Sunday, May 4, 2008

FERIE

Saturday morning Sister Snow and Dennis checking out the Ferie. This is an open air market, where the farmers brings their fruits and veggies to sell. It will be at a different place every day of the week. You never know what you will find besides the fruits, vegetables, fish, eggs, cheese, empanadas, used clothes and almost anything you want to buy. Ours is a small one only a block long on one side of the street. This is the closest one to us. It is open from9-3 every Saturday morning.
This is my ferie bag. You need to take your own bag to put all your purchases in. Aleca now I have a new one to take too. We had both bags with us. I can't buy too much because you have to carry it all home. No potatoes they are too heavy. We take the bus there and back. So one bag full is all I can buy. When it gets heavy I stop.
The best squash or pumpkin ever. It is cheap, too. There is a hack saw in the top of the whole squash that is used to saw squash up in small pieces. This is wonderful in soups. Or just cook it and put butter on top of it. We use it to make pumpkin pies, too. I love it. I buy it every week. You can buy it year around. I have some seeds to bring home and try to grow my own.
This is sea weed tied in bunches. I don't buy this. I tastes just like it looks. BAD
These are some on the veggies I bought on Saturday. Those short fat carrots are delicious and sweet and wonderful. I buy these all the time. The radish in the back are as big as the tomatoes I bought. I bought one basil plant. The corn looks good but it is what we call field corn. I bought it for soup and to make pastel de choclo ( a casserole with corn on top.) I like it and I want to learn how to make it.

2 comments:

Taylor Swim said...

That looks amazing. I wish I had a fresh produce place to shop at every week. I'm sure that will be one of the main things you miss when you come home.

The Snow Queen said...

I love it! I'm so glad to see pictures of the feria. I miss the smells of Chile. The veggies look so beautiful. The pictures are great! Your camera takes great pictures. Did you guys feel the earthquake? I miss you more and more each day. Phoenix tells everyone he meets that his grandma is on a mission. It's pretty cute. The bag lady at the grocery store wasn't too interested so he put his hand on her arm so that she would look at him so he could make her understand that you were away and that you were coming home soon.