[Leica] Nathan's PAD 20/3/2021: three Mercado Central vignettes

[Nathan Wajsman]

Going to the Mercado Central here in Alicante used to be one of my customary Saturday morning pleasures, often more to look than to buy. During the pandemic I have been going much less often; the layout of the market is such that keeping the 2 meters distance is virtually impossible, and I found it a generally unpleasant experience in the circumstances. But now that I have had the Covid myself, I am less concerned for my own safety, and also I have to say that compliance with the sanitary measures (masks, hand cleaning etc.) is quite exemplary. So on Saturday I walked around the Mercado a bit. I was pleased to see that some of the posts that had gone out of business last time I was there in the autumn have now reopened under new management. The character of the market is slowly changing; there are now several small bars and cafés like in the Boquería in Barcelona, something that did not exist at all a year ago. There are also a couple of new higher-end shops, such as one selling good coffee from around the world (I have never had Cuban coffee!), and one selling products from Germany, where I bought some excellent bratwurst from Baden-Würtemberg. As always, much of the pleasure is to photograph the more traditional part of the food. I choose B&W for these 3 images, just because I felt like it.

Seafood counter:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-H7HfDFn/A

More seafood—that pulpo looks really good:
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-RvcQ6dW/A

Not for the squeamish, goat or sheep heads (I think the latter, but I am no expert on such things):
https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-8zRSC5G/A
(I also had no idea what people do with these, but obviously there must be a demand for them since they being sold).

After all this, I cooked a vegan dinner last night, a Japanese aubergine curry.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

Alicante, Spain
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