On Thursdays, I share pictures about ‘Echos of my Neighbourhood.
I would like to invite you to participate. The challenge is quite simple and you can find out more about it through this link.
My title makes me hum the nursery rhyme: To market, to market to buy a fat pig – in this case a fat fish 🙂 This week has been slow due to the Eid holiday over here, so I took the opportunity to go bulk shopping for certain food stuff.
The drive to the Fish market is about 40 minutes drive from my house, but it’s worth the effort. I buy fresh stuff, clean them and keep in smaller Ziploc packs to use as the need arises.
Don’t buy from the very first stall you step into. Traipse around a bit from one stall to the other and haggle over the prices for the best bargain. You can also pay a little change to the jobbers to clean the shrimps et al for you if time is a constraint.
This saves a whole lot of time for me as a family woman – I don’t have to go dashing to the stores every five seconds to buy one thing or the other. Also, it helps my menu planning.
Lady Lee’s photos and her family Tortoise will put a smile on any face.
Have a great weekend ahead.
Jacqueline
a cooking pot and twisted tales 
Beautiful pictures, as always. Hope all is well with you!
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Thank you my dear Diane. We are doing well 🙂
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Fabulous!
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love your market, Jackie 🙂
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Thank you lady Lee 🙂
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Wishing you a great weekend as well, Jacqueline! 🙂
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I’ve enjoyed your blog so I nominated you for a quote challenge. If you interested the information is on my latest blog post. No Pressure! Just Fun!
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Thank you Janet. I’ll take a peek 🙂
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Your markets look awesome !
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The good thing is that the market is quite organized over here. Back in Nigeria the markets are crazy and exciting 😉
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We have a bit of a mixed bag here too, but nothing as big as this one of yours!
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That food market looks huge. Wouldn’t know where to start. 🙂
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It is big and can look daunting a bit, but after several visits, one gets used to it. It’s even far more organised than the bustling markets back home.
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Nice market pictures! Have you learned to cook any of the fish if you buy it fresh?
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I can’t bring myself to cook them alive! I ask the jobbers in the market to help me clean them up before I take them home.
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I love going to open market-places…fresh foods are always the best!
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I do too. It has a certain feel 🙂
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Definitely – I like being able to see, touch, and smell the food being sold…it’s the only way to shop!
🙂
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Authentic style 😉
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We don’t have markets like this in my area. Guess it would take me more than 40 mins to get to your’s.
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I love open markets (I also like malls) but there’s a feel to these one’s.
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