Local care package classics

I have a batch of muffins in the oven for breakfasts this week (better late than never), made with low-bush cranberries, also known as swedish cloudberries in the same way that saskatoons are known as serviceberries, from La Ronge. A couple guys from the Shell Lake area sell 'em, along with garlic, at the Market from spring to fall. I have a wonderful, wonderful bag of cranberries in my freezer ready to be slowly dished out over the season.

I love local food, cooking it and eating it. I think that feeding our friends is one of the simplest, subtlest, and yet most meaningful activities we can share. With that in mind, I'm making a mental list of things to send a friend who may be going off on sabbatical this spring... whether she likes it or not. So please share: what's your favourite local food? If you were to leave town, what would you appreciate receiving in the mail? What's your favourite place to source goodies?

x - posted to the other place, since I'm likely to get actual replies there