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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 5, 2011 4:27:24 GMT
Although this article is about Oaxaca, it gives a good idea of the market experience both Don Cuevas and I enjoy. Although I am happy that Oaxaca's food gets praise, it shouldn't be elevated above that of other regions, all of which have culinary treasures of their own. Well, our downtown does always smell of chocolate, though.  bittman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/market-driven-oaxaca-style/ |
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Post by hwinpp on Sept 5, 2011 5:26:38 GMT
I just got this ;D  |
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Post by tod2 on Sept 18, 2011 8:54:00 GMT
Huh! Good question, Casimira. I never thought to ask about the peppercorns. I'd love to have a vine of it. Will try to find out. This was Reply#6 at the beginning of this thread and since going on my Cape trip in May have found the answer to the growth of peppercorns. No, not a vine Bixa, but a great big tree! Here they are - some red and ripe and others still green hanging down in bunches.  I did pick quite a lot and have let them dry naturally outdoors when I got home. Removing each little peppercorn from the dried branch is another thing! Very slow and needs patience. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2011 11:11:27 GMT
I just got this ;D Oh, wow, HW, I hadn't even noticed that! Congratulations! Unfortunately, they don't last long...  |
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Post by hwinpp on Sept 18, 2011 13:43:05 GMT
Damn right. They lasted one evening and the following day. When I got home they were already gone.
And it wasn't me that ate them. This has a reason. On the day I bought them, after work, we chilled them, then opened one. Shock! They were sweet! Looks like the Danes like them sweet, so I wasn't at all happy about that, but my girlfriend finished them pretty quick, and enjoyed them too ;D
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2011 16:00:42 GMT
Yes, you have to be careful of any fish products from Scandinavia -- I bought some Swedish mackerel and herring at the Ikea food section, and I think it's packed in syrup.  Even their "special for fish" mustard is sweet. Just about all of the rollmops sold in France are imported from Denmark, but I think they understand how we want them here. |
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 18, 2011 16:05:02 GMT
All's well that ends well, HW!
Tod, that's a pirul tree -- very common around here! They're often used to line the road into a village. It's the source of red and pink peppercorns. The black peppercorns come from the vine Piper nigrum.
One use for the leaves of the pirul is to close small wounds. It works very quickly & apparently is also antiseptic.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2011 16:07:47 GMT
I was indeed wondering what HW's girlfriend would think of rollmops, an alien item if ever there was.
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Post by tod2 on Sept 18, 2011 16:12:37 GMT
Well there you go! One learns something amazing everyday |
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Post by hwinpp on Sept 18, 2011 16:13:56 GMT
Well, I was telling her that she'd never eaten something as sour... she just laughed, and rightly so.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 20, 2011 2:03:49 GMT
Are you and Ms.Rollmop going to do anything special for Pchum Ben?
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Post by hwinpp on Sept 21, 2011 1:35:49 GMT
Uhh, where did you find out about that?
I'm on the last leg of showing our Indonesian colleague the main spots of Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, in Saigon right now.
I'm returning to PP on Friday. Hopefully Pchum Ben traffic will not have started. Kampot or Kep are out of the question, they're flooded, or at least the nice places to stay are. I think we'll just visit some friends and relax at home.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2012 7:49:12 GMT
It has finally become so cold in Paris that the greengrocers are not able to use their sidewalk displays for items like bananas or tomatoes or lettuce -- a lot of the racks are empty.
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Post by bjd on Feb 8, 2012 10:57:04 GMT
I went to the market this morning and none of the fruit & veggie sellers were there. Mind you, it was -8° this morning and they always arrive early. I guess they didn't want their stuff to freeze. The meat and cheese sellers were there though.
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Post by mich64 on Feb 8, 2012 15:57:15 GMT
Kerouac, is this unusual in Paris? Is it usually warm enough that fruit and veg can be viewed outside the shop all year long? I have only been in September, but I hope one day to come for a couple of months maybe in December and January.
Cheers,
Mich
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Post by auntieannie on Feb 8, 2012 16:05:27 GMT
got some purple sprouting, and celeriac amongst other things from the greengrocer's stall. He's there most days except Sundays and Mondays.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2012 17:59:36 GMT
Kerouac, is this unusual in Paris? Is it usually warm enough that fruit and veg can be viewed outside the shop all year long? I have only been in September, but I hope one day to come for a couple of months maybe in December and January. Cheers, Mich It's quite rare. Daytime temperatures in the winter are almost never below freezing in Paris, and even when they are, it's usually something like -1 or -2°. So right in front of a shop under the lights and with traffic warming the street, the temperature is usually perfect for displaying and selling such products. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2012 15:32:32 GMT
This just appeared at the Chinese supermarket.  |
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Post by hwinpp on Feb 27, 2012 5:25:09 GMT
Wow! You're lucky! Kingdom Brewery might be folding ;D
You better buy and drink it quickly, Jack.
