29 May 2005
Butcher
Actually something about Dulwich....
In our drive towards eating more healthily and frugally, we did our shopping at the local shops instead of the mega huge supermarket. Got lots of lovely fruit and veg from Pretty Traditional and then saw that a butcher's stall has finally opened up in the weekend market on Northcross Road. Hurrah! All free range or organic and looking nice, dry and hung rather than injected full of water. Unfortunately, we had already bought meat from Somerfield (I know - it's a supermarket) but next week...
Had lovely goat's cheese and courgette salad from Liquorish for lunch and then went to dance class. Leftover spag bog for dinner (yum) and now for tasty ham yook jung for breakfast today.
Finished 10,000 Miles Without A Cloud by Sun Shu Yun. Twas very readable. Now I know lots more about Xuanzang, the monk on whom Journey to the West is based. And it was good to read about all the remote countries and places along the route he took to India. Especially as I wasn't very sure where some of them were. Ah, what an ignoramus. It's bad that there are whole countries that I'm very vague about.
Off to Kew today. Hurray!
In our drive towards eating more healthily and frugally, we did our shopping at the local shops instead of the mega huge supermarket. Got lots of lovely fruit and veg from Pretty Traditional and then saw that a butcher's stall has finally opened up in the weekend market on Northcross Road. Hurrah! All free range or organic and looking nice, dry and hung rather than injected full of water. Unfortunately, we had already bought meat from Somerfield (I know - it's a supermarket) but next week...
Had lovely goat's cheese and courgette salad from Liquorish for lunch and then went to dance class. Leftover spag bog for dinner (yum) and now for tasty ham yook jung for breakfast today.
Finished 10,000 Miles Without A Cloud by Sun Shu Yun. Twas very readable. Now I know lots more about Xuanzang, the monk on whom Journey to the West is based. And it was good to read about all the remote countries and places along the route he took to India. Especially as I wasn't very sure where some of them were. Ah, what an ignoramus. It's bad that there are whole countries that I'm very vague about.
Off to Kew today. Hurray!
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# posted by gilamonster : 06:10
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Are the local shops cheaper? I thought mega-supermarket prices were hard for them to compete with.
I've been reading the Chinese Emperors book. It's amazing how far some of these Chinese travelled, envoys and even whole armies. An envoy Zhang Qian in 139 BC (in a journey lasting 12 years) reached as far as Bactria and Ferghana (modern Turkestan). And in 104, 102, and 42 BC, Chinese armies did the same trip, crossing the Pamirs. They reached places over 2000 miles from the Chinese capital.
I've been reading the Chinese Emperors book. It's amazing how far some of these Chinese travelled, envoys and even whole armies. An envoy Zhang Qian in 139 BC (in a journey lasting 12 years) reached as far as Bactria and Ferghana (modern Turkestan). And in 104, 102, and 42 BC, Chinese armies did the same trip, crossing the Pamirs. They reached places over 2000 miles from the Chinese capital.
Some of the local shops are cheaper. But mostly I want to support the local businesses to keep the villagey atmosphere here. Also, they have more organic stuff and the quality is generally better. And it's not shipped from billions of miles away.
About the travelling... this guy went all the way across the Pamirs and then down via present day Afghanistan, all the way down to Ceylon and back. By foot, camel or elephant. Sheesh.
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About the travelling... this guy went all the way across the Pamirs and then down via present day Afghanistan, all the way down to Ceylon and back. By foot, camel or elephant. Sheesh.
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