Gort’s Gouda Cheese Farm, Shuswap BC
We had an all-dessert morning in Shuswap, British Columbia, Canada! How awesome is that?
Gort’s Gouda Cheese Farm, Shuswap BC
First thing in the morning, we visited Gort’s Gouda Cheese Farm, just on the edge of Salmon Arm, where the cows are grass-fed and the cheeses are all organic. After getting slobbered on by the neighbor’s Siberian Husky and by the farm’s young calf that thought I was his mom, we sampled some varieties of organic Gouda cheese they make. From the classic aged cheese to the seasonal fenugreek flavour, all excellent! Then, we had our first dessert of the day: lemon cheesecake made with their own Gouda cheese! Love it!
Gort’s Gouda Cheese Farm, Shuswap BC
Then we moved to the Salmon Arm’s Farmers Market. We tried Kurt’s beef jerky and then grabbed 2 bags of just-arrived large-size BC cherries, they were really good!
Farm Market on Salmon Arm
One of them had a funny appearance. Let your imagination run wild, and tell me what comes to your mind!
Weird Cherry
Next stop, the Candy Vault on Hudson Avenue, downtown Salmon Arm.
Candy Vault on Hudson
This candy shop used to be a bank, and the vault is still there and the owner now uses it to keep the precious candies, chocolates, and marshmallows! The vault door is still the original. I tried to open it, and it was very heavy indeed! They have international and rare sweets there too.
Candy Vault on Hudson
The Pie Company was next, and that’s got to be the highlight of my dessert morning. I tried the raspberry rhubarb pie with whipped cream, while Ryan got… hmm… I can’t remember, I was so consumed by my own pie, I forgot to try his!
Shuswap Pie Company
The best way to enjoy desserts is eating them picnic style. The Salmon Arm wharf is the longest wooden wharf in North America, and it has a beautiful view to Shuswap Lake. Plenty of benches and green grass to sit and relax.
Salmon Arm Wharf
Next time we visit Salmon Arm, we hope we will have a few days here. Then we will rent one of those houseboats and sail around Shuswap Lake! We love road trips, but we haven’t done an independent boat trip so far. I bet we’ll love it!
Salmon Arm Wharf
Munching cherries along the way, we reached D Dutchmen Dairy in Sicamous to taste their superfresh ice cream, from the milk they produce in their own dairy farm.
Dutchmen Dairy
While there, we checked out their animal collection, that’s much more than just cows. White peacock and zonkey (zebra-donkey), anybody?
Dutchmen Dairy
I was curious whether the calves here would lick all over my arm like the ones in the Gort’s farm. They did! And this one seems older than the Gort’s one, the tounge is much rougher. It felt like getting a salt-scrub spa treatment! Later on, I smelled my arm. It had the aroma of grass… and baby powder! I didn’t expect that!
Dutchmen Dairy
The cows here are huge. This picture reminds me of the two-headed mutant cows at the game Fallout.
Dutchmen Dairy
Only after Ryan finished taking pictures did he tell me that a big one has been drooling all over my hair and backpack. Excellent!
Hi Ryan & Dina, Looks like you have a great time in the Shuswap Lake Region. Thanks for stopping by, but we hope next time you are able to stay a little longer and see all the great things you missed. Take Care and be safe.
Recently I spent three fabulous days houseboating and exploring the Salmon Arm region. Ate from the pie company and checked out the candy vault too. In fact I wrote a blog about 7 great things to do in Salmon Arm – hope it’s ok to post the link here – http://hikebiketravel.com/18890/10-reasons-plan-stop-salmon-arm-bc/
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An all-dessert breakfast is an enviable way to start the day. Did you purposefully plot this out before your morning began, or did the situation just end up like this? Either way, I do believe I might be imitating you in this regard in the future
A great post, I love to see the different types of food that are on offer around the World. Keep up the good work.