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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 23, 2016 9:17:50 GMT
Cauliflower fresh from a farm shop is a totally different veg from Cauli bought in a supermarket. It's the only time I will eat them.
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Post by bjd on Nov 23, 2016 10:32:49 GMT
The smell of grilled sardines makes me think of Portugal. In summer, in the small streets of Lisbon, people grill them outside their doors so their houses don't smell too much.
I just went to the (street) market and bought a slice of pumpkin to make soup, a lettuce, some kiwis (now in season locally) and some onions. I don't remember the last time I bought vegetables other than potatoes in a supermarket.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2016 11:18:07 GMT
casi - you just cook sardines the way you would any other fish. Most people don't batter them, but might flour them, then just season with salt/pepper and saute in olive oil (not butter). Sometimes they are de-boned and butterflied, sometimes they are filets - both are with the skin left on, which you eat. You can also buy them whole and have the fish man gut and scale them. Then you can stuff them with onions and lemon and put them in the oven in some tomato sauce. kerouac - did you really need to buy those disgusting eggs again - or were they just too cheap to pass up? Yes, I just roll fresh sardines in flour and put them in a frying pan. If the bones don't dissolve like they do in canned sardines, they can be removed all in one piece with no trouble. I think people would eat much more fresh fish if the bones were always as easy as in sardines. Yes, chexbres, I decided that I like those eggs. I have already consumed two of them, but they stay 'fresh' for more than 9 months, so there is no rush to finish them. |
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Post by chexbres on Nov 23, 2016 19:31:17 GMT
kerouac - I don't believe you.  |
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 27, 2017 19:40:34 GMT
kerouac - I don't believe you. I bought another box of them the other day -- for the 4th time. |
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 27, 2017 19:47:33 GMT
Today I went to my Chinese supermarket with just one item in mind.
For some utterly bizarre reason, I found one day that I like creole cod accras (fritters) dipped in hot mango chutney. I was out of it so that's what I went to buy.
So I bought a jar of hot mango chutney 2.35€
But I also bought
little litchi cakes 1.70
coated wasabi peanuts 1.35
a giant bouquet of fresh basil leaves 1.86
a package of fresh ginger root 0.68
a package of pickled ginger slices for sushi 0.65
four rolls of paper towels 1.44
a big black radish 1.30
a bottle of oyster sauce 1.90
a bottle of som tom ultra spicy Thai salad sauce 1.05
It was a good thing that I didn't need much.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Dec 27, 2017 21:32:41 GMT
Bought a large fresh turkey reduced to half price after Christmas. Got it home and managed to joint the darned thing and freeze it. I was well chuffed with myself until my beloved declared that he's 'gone off turkey' pfft....
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Post by kerouac2 on Dec 27, 2017 21:35:44 GMT
I saw that the frozen food supermarket has already slashed lobster tails to half price this week. I am tempted, even though I always discover whenever I eat lobster that I really prefer crab or prawns.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 27, 2017 22:54:32 GMT
I will bring this market day list thudding down to earth after reading about Cheery's great score and Kerouac's tempting exotica. Today at the market I bought a quarter cabbage, three carrots, some zucchini, and some crackling.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2018 16:24:55 GMT
I would have preferred to post in the What's in Season? thread with this but it wasn't until I went to the weekly farmer's market this morning to see all the produce and seafood that would under "normal" circumstances be in season, absent.
The arctic weather really did a number on halting at least temporarily, the selection.
While the vast majority of root vegetables are cold hardy it's advisable to not harvest at this juncture.
The same applies to the greens and all the brassica although there were a few heads of cauliflower.
Seafood is at a standstill as well.
Strawberries, while not completely wiped out but are covered to protect them and shouldn't be disturbed.
Even farm fresh eggs were not in evidence.
So, what did I buy?
Some fresh dairy products, a King Cake, and some prepared containerized Middle Eastern foods.
(the vendors at this market come from a 200 mile radius so, there were many who live North of the city who took a much more devastating hit than people closer to the city.)
