Comments on: Black pepper shrimps with cabbage http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/black-pepper-shrimps-with-cabbage/ Food, Fashion and Philosophy from an Italian Farm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:19:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Lynnegh http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/black-pepper-shrimps-with-cabbage/#comment-847 Lynnegh Thu, 01 Mar 2007 05:20:31 +0000 http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/black-pepper-shrimps-with-cabbage/#comment-847 It reads yummy, it looks REALLY yummy, gotta try it! I was distraught yesterday to learn that my favorite produce market, a shabby-chic open air place on the corner on the way to the (chain) grocery store, has gone out of business! I spoke with the owners as they were packing up the last of the display stands and they said they thought the new owners would be opening up another produce market. One can hope... It reads yummy, it looks REALLY yummy, gotta try it!

I was distraught yesterday to learn that my favorite produce market, a shabby-chic open air place on the corner on the way to the (chain) grocery store, has gone out of business! I spoke with the owners as they were packing up the last of the display stands and they said they thought the new owners would be opening up another produce market. One can hope…

]]> By: Judith http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/black-pepper-shrimps-with-cabbage/#comment-848 Judith Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:06:27 +0000 http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/black-pepper-shrimps-with-cabbage/#comment-848 I hate to hear that. We have a covered market open 6 days a week with a number of vendors. They've adopted a policy of not posting almost any prices, which is against the law. "You can ask" is what everybody says, but what about the tourists? The newcomer expats? When they are packed? One time I asked for a celery root that had a sign under it with a price and was charged a different price. "That price is for the chick peas underneath," I was told. I've started a campaign to make them have at least a chalkboard with accurate prices on it. It may not help tourists who don't know the Italian for the items, but it will help the elderly who have to watch their pennies and are embarrassed by that and everybody when they are busy. Even the fish stand does this. They have maybe 6 prices for 15 kinds of fish, once even Maine lobster at €57 a kilo. Imagine someone buying that and discovering they've just spent their whole week's budget! I hate to hear that.
We have a covered market open 6 days a week with a number of vendors. They’ve adopted a policy of not posting almost any prices, which is against the law. “You can ask” is what everybody says, but what about the tourists? The newcomer expats? When they are packed?
One time I asked for a celery root that had a sign under it with a price and was charged a different price. “That price is for the chick peas underneath,” I was told.
I’ve started a campaign to make them have at least a chalkboard with accurate prices on it. It may not help tourists who don’t know the Italian for the items, but it will help the elderly who have to watch their pennies and are embarrassed by that and everybody when they are busy.
Even the fish stand does this. They have maybe 6 prices for 15 kinds of fish, once even Maine lobster at €57 a kilo. Imagine someone buying that and discovering they’ve just spent their whole week’s budget!

]]> By: Julianna http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/black-pepper-shrimps-with-cabbage/#comment-849 Julianna Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:52:56 +0000 http://www.judithgreenwood.com/thinkonit/black-pepper-shrimps-with-cabbage/#comment-849 OOO! This looks like something to try with Ammar. 100% halal! OOO! This looks like something to try with Ammar. 100% halal!

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