on a lot of recipes over the years. So, given the chance to take home yet another version to my Chief Food Taster (CFT), I was up for it. Two pies to go please…
After dinner tonight, I got one of the pies out, and being quite big enough for two I figured we could share.
Fast forward 15 minutes, and that plan has gone down in flames. Both pies are gone, and I have a new favorite lemon meringue pie.
The meringue was perfect, really and truly flawless. The lemon curd was beyond description – huge citrus flavour, perfectly tart and sour without being bitter, with a consistence that was thick and smooth. This was the pie I dream of making.
If you find yourself in Kamloops, and have a chance to catch the Farmers Market either mid-week or on the weekend, you owe it to yourself to pick up a couple of these little gems!