Saturday morning is one of the market days in Quillan and although I’ve been home for nearly two weeks, I hadn’t had a chance to shop at the market, being preoccupied with work.
This morning, Earl was working on the house, so I ventured out alone. Here’s my haul this morning.
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| This should get us through the weekend. |
My first stop was the butcher
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| We're having friends for dinner tomorrow so I bought 4 entrecote |
Next the fruit and vegetable stand
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| Pears, clementines, carrots and courgettes (zucchini) |
The woman at the vegetable stand often gives us free herbs or a lemon as we check out. That lemon in the corner by the pears was a freebie. This pile of fruit and vegetables cost me 4.80 euros. So much cheaper than what I would pay in the grocery in the States.
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| From the cheese stall. |
Next I picked up a small Camembert cheese, brebis or sheep's milk cheese.
I had to stop at the bakery, of course. They didn't have my favorite pastry, chausson framboise, a raspberry turnover, so I got a muffin instead. The French pronounce it "mufeen." This is a red fruit muffin. I got Earl a Jesuite, one of his favorite treats which has a licorice flavor. Not something I like. The baker is going on his required vacation for two weeks (congé) starting Monday, so we need to stock up on our favorites.
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| Quiche for lunch, pastries for breakfast |
Finally, I went to the coffee truck, where the young Frenchman who runs it is celebrating a year in business. He makes me a white mocha even though it is no longer on the menu.
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| My carry out cup |
The truck has become quite popular, even with the French who don't walk around with coffee to go. He is opening a second truck this spring.
I returned home to eat my quiche and begin teaching again. When I finish teaching around 2, I'll join other townspeople in a clean up along the river where flooding left trash.
I figure if I'm going to enjoy the views, I better help take care of the place.
Hope you all have a relaxing weekend.
3 comments:
And the French know how to do markets. Even in the smallest places. Fabulous. I don't do coffee to go either. Well I do but take it to work to drink. I don't walk round with it. I don't get it. I want to enjoy my coffee lots of Brits walk round eating. I don't do that either. Enjoy your meal with yourfriends x
Anne, I do enjoy sitting down and having coffee, but I also like to walk and drink coffee. There isn't coffee to go in most places in France. I was hurrying home to teach one morning and stopped at a coffee shop, asking if they had "to go" cups. They gave it to me in a plastic cup that I think was melting as I walked home.
Beautiful photo of your market haul. Even the green edging on the coffee cup matches the pears!
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