The Rastro is a normal fresh market that combines the selling of food and non food goodies in Spain. Each town has its market day once a week. The one that we have in our toen has been assigned Monday as the fresh market day and they are allowed to sell any products at designated stall number. From what I have heard from the stall owner they pay a certain fee and sell their products or goods from 9:30AM -3:00 PM.
A New Site For the Market ...
The fresh market had been moved from the street parallel to the main road to this new site. The said new site used to be an empty plot which was very rough and now the town hall made it into the new Rastro because the old location had been causing traffic congestions. Moreover, this new site is reserved for the flea or fresh market on Mondays... for the rest of the week, it is a huge parking area for the locals and tourists visiting the promenade.
Here, mostly farmers sell their fresh produce and some retailers of fruits and veggies get their goodies from agents of huge wholesalers. Andalusia is best known for its olive oil, avocados and mangoes. The huge-scale farmers turned to planting mangoes in the last 8-10 years instead of planting avocados because the latter consumed too much water.
Exotic fruits...
Most of the exotic fruits such as cherimoyas, persimon, guavas, figs and many more are grown in plastic tents. The locals in as much as they have land in the campo grow their own veggies as well as harvest their own olives in their backyard and have them pressed at the local Cooperative.
Cherimoya
The cherimoya is sweet, fruity and tasty; it combines all the best flavors of strawberry, raspberry and pear with a hint of cinnamon. Source
This is my ultimate fruit, I just love its taste. I only get this here in Andalusia from the months of September til January. The current price of cherimoya per kilo is around 2.40 Euros at the moment and the same goes to the price of the Mango. Guavas are not so common, but they are also grown here. I just had the sweetest guava in years.
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Spices .....
I never failed to visit stalls that sells spices and last Monday, I got powdered cumin at 2.50 Euros for 170 grams, the powder of which originally came from India and have been refilled in Murcia, Spain.
Me, visiting the fresh market last Monday...
The Price of the After Shopping Spree.... The Med Sea
Yep, this is what you will see when you finish doing your shopping.... the promenade is long and there are cafes, bars and restaurants where you can sit, enjoy your drink and watch people threading the Playa.
This had been my #MarketFriday initiated by @dswigle. Thank you Denise , sorry I am a bit late in posting! Cheers to you dear!
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