An Indian Market Experience

We took so many photos, it was to hard to select just a few for the blog, so instead I've compiled them into a photo slideshow.  Hope you have a bit over 2 minutes to enjoy it.
BUMMER...I just noticed that the quality of the photos is poor in the slideshow.  I took these with my good camera, so if there are any that you would like me to post seperately, so you can see a clear version...please let me know.

The fruit & vegetables in the grocery store are of very poor quality, but the stuff at the market is delicious.  Most items are sold by the kilogram (2.2 lbs).  A kilogram of tomatoes, will cost you approx. 15 rupees (less than less than 50 cent.  Fruit is a bit more expensive.  A kilogram of grapes is 80 rupees...approx. $2.

I am amazed at how much produce is there...lots of it (especially the root vegetables) come straight from the farm...daily!  Dominic assures me that they are able to sell it all.  I happened to find some goats eating the profits...the Indian's would never make the animals stop eating.

There are many Indian vegetarians.  In fact, restaurants tend to advertise as Veg or Non-veg.  Many grocery stores are veg.  I needed to pick up some chicken the other day.  I had seen live chickens for sale on the side of the road, that they will kill for you when you buy it.  I was greatful when Dominic said that I can buy it in the grocery store already cleaned and packaged.  He took me to a grocery store that had a seperate shop attached to it that sold the meat...keeping the meat out of the veg grocery store. 

Well, the same is true for the veg market.  However, since the Muslim's eat meat, you can find a meat market adjacent to their fruit/veg market.  I haven't been in the meat market, but I have been to the fruit/veg market in this area.  Last time I bought some strawberries there.  The man gave it to me in a black plastic bag.  When I came back out to the main street to flag down Dominic.  He quickly ushered me into the car.  He told me never to openly carry a black plastic bag in this area.  He pointed to the sky where Eagles were swarming the meat market.  He said that those eagles will swoop down and grab the black bag out of my hand, because that is the same bag the meat comes in.  Good to know!