Easy living

Summer’s here and the living is easy, or so the song goes! We are booked most weekends and loving it!   We are also available for corporate or private events.  Call us. Let’s see…our semi reg spot is Sundays, 8-3pm, Ottawa Farmers’ Market at Brewer Park. Starting June 23rd, we will be at the all new rocking…

Time to catch up!

Its been awhile since this Spud’ead logged into BlogLand.  We have been keeping in touch mainly via facebook  The Hot Potato Company and twitter @hotpotatotruck. Our last outing, Winterlude, didn’t turn out the best, but we had 1.5 good weekends out of 3.  Thanks to everybody who dropped by the truck on the ice.  It’s funny because when we…

Final weekend of Winterlude

The third weekend of Winterlude is almost upon us…already.  Its been a blast!   The weather has turned mild and rainy, so the canal maybe closed Thursday and Friday, which will enable the ice to recuperate for the weekend.  The nights are looking great for ice making.   Check out the NCC website for conditions. It…

Winterlude 2012

The first weekend of Winterlude in Ottawa is done and dusted! It was a great weekend with perfect weather and lots of happy Spud’eads skating and munching. We will be open this weekend Friday 5-10pm, Saturday 10-10pm, and Sunday 10-6pm.  The weather looks great for skating, walking and people watching on the ice….the worlds largest…

Spudding on the canal

Update…we will be on the canal, baking spuds, during the NHL AllStar weekend and Winterlude.   Not sure timing yet…it’s all been a rush to get organized.   The truck and baking oven will be there, baking and wedging, plus hot/cold drinks…hot chocolate, coffee, tea, hot apple cider, etc.   In the mean time check out…

Spudding moves inside

Well, that was a busy year!  Non-stop from April til October!  Next year is already shaping up to be as busy, with invitations to participate in events arriving regulary in our inbox.  Our regular season has come to end apart for the 4 Christmas Markets.   Excited!  The school hot lunch program is well underway, supplying spuds…

Thanksgiving weekend

Have you seen the weather predictions for this weekend…mid 20s and sunny!    Absolutely perfect for getting out and about. It’s another DOUBLE SPUDDING weekend for this Spud’ead! Saturday, Sunday and Monday the truck will be at the >>> Canada’s Agricultural Museum Sunday the oven will be at the >>> Ottawa Farmers’ Market        So keep…

another double spudding weekend

You will find our truck today, tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday at the Metcalfe Fair, in Metcalfe, ON.  It’s a smallish country fair, in it’s 155th year.   We like this particular fair because it’s our “local fair”, just 10 minutes away.  So, we see alot of people we know and catch up on gossip and local news. We…

Harvest time at the Agricultural Museum

This weekend we will be serving healthy delicious goodness in the form of baked potatoes and wedges at the Agricultural Museum in the Experimental Farm. On Sunday we will also be at the Ottawa Farmers’ Market at Lansdowne Park…a double spudding weekend for sure.  The weather looks great, so come out to either site and say…