"Nathalie Chiva" > wrote in message
>


Outside market (the Lausanne market, huge on Saturday mornings,
> smaller on Wednesday mornings), open all year long. It's not 100% a
> farmer's market, some stands are real farmers, others are resellers,
> but what they resell is much better and fresher stuff than the
> stupidmarkets. You can find vegetables and fruit, of course, but also
> meat (my favorite butcher is there) and poultry, cheese (exceptional
> quality), good Italian cured meat products, even fish from the Lake of
> Geneva, good olives, honey, stuff like that.
>
> Nathalie in Switzerland


Ahh, when it comes to food, I was born with the wrong passport.
I can bank there, but not shop weekly there :-(

I had to go this morning to Lowe's (huge U.S. hardware store) to re-do a
contract for kitchen flooring, so I had a business card of a woman nearby
that sold apples (on the honor system) you just put your money in a box.
All around the apple trees are lots for sale. The man owning the apples
must've been in his late 80's, so I feel that these small fields of apples
will no longer be available in a few short years.

Of course, if one has to pick up anything like eggs, milk, the only place
closeby is Walmart. Then there is another market (chain) which I haven't
shopped at in 10 years at least.

You must really appreciate what is available where you live. I can tell.
Dee Dee








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