Shopping

[Guest guest]

Sometimes I read from newcomers who find the raw food

diet expensive and hard to access.

 

I have found that I my city Brussels, it has taken

me some months to track down the sources of good raw

food. At this moment I am struck by the cheapness of it.

 

The main fruit market which is almost flooded

with food from Africa. This week I bought 19 avocados

for ˆ1 euro which is about a US dollar. I bough 7 small

mellons for the same price and three dozen apricots for

ˆ2. On Saturday the latter seemed too fresh to me but now

they are tremendous.

 

The avocados and mellons were very ripe but they keep

for a week in the fridge at 6 degrees Centigrade.

 

It is easy to see that I am buying fruit and vegetables in season

and there isalways a tendency for the bottom to drop

out of the market on items in season.

 

The main supermarket here sells each of the above for a

dollar or two for each item. Moreover it is easy to see

that their produce has been ripened in the gas chambers

in Antwerp, that the apples have been sprayed to increase shelf

life.

 

I just have a tame green grocer who sells fresh leafy green

and I am fed for the week on the price of an hore d'oeuvres

in any one of dozens of restaurants around here.

 

At first I found I was spending a lot but with time I find I am eating

a lot better by just eating fruit and vegetablesthat are in high season

 

The Gardiner