At the Sugar Shack

©2010 colleen leonard

We wanted to take a day off of house/car/job hunting and get out of Montréal last Saturday so we decided to drive to Millette and go visit the cabane à sucre there that is listed in the Lonely Planet guide. It was awesome!

In 8th grade (give or take a year) we did a school trip to the French department at the University of Regina and I remember learning about maple syrup and dreaming about going to Quebec and visiting a cabane à sucre in the country. So when we walked into the gorgeous wood cabin filled with people laughing, drinking, dressed in traditional costumes, and the sounds of traditional Quebec country music I was in heaven! I told my husband that I had been dreaming about this since I was 14! Thanks Mrs. Peterson!

It was an all you can eat brunch and we started off with a glass of vin d'érable to wash down the pea soup and fresh bread and pâté. I think there was even maple syrup in the pâté.
So much food. A huge omelet, scrunchies (which I think are pigs' ears) sausages, beans, potatoes and the most delicious pickled onions we have ever tasted!
And of course maple syrup! For dessert there were 2 types of crêpes, buckwheat (galette in France) and plain with the most delicious sauce I have ever tasted! Dangerous. Sucre à la créme. And a tarte à la créme that I am going to try to forget about because it was like a slice of dieter's hell.




After all this, a walk was in order and we stopped for a dégustation de la tire d'érable sur la neige. (Note the flannel!)

©2010 colleen leonard

We weren't far from Mont Tremblant so we went for a little road trip to the ski station and all the way to Lac Supérieur. Dimitri saw a deer which was good because I am getting tired of him shouting "Un écureuil!" (A squirrel!) There was still snow, skiers, lakes, rivers, mountains and wood cabins you dream about. We can't wait for next winter now!

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