I love buying groceries myself. Some may consider this a waste of time, but the process of choosing products gives me great pleasure. Especially if you have plenty to choose from.
When traveling, I make sure to find time to go to the local market and taste local fruits, vegetables or seafood.
While living in Spain, I have the opportunity to satisfy my market passion every week.
Residents of warm countries are incredibly lucky: they do not need to import everything, including potatoes, they can eat what grows on their land. As you know, for successful transportation, vegetables and fruits are picked not yet ripe and watered for unknown reasons for preserving and creating an attractive look. All this, naturally, reduces their beneficial properties. It’s scary to even imagine in what form Chilean pears or plums leave their homeland and by what means they live in a suitable form to the Moscow market … But it’s better not to think about the sad, because we still have no alternative.
Therefore, while I live in a warm country, I must use its benefits. I got into the season of my favorite avocado and Brussels sprouts, artichokes, which they taught me to cook here, and oranges with tangerines, which, in my opinion, are the most delicious in the world here)))
In general, who what, but I would bump into the farmers and go home with heavy bags and a couple of new recipes.
For those who want to get involved in the market shopping in the Marbella area, I recommend, firstly, the Municipal Market (Mercado Municipal), which is located in the city center with convenient parking right in the building. The market is open daily, except weekends, from 9:00 to 14:00. Here is a link to all municipal markets in Spain.
Secondly, each district has its own “market day”, when farmers from the district come to a specially designated place. Next to us is a market in Puerto Banus on Saturdays, in Nueva Andalucia on Sundays, in Marbella on Mondays, in the town of San Pedro on Thursdays.