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

[Douglas Barry]

I agree, but maybe it's tasty. Here's something to try 
https://www.mzansistylecuisine.co.za/sheeps-head-gugulethu-style/

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On 22/03/2021 06:25, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> The last one is grotesque, to say the least!
> Cheers
> Jayanand
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> On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 11:31 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
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>> 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.
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>> Seafood counter:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-H7HfDFn/A
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>> More seafood—that pulpo looks really good:
>> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-RvcQ6dW/A
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>> 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).
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>> After all this, I cooked a vegan dinner last night, a Japanese aubergine
>> curry.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
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>> Alicante, Spain
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