Saturday, April 16, 2016

Market day in St. Foy la Grande

This area's largest weekly marché is in the town of St. Foy. I've been to this one before with Luisa W and today was Joe's turn to take a trip around the great sights and aromas.



The first thing I had to buy was a bunch of these stunning multi-colored tulips, sold by a charming young couple who were embarrassed to be included in my photo.



We found beautiful thick white asparagus and fresh fava beans, called "feves" here. Some shallots went into the shopping bag too. At the butcher's stall we found tiny whole quails stuffed with foie gras, which we'll eat with the pavé de volaille, which are packets of chicken breasts, stuffed with sausage and wrapped in bacon. The woman who sells the petite goat cheeses was there so we bought two for our lunch.

I'm going to be cooking up quite the feast tonight. Bon appetit!

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