33 minutes ago, Darienne said:We live in East Central Ontario, Canada, in the middle of basically nowhere on a dead end road. We call our farm "Road's End Farm". Our nearest tiny town does not carry a lot of foods we eat, for instance eggplant, Brussels Sprouts, Poblanos, because they can't sell them locally. Plus they are short-changed regularly, being at the end of the distribution line.
We live outside of a small Ontario city. Only one grocery store carries Poblanos. And they are mislabeled as 'hot'. You cannot buy fresh tomatillos anywhere. The small city is short-changed regularly by distribution in Toronto, because its small and, well, not Toronto.
In Toronto you can buy, as Anna notes, just about anything. OTOH, I wouldn't live there for love nor money. I was born and raised in an apartment in Montreal and I love where I live now. It's my home and whatever I can't get...well, I don't really care much.
Kind of the same situation here; I used to live in Portland with easy access to most anything but I am much happier here where if I find something quite unusual it's a pleasant surprise.
Some say that living in Montana is like traveling backwards in time and in some ways it's true, but it's not necessarily a bad thing.
