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Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 13/8/2017: the Muchavista market

Subject: Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 13/8/2017: the Muchavista market
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 19:23:02 +0100
Get well soon, Nathan.  I hope that it’s not too serious.

Chris

> On 15 Aug 2017, at 14:08, Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> That's why we grow all of our own vegetables.
> 
> The greenish tomatoes look like heirlooms and the red ones look like they
> were ripened on the vine - two things that are not common in most grocery
> store tomatoes.  Even the farmer's market a mile away seems to grow
> tomatoes that they can pick green and ripen artificially and those that
> store and ship well.  That's why they have no taste!!  Our tomatoes are all
> heirlooms and they are not picked until they are ripe and warm from the
> sun.  There is nothing like them.
> 
> Love your market photos!
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 3:28 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
>> While I am not able to bike this week, I can still drive, so yesterday we
>> went to a fruit-and-veg market in El Campello, less than 5 km from our
>> home. It is held every Thursday and Sunday, and it is totally non-posh—just
>> a few stands in a large parking lot. Most of the produce is locally grown,
>> and while it does not always look supermarket-perfect, it tastes better and
>> is far cheaper than the plastic-wrapped variety. Four images follow.
>> 
>> One of the bigger stands:
>> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-PWdbLBB/A
>> 
>> Tomatoes and pears. After ten years in Spain, when I travel to other
>> countries and eat tomatoes there, what strikes me is that they do not smell
>> like tomatoes at all! Not even in California.
>> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-4V64bwC/A
>> 
>> Green and leafy, plus some carrots:
>> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-xWB3nCN/A
>> 
>> There are also some non-food stands, like this one, selling fake Barcelona
>> football shirts:
>> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-pTJKTWN/A
>> The real thing costs at least 10 times as much as this.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <
>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>> YNWA
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