To market, to market
to buya fat pig delicious home grown goodies....
Home again, home again
Jiggety jig!!!
When my dear friend Carol was out from the UK
in May last year
we visited the Matakana Market
which is an hours drive north of Auckland.
It was late Autumn so the pumpkins and other earthy vegetables
were at their best.
Are you aware that most people in the UK and France
think of pumpkins only as animal fodder?
Kiwis on the other hand can't imagine
the quintessential Sunday roast of
lamb, beef or chicken without roasted pumpkin and potatoes!
Are you a pumpkin eater like me?
I know my North American friends are pumpkin lovers!
If you have a favourite pumpkin recipe
would you like to share it with me?
You can tell me here when you comment and
then email the recipe and I will send
you one of my favourites in return!
The crepes here are delicious
but the queue was far too long for us to wait
so we headed off to the coffee stall!
to buy
Home again, home again
Jiggety jig!!!
When my dear friend Carol was out from the UK
in May last year
we visited the Matakana Market
which is an hours drive north of Auckland.
It was late Autumn so the pumpkins and other earthy vegetables
were at their best.
Are you aware that most people in the UK and France
think of pumpkins only as animal fodder?
Kiwis on the other hand can't imagine
the quintessential Sunday roast of
lamb, beef or chicken without roasted pumpkin and potatoes!
Are you a pumpkin eater like me?
I know my North American friends are pumpkin lovers!
If you have a favourite pumpkin recipe
would you like to share it with me?
You can tell me here when you comment and
then email the recipe and I will send
you one of my favourites in return!
The crepes here are delicious
but the queue was far too long for us to wait
so we headed off to the coffee stall!
Some enterprising girls have set up a
dog minding stall
so visitors can do their shopping in peace.
It's a marvellous idea, as the day we were there
the market was unbelievably crowded
wall to wall people
and I'm sure the dogs enjoyed their time out
(I wished I had been a doggy that day
as I don't like crowds or queues)!
Their are some interesting shops to peruse in the village too
and naturally I spent a while in the bookshop.
Oh and there's a really good shoe shop too!
This week I'm joining
Eileen for Saturday Critters
and
Karen for Sunlit Sunday
please pop over and visit Karen's blog.
Karen is a volunteer for her local cat rescue group
and she is currently caring for the beautiful Purl
whom you'll meet when reading her blog!
I'm also joining
Judith for Mosaic Monday
thank you ladies for hosting your lovely memes.
Take care and
be kind to one another
à bientôt
Shane
