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Fruit
17th November 2013

Pears in sugar and spice syrup

On our Sunday market there is a vegetable stall run by four ladies and one man. They are a family, the youngest is in her fifties and the eldest, well, she could be well in her eighties. They come to the market to sell produce of their own grounds in the area, and other assorted fruits and vegetables from wholesalers. This Sunday they had crates […]

Fruit
8th July 2013

Apricot compote

Last week, I was in the Roussillon area in southwest France, the region between the Pyrenees mountains and the Mediterranean, which is a major fruit producing area. In fact, it is the second-biggest producing area in France after the Provence and France is the second-biggest grower in Europe. The apricot harvest had been somewhat delayed due to the late start of warm weather, and when […]