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| Puntagorda Market (Mercadillo) | Deze pagina in Nederlands |
The Farmers Market in Puntagorda is open every weekend. On Saturdays from 14.00 until 19.00 and on Sundays from 11.00 until 15.00.
The products sold are all produced locally.
The meat is from pigs and cattle which have lived in Garafia or Puntagorda.
The wine is from producers on the island, primarily from Puntagorda, Tijarafe and Garafia.
The fruit and vegetables are grown on a small scale by local producers, many of whom sell their own produce directly to the client
The preserved vegetables, jams and mojos (sauces) are mostly grown in Puntagorda and are processed and bottled in Puntagorda by local women.The kiosko serves drinks and also very good food, including squid, local pork, fish, bocadillos, chips and sometimes paella.
Currently (2010) there is a lottery for a basket of local produce every last Sunday of the month. You get tickets with purchases above a certain amount. |
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Jams, mojo and preserved fruit and vegetables can be tasted and bought at the Puntagorda Market. |
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Tasting:
Try the mojo rojo, mild red pepper sauce, or jams or bottled fruit and vegetables. They are all locally made from locally grown produce. |
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Hand made cards and bookmarks from recycled paper. |
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Bookmarks made form re-cycled paper and local flowers and seeds. |
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Handmade pots with gekkos. |
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Goats cheese from La Palma is sold by several producers. Once a year a competition is held to find the best ones. |
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The market is not only the placd to buy local cheese but also to meet people and catch up with the gossip. |
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Tendal wine, an excellent local wine, grown and bottled locally. |
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Vega Norte and Traviesa, two locally produced wines. |
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Fresh fruit and vegetables on sale at the Puntagorda market. |
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Fresh apples, straight from the orchards in Puntagorda and Garafia.
Food-miles? the distance between orchard and market, between 1 and 20 miles. |
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Freshly harvested vegetables, straight from the ground within just a few miles of the market. |
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Sugar Cane is freshly crushed to extract the sweet juice for use in drinks, with or without rum. |
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Cakes freshly made in a bakery just 700metres from the market. |
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Fresh strawberry cake made with Puntagorda strawberries. |
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