Just a few of the vegies we got at the farmer’s market. This photo © Robert Corkery.
Buying sunflowers. This photo and those following © Sandra Carpenter.
Beans and squash.
I’m a big fan of farmer’s markets. I love the displays of fresh produce, seeing what’s in season, talking to the farmers and just being part of the bustle. I wrote recently about Venice’s Rialto Market and also about the Fallon & Byrne food hall in Dublin.
On Saturday, Robert and I went to the bondens marknad or farmer’s market in Stockholm on Södermalm. It was a beautiful sunny day, so the market was beyond busy. But we had such a good time sampling cheeses and honey, sausages and salmon, bread and granola that it didn’t matter. We ate lunch at one of the stalls where we had a lax or salmon crepe.
And being the good Midwesterner that I am, I could not resist trying the grilled corn. The verdict: the best I’ve ever had in Sweden. (But it was not quite as good as what I’ve had in Ohio and Indiana!)
My lunch at the market–a salmon crepe with a side salad.
Lingon berries.
Carrots and beets.
Market flowers.
By the way, the Södermalm farmer’s market is on Katarina bangata. It is held on Saturdays from 10-15 until October 10. There is also a julmarknad or Christmas market there in December.
Selling grilled corn.
We bought a dozen ears of corn.
“Farmer’s own market” at Katarina bangata.
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Mmmm. The salmon crepe sounds amazing! I wish I could go to a farmer’s market with CHEESE and HONEY. Here in Korea, I am more likely to find silk worm larvae or tiny crispy fish in a spicy red sauce. That might be some people’s cup of tea, but it certainly isn’t mine. >< (I have tried the silk worm larvae, though. They kind of pop in your mouth and taste kind of like sweet corn.)
It’s a joy to see your pictures. I am in love with good farmers’ markets or big open markets! I have countless photos of markets in a number of countries.
I’ll be in the south of France in a couple of weeks and can’t wait to shop again in “my” market there. It has a great variety of fresh and prepared foods and it is a challenge not to buy too much of everything!
Thanks for sharing that imagery Marina of the silk worms. (Now I need to see them.) You were brave to try them…not sure I could have done it. But I do like corn! The fish sound tasty though.
Miss footloose, Thanks for the lovely compliment! Just what I needed after a long day. Hope you will post pics of your market visit…I will have to take a look. And like you, I also have LOTS of market photos!
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