Sydney Markets
Sydney Produce Markets. Saturday. Free entry. A huge echoing iron warehouse of mystery, fascination, noise, people and vegetables. Or, maybe, a place of fascinating people and mysterious noisy vegetables. Shouts of “dolla, dolla, dolla” ring out from one seller sparking competing refrains from alternate stalls. The shouting match builds to a crescendo and dies quickly as customers gather.
“What’s that” I say, pointing to something that looks like a bag of flower stems without the nice flower bit and smelling vaguely of garlic.
“Garlic stems” the seller replies.
“How much?”
“Two dolla”
It’s early in the day and I don’t have any dollas so I proffer five bucks. Taking my garlic stems and my two dolla change, I slip into a aisle between stalls of oranges and cabbage.
peter
I love the humanity of markets … yet why don’t I shop there more often? Convenience. I sacrifice an interesting life experience for convenience … maybe a life can have too much convenience?
Time to go back to the market methinks.
Popular Mr
shouldnt it be 3 dolla change ?
Chroma
Peter,
Yer spot on…the markets are just a lot of fun but weekly, as I now do, begins to get a bit much! Thanx fer the comment.
Chroma
Daijiro Kato,
you are right…can’t trust these market people nor people who can’t do simple math! There are three types of people…those who can add up and those who can’t!
Popular Mr
LOL
I cant do maths either which is why apertures values make sense to me :D
What do you do with garlic stems ?
Chroma
Garlic stems are the best!! I never knew they existed until I saw them at the market. I use them in curries, stew, soup, tossed in a tray of roast veg and on the BBQ. Kinda like mild green garlic.
Todd Rollins
Great description of the atmosphere of the market. Great photo opps abound. We have a “little” market in our neck of the woods called “Pike Place Market.” I need to get back more often.