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 9, 2018 18:34:14 GMT
Oh, you're not going to go hungry!  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2018 21:09:09 GMT
Oh, you're not going to go hungry! Certainly not,but I do feel badly for the loss of income for the vendors due to the capricious forces of nature. Something I experienced growing up. A "bad year" and the impact on our quality of life and witnessing the stress it brought on with special regard to my father who suffered from hypertension and ultimately died at quite a young age (48) due to heart failure. Farming is a roll of the dice... |
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 5, 2018 20:34:14 GMT
I have never bought avocados in a plastic container before -- it seems so incredibly wasteful -- but today at the supermarket there were these avocado things (imported from Mexico!) cheaper than the usual Israeli avocados that we get, and also with the promise that they were ripe and ready to eat. But in that container, you can't press them to get an idea, so who knows? I didn't buy them to eat today but tomorrow instead, so I guess I will have to report back about this item. |
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 5, 2018 20:37:37 GMT
Probably packaging them like that is less wasteful than shipping them in bulk, with the resultant crushing and rot.
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Post by lagatta on Apr 5, 2018 22:11:11 GMT
Fortunately the Mexican avocados I buy here don't come in plastic.
I didn't go to the market today because I had to take more documents to renew my health card - however there would have been at least an hour's wait and probably more - standing - before I could get a seat to wait more. The security guard advised me to return early tomorrow morning, which is not a problem for me as I am always up by 6 a.m. and often by 5, as I get a lot more work done that way.
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Post by bjd on Apr 6, 2018 11:07:41 GMT
I bought the first local asparagus at the market the other day. The short-lived season is starting.
But it's also the time of year when there is not much choice of fruit: the citrus fruits are ending and the apricots, peaches, cherries, etc are not ripe yet. There are some apples and the first Spanish strawberries.
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 7, 2018 6:37:07 GMT
I have to admit that those two avocados were indeed exquisitely perfect and deserved to be sold in that jewel box.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 7, 2018 16:14:54 GMT
Bjd, I got lovely asparagus in Walmart, of all places, in January and February. It was also strangely cheap. The way this country is shaped plus all the mountains make for a big variety of growing climates.
Kerouac, Mexican avocados are almost always a taste thrill revelation. I'm glad two of them reached you in a state of perfection.
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Post by lagatta on Apr 15, 2018 22:51:47 GMT
Mexican avocados are lovely, but always a gamble as while they are often perfect, other times they are just nasty brown mush. No, I don't expect them to be perfect, "real" vegetables aren't.
I imagine that even regions such as Oaxaca have many microclimates.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 15, 2018 22:59:12 GMT
I am very spoiled and do expect perfect avocados.  |
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Post by kerouac2 on Aug 22, 2018 15:03:01 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 23, 2020 18:47:36 GMT
I have noticed a remarkable improvement in the fruits and vegetables on sale, and we can thank the coronavirus for this. Most of the items are now local rather than being imported from Spain and Morocco. I cut up a tomato in my salad tonight and it was one of the best tasting tomatoes that I can remember. It was also obvious that it had been picked ripe rather than green.
Still need to fly in avocados, bananas and limes, though.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 6, 2020 8:20:55 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on May 6, 2020 8:30:31 GMT
That all looks rather nice!
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Post by bixaorellana on May 6, 2020 15:25:52 GMT
Pimento stuffed olives inside twirls of herring? Yes, please!  |
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Post by kerouac2 on May 6, 2020 15:34:48 GMT
Wrapped in fresh anchovies. That is the one item that I already ate.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 6, 2020 15:59:06 GMT
Wrapped in fresh anchovies. That is the one item that I already ate. Ah. That's the one I didn't want.
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Post by casimira on Jul 22, 2020 13:00:16 GMT
Our weekly Farmers Market re-opened 2 weeks ago.
I went yesterday anticipating a bustling throng of both vendors and shoppers.
Not the case.
Only 8-10 vendors and a dozen or so shoppers, most all of them people I know and haven't seen in awhile.
I bought some peaches, lump crabmeat, catfish filets, and some baked goods.
The plantsman was not there although he reportedly had been the previous two weeks and I was sorely disappointed as I wanted to purchase some new bedding plants to fill in some spots recently vacated.
In and out of there in 30 minutes.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 22, 2020 15:22:08 GMT
On the bright side, all of this is one of the reasons that people are saving more money.  But what good is more money if you can't enjoy life? I bought two grapefruit at the supermarket today and noticed they were from South Africa. It's funny that food can still travel when people cannot. |
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 22, 2020 15:58:51 GMT
I have no right to complain about anything since my market is right around the corner so always a source of fresh food.
But I do miss going further afield, just to see what may turn up. One boon is that the local organic market, now open only half days on Wednesdays and Saturdays, has introduced me to a knowledgeable plant person. This morning he delivered another giant sack of potting soil to my house & we've exchanged plants. I'm debating whether or not to go over to that market today or not, as I'm in danger of over-filling my little patio alaready.
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