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Post by Don Cuevas on Mar 20, 2012 22:07:16 GMT
In the Pátzcuaro mercado:
A huge bunch of acelgas (green chard), 5 pesos.
A medium pineapple, about 2 kilos, 16 pesos.
Four small to medium beets, 10 pesos.
Small bag of nopales, 5 pesos.
Elsewhere, at a mom 'n pop grocery; 3 kilos of oranges, 18 pesos.
(I made a pitcher of delicious, not too slimy jugo verde this morning.)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2012 15:00:00 GMT
I just went to the Chinese supermarket and bought various unknown items, because I am up for an experiment.
I also bought some Speculoos paste there because everybody keeps raving about it on all the travel forums as the addictive product which they can no longer do without.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 21, 2012 15:28:49 GMT
Reply #289 ~~ a good example of why I'm in a permanent state of shock when in the US.
Reply #290 ~~ I hope you bought the antidote for that stuff as well!
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Post by tod2 on Mar 21, 2012 15:32:58 GMT
I would love to know what Speculoos paste is - ingredients? As I will have an apartment for 10 days in rue du Grand Prieure near Oberkampf metro, I am bound to want to try stuff that I can ship home.
Kerouac, I also have a question: Can you remember what those dried red edible flowers were that are obtainable at Asian supermarkets? The are mostly used for coloring drinks.
Somebody, could be Jazz or Lagatta mentioned where she found some but I will only bother them if you can't .
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 21, 2012 15:40:03 GMT
I would love to know what Speculoos paste is - ingredients? As I will have an apartment for 10 days in rue du Grand Prieure near Oberkampf metro, I am bound to want to try stuff that I can ship home. Kerouac, I also have a question: Can you remember what those dried red edible flowers were that are obtainable at Asian supermarkets? The are mostly used for coloring drinks. Somebody, could be Jazz or Lagatta mentioned where she found some but I will only bother them if you can't . See this- www.speculoos.us/Sounds revolting.................. |
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Post by tod2 on Mar 21, 2012 15:43:31 GMT
Market special offer this week Tues - to Sunday: I bought all this for 10euros -
1 box tomatoes with 40 inside
1 pocket potatoes weighing 7kgs
1 pocket butternut squashes with 9 inside
1 pocket onions 7kgs
Now what are two people going to do with all that produce? Well, we divided it between our household and my son's next door. The two maids and two gardeners got a fair share to take home and we are ploughing through the rest!
This isn't a one time offer - they have it at least once a month.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2012 15:46:01 GMT
Actually it is supposed to be the same as Nutella but with a different taste of course. Belgian speculoos biscuits have ginger in them, so I presume that is what comes through.
The only reason I bought it was because I came across an interesting recipe for tiramisu with Nutella and I am ready to change the recipe already.
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Post by tod2 on Mar 21, 2012 15:53:10 GMT
I think it would be dead right for adding to a tiramisu! Better than Nutella for sure. Kahlua Coffee liquer goes well with Tiramisu!
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Post by onlymark on Mar 21, 2012 15:58:05 GMT
Kerouac, I also have a question: Can you remember what those dried red edible flowers were that are obtainable at Asian supermarkets? The are mostly used for coloring drinks. Hibiscus flowers? Is them wot yu meen? Commonly used in Arabic countries to make a drink called karkade. |
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 21, 2012 16:19:41 GMT
Can you remember what those dried red edible flowers were that are obtainable at Asian supermarkets? The are mostly used for coloring drinks. They're called jamaica here. They're not just for coloring -- they have taste + health benefits. I can't look right now, but Mark posted info on making karkade. If you want to look it up online, the botanical name is Hibiscus sabdariffa. |
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Post by bjd on Mar 21, 2012 16:44:33 GMT
Tod, you can find bags of those hibiscus flowers at the various Saba stores in Paris. There is one right at the Aligre market in the 12th.
Our market was cancelled today because of the hunt for the guy who shot the soldiers and children at the Jewish school in Toulouse. He was cornered in Toulouse itself at 3 am (he still hasn't surrendered as I write) but the authorities didn't know that.
Please don't asky why they cancelled an outdoor food market because of an assassin on a motorcycle in a totally different area of the city.
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Even their "special for fish" mustard is sweet. Just about all of the rollmops sold in France are imported from Denmark, but I think they understand how we want them here.
