Question of the Week - Hilary

[Guest guest]

Wow Hiliary. You are an international grocery shopper. How wonderful to be

close to all those places and get to enjoy them. I enjoyed reading about your

choices of places to shop.

 

Farmer's Markets are such a wonderful resource. It is great that you have many

set up often there.

We have a couple of produce stands that are up, 6 days a week. The owners buy

from the local farmers and backyard growers, to sell in their stands, during the

summer. They buy from the State Farmer's Market docks during the winter and for

things that aren't grown in this area. Then they bring it back to sell at their

stands.

 

Judy

 

 

 

 

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h_detmers

Tuesday, September 04, 2007 11:31 AM

Re: Question of the Week - Where are you from and

where do you shop for groceries?

 

 

I live in Germany, out in the Country near the Luxembourg border. We

are blessed in this area to have fairly frequent street markets which

always include a great variety of fresh produce, fresh egg pasta, and

more. Some towns have them once a month, but others twice weekly. The

best selection is at the twice-weekly farmer's market in Luxembourg

City (Especially the man with 30 vaireties of mushrooms!) but is also

has by far the highest prices.

 

The 'health foods' stores in this area don't usually have enough

traffic to be able to carry a lot of fresh produce. those that do are

in pedestrianized downtown districts, and I have difficulty carrying,

as I walk with 1/2-crutches.

 

There are a couple of farms near us that have shops in them. One of

the shops is run by the family's Grandma - every time I go in there she

is in the act of pulling something aromatic and decadent-looking out of

the oven!

 

Our local grocers have good selections of 'bio' foods available, and

the regular lines are good too, since there is a strong anti-GM food

movement, and German farmers don't rely nearly as much on artificial

fertilisers and pesticides as in other parts of the world.

 

I do go occasionally to Belgium, France, Luxembourg and Holland for

groceries - from where I live it's practical!! Especially if I take

girlfriends with me!

 

Hilary in Germany