The third visit took us to Hagenthal last Sunday.
Saveurs et traditions des Pyrénées: cheese, bacon and salame. Interesting and very funny guy. He was the one who mentioned to my friend Lily: „Ah, votre amie, c’est un numéro!“ „What? I am not a number, I am human!“
He knows all about cheese and salame
Les saucissions et le bacon
Les fromages, ahhhh le chèvre
Les Salaisons du Golfe, Jacques Allehaux: fish specialties, here I find my favourite smoked merlin, looking forward of combining it with watermelon and honey melon, with chilli, lime juice, red onions, chives and olive oil!
Espadon fumé
Meet Jacques Allehaux, l’affineur des poissons
Rucher école de Sierentz, very knowledgeable and nice man who explains the intricacies of a beehive to us. Sad that the average lifespan of a queen bee is now 400 days, down from an original 2 – 3 years. And did you know that a worker bee lives for 40 days?
Rucher école de Sierentz, Alsace
Where is the queen bee (it is the one with the white head mark)?
And I even learnt some French, or do you know the difference between “une cochonnerie” and “cochonailles”?
les cochonailles
Do you have similar food adventures in your country, what do you like best about them, what was the funniest thing? Do you have any special vanilla recipes? We would love you to share it with us here.
Comments 5
You have me thinking about food adventures in this country now…we have markets, ooo there is a street in Melbourne called Lygon St – over 200 restaurants to choose from. My friend Carly and I went there earlier in the year…so much choice, so hard!
I personally love the food adventures in Singapore…and the smells from the food markets in France, of course. I still recall the smells of the sweetest most beautiful strawberries, and the bread.
Author
Is it not great to have all those markets, even close at home? You bring back memories of food markets in Asia: Hongkong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Taipeh (it took me ages to find out why they had scales next to living dogs, niely adorned with colourful ribbons – not a nice thought).
We have a daily market in Basel as well, though I prefer the more rural and authentic atmosphere of a farmer’s market. We also have seasonal markets and I will be selling my homemade chutneys, jams, ketchup, fig mustard etc. at one on Saturday 17, 2011. Keep your fingers crossed for nice weather and people with open purses!
Author
Is it not great to have all those markets, even close at home? You bring back memories of food markets in Asia: Hongkong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Taipeh (it took me ages to find out why they had scales next to living dogs, niely adorned with colourful ribbons – not a nice thought).
We have a daily market in Basel as well, though I prefer the more rural and authentic atmosphere of a farmer’s market. We also have seasonal markets and I will be selling my homemade chutneys, jams, ketchup, fig mustard etc. at one on Saturday 17, 2011. Keep your fingers crossed for nice weather and people with open purses!
@JanineRipper Oops, where did my comment go to? Probably to another market … But I have noticed it happens to other people as well, sorry for that.
You are right, the Asian markets are really special and adventurous, I remember a fish market in Kula Lumpur when I regretted wearing flipflops, boots would have been much better! But the colours, the smells of spices and ripe fruit, so full of life.
My next markets will be in Italy in Southern Toscana where we buy fresh vegetable, fruit, cheese and salame but also browse the clothes section, specially lingerie, very modern and a large selection in all sizes (the XXXL size bras have me sometimes gaping openmouthed and chin dropping). A nice caffe and a bombolone in between, life is good!
Have a good day, Barbara
@JanineRipperHere, I found it again hidden in my comment section:
Is it not great to have all those markets, even close at home? You bring back memories of food markets in Asia: Hongkong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Taipeh (it took me ages to find out why they had scales next to living dogs, niely adorned with colourful ribbons – not a nice thought).
We have a daily market in Basel as well, though I prefer the more rural and authentic atmosphere of a farmer’s market. We also have seasonal markets and I will be selling my homemade chutneys, jams, ketchup, fig mustard etc. at one on Saturday 17, 2011. Keep your fingers crossed for nice weather and people with open purses! Post will follow!