Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Slow food always triumphs over perennially refrigerated tasteless supermarket food. I would estimate that 95% of the food we eat here is grown in South India, where I live, and 80-85% from a radius of 250 km from Chennai. Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 10:23 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > 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. > > On the morning of our last day in Le Mans I accompanied my cousin Francis > and his lovely wife V?ronique 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. > > 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 > > The deal is about to be concluded: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/belgiangator/misc/20160717-_DSF1442.jpg.html > > After some more shopping, Francis and V?ronique 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 > > 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 > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information