The market, in the true sense ...

The market, and the many aspects it has. The market in the true sense. When I think of the market, the first image is of a place where food is sold. Traditional market.

It's a challenge, one of the best around us, called #marketfriday and hosted by @dswigle. Here I learned that the market can be any place where something is sold, but it is not mandatory.

I like to write about the market and sometimes I even manage to find less common topics but I usually write about the market in the neighborhood, near my house.

The market where I always buy the ingredients for everyday food. A market that suffered during the lockdown but is now full of life again and crowded, unfortunately people quickly forgot about the protection measures against covid-19. This can be seen immediately in the statistics, the number of diseases has increased again, we have reached the first place in Europe these days.

In these conditions, I have to run to the market and take not-so-great photos. Because no one really enjoys being photographed. I am referring to sellers and owners of small shops in the area.

With the necessary apologies regarding the quality of the photos, I will show you how to buy in a market on the outskirts of a city. On the outskirts of Bucharest, in Romania! The market, in the true sense ...

First of all fruits and vegetables. The largest part of the market, the offer is large and because of this you must first go through all the stalls to choose the best goods.

Fruits and vegetables.

Meat. Meat is an important food, please vegetarians and vegans forgive me for saying that.

Bread and pastries. In Romania we eat a lot of bread. The custom comes from the past. There was not much food and its lack was compensated with bread. Now food is everywhere and we still eat a lot of bread. There are small bakeries in the market where you can buy many kinds of bread.

The part I don't like about the market is that there are a lot of cars. It would have been great if the whole market was pedestrianized, I could have been more focused on shopping and less avoiding cars.

The old residents of the neighborhood use bicycles.

These are the usual places for strictly necessary shopping. There are many other shops but I couldn't take pictures there. After exhausting the shopping list, I prepared a little summer omelet, my favorite. It can also be yours, that's why I make a very short presentation of its preparation.

Necessary ingredients:

• eggs

• green onions, parsley, dill and larch
• cheese and ham

Mix eggs with the other ingredients and add a little milk, salt and pepper.

I put everything in a pan with oil and a cube of butter. I fry, not too much, so that the omelette stays tender and fluffy.

Now we can eat. It's tasty and easy to make. The shopping session wasn't in vain.

This post was initially posted here but I think all my friends, wherever they are, should see it.