[Leica] PESO: food shopping in France
Douglas Barry
imra at iol.ie
Sun Jul 31 13:57:23 PDT 2016
Good to get a flavour of French markets again, Nathan.
I see La Belle France is only catching up with Ireland some 14 years later:
we taxed thin plastic bags out of existence in 2002.
Douglas
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From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu>
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Subject: [Leica] PESO: food shopping in France
>I am still working through a backlog of images from the past couple of
>weeks, not least from our family reunion in France two weeks ago—those are
>priority since the rest of the family are waiting :-) But I am making
>progress and have now reached the last day in Le Mans. I put these three
>images on Facebook and decided to share them here too because I think they
>tell a story about life in Le Mans as it relates to food, ecology, etc., in
>a good way.
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> On the morning of our last day in Le Mans I accompanied my cousin Francis
> and his lovely wife Véronique to the local food market on the square in
> front of the city’s cathedral. It is open six days a week, from about 8
> a.m. until lunchtime. Most of the food is grown in the local area, with
> the obvious exception of bananas and citrus fruits and similar things that
> do not grow in northern France.
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> I always say that the genius of French cooking is not the fancy stuff, but
> the attention and care lavished on the most basic ingredients. Francis
> examined several vegetable stalls before he decided where to buy the
> lettuce:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/misc/20160717-_DSF1440.jpg.html
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> The deal is about to be concluded:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/misc/20160717-_DSF1442.jpg.html
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> After some more shopping, Francis and Véronique are waiting for the tram
> with their purchases. There is very little parking near the market, so
> most people use the excellent public transport to get there. Also, notice
> the roll-on bag. Plastic bags for groceries are now banned in France, so
> it is essential to bring your own. This is sustainable food shopping in
> every sense of the word:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/misc/20160717-_DSF1448.jpg.html
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> I cannot claim to be this virtuous in my own food shopping here in Spain,
> but I have become a big believer in local produce, and since by law the
> origin of all products must be clearly stated, it is easy for me to do so.
> So when I am buying, say, a red pepper, I can see not only that it was
> grown in Spain but often also in which part of the Spain. Many
> supermarkets have a specific section for produce from our own province of
> Alicante. And I no longer buy fruit and veg that has been shipped from the
> southern hemisphere. If something is not in season here, that’s fine—I can
> wait.
>
> (Much) more to come!
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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