A taste for local products

At La Maison de la prune, Marie de Blois transforms phenomenal quantities of blue and yellow plums into delicious products, which are sold in the old store on the first floor of the house.

Products offered at the Maison de la prune at Saint-André (Kamouraska, Québec)

Plum vinegar, syrup, fresh plums, jam, fruit paste and other delights are cooked in the jam factory.

Jam factory of La Maison de la prune, 2019

Foodie and gourmet tourists, who are increasingly numerous, seek out places like this to make discoveries. Regulars reserve their favorite little pots year after year.

Choice and quality galore

By-products at Verger Guimond, à Cap-Saint-Ignace, 2020

Although the displays of the different orchards may seem to offer similar products, don’t be fooled by appearances. Each grower is unique. Local products reflect the search for quality, which is linked to the proximity of producers, the land and the traditions of a region. What is more, consumers often find among the various products offered flavours that remind them of their mothers’ and grandmothers’ recipes.

These consumer habits coupled with the desire to know where one’s food comes from have given the Côte-du-Sud orchards and their by-products a new lease on life and a growing reputation.

Rediscover your inner child

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Who can forget the famous sugar apple? It’s so appetizing that it’s the envy of one and all. You can find them in stores during the picking season.