I'm in France still, I have t - (6 days, several hours) with my lovely host mother, Caroline and my lovely Southern Californian housemate, Lexi.
So being Saturday I went to the marché as usual. I am really going to miss that in particular. You can buy fresh organic vegetables, fruit, bread, fish, and well, meatandcheese, every. single. day.
Next quarter I'm going to wake up on Tuesday and after some yawning think to myself "Oh I'll go the marché and grab some strawberries and carrots today"
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Anyways, I DID buy strawberries today and wow they were amazing, and not too expensive. I am really confused by what is in season here in Provence, because it's completely different than in California. There's tons of avocados, pears, and apples here now. I think apples are in season in Northern California as well, but not pears. And avocados are generally from SoCal I believe.
Take a gander at the strawberries that couldn't stay uneaten:
And no, my camera was NOT in vivid mode. They really were that plump and shiny, and organic.
Lately I've been wanting fiber and vegetables like never before. Not just for regularity *grins =D
But actually because every time I eat white bread, which I wouldn't do in CA, I feel like I can't breathe! So I stopped doing so...and decided today would be a good day to finish up the broccoli I have.
Le Stir-fry
It is pretty self-explanatory, oh but I added a little soy sauce for flavor (not depicted).
We also have lentils left over from the dinner the night before, so I decided I would add them in.
Why are all my pictures leaning to the right?
I also have an embarrassing story. First of all, did I tell the shrimp story? Well I was in Marseille and ordered a seafood salad. There was salmon, avocado, olives, lettuce.....all good. And then there were big huge shrimp. They were staring up at me, one might have blinked. I really didn't want to eat them. When I peeled away their outer skin, I think I found the alimentary canal, and other misc. organs. So now I am questioning everything I thought I loved about seafood!
Here is the story from today. Yesterday (Friday) I bought 3 little oysters. I like(d) oysters, as my mom and I used to eat two or three on the spot at our farmer's market in Walnut Creek, every Sunday. So I tried one and thought it was good, and then I bought 3 to take home. Today, I got one open, which was très difficile, and didn't find anything edible inside. Why does this keep happening!?
At this point I think I'm limited to raw and smoked salmon, small shrimp (the ones where only the tail and a little skin needs to be removed, not the feet, hands, eyes, skin, alimentary canal, and I don't know, their soul), and sushi fish. More on this as it develops.
