Since the markert is THE place to go to find fresh fruit and vegetables, let me show you a few more photos (courtesy of Jacqui!) of what the market shopping experience can involve.
Stalls to visit:
...for onions and potatoes...
for our greens...
for pineapples,mangoes and oranges...
for dried kidney beans and also for cat-food: one of the many stalls selling dried "daggar" fish, measured out by the kilo- it should then be well sealed in a plastic bag to keep that fish-odour safely away from the fresh veg and fruit!
After sourcing the fresh produce needed for the home, there is also plenty of opportunity at the street stalls near the market to stock up on plastic containers, so that we can store our food and keep out unwelcome visitors of the 6-legged- or even the 4-legged- variety!
What a change from our souless super markets (although we do have the weekly enjoyment of our Ormskirk market).What is in the white sack in the first photo? Do you know what every fruit and veg are?Are the bikes also for sale in the second photo.Whoops too many questions.The plastic containers are very bright and colourful and I could fancy some of those fine looking pineapples.Wonder if Pussy nebs would enjoy the dagger fish?x m
ReplyDeleteI think the white sack contains some kind of staple, a bit like dried cornmeal which we used to buy in South Africa (samp). Am learning about the fruit and veg- still a few surprise itmes I have not come across before. And I am not sure about the bikes in the photo- you can buy bikes at the market, but I think these particular bikes belong to the vendors and have just been stored here while they work.
ReplyDeleteLiz X