There are red grapes with white flesh. That would be Pinot Noir plus a few others. That’s one of the varieties they use to make champagne. Which is…basically a white…
..got the t-shirt. Er, shopping bag
Werner Scholles‘s egg stand at the Mainz market just wasn’t the same without his tame rooster strolling around the table top. Moritz departed for the big hen house in the…
If you’re partial to a decent sized piece of Fleischwurst, a roll and some mustard, the go-to place in Mainz is the Harth family’s mobile butcher on the market. Tuesday,…
that I had a big nose…. A proboscally gifted market visitor.
Werner Scholles, star of Mainz’s market. Accompanied for ages by Moritz, his Obixto cockerel, and bit sad these days at its passing. He’s been on TV heaps, spreading his jokes…
Van Gogh did some eyeball pleasers. He must have been a pencil squeezer. He didn’t do the Mona Lisa, That was an Italian geezer. The Summer Academy in Mainz appears…
Don’t those Germans just love their spuds…. This website lists around 300 “commercially relevant” varieties grown here The UK has 80…. The US probably only has the Idaho….. You’ll find…
“Nur aan Euro” The market in Mainz is a fairly sedate affair – not much above a low murmur (unless it’s the monthly wine hoolie, when it can get a…
The Burgundermarkt on the Gutenbergplatz is a bi-annual and much anticipated event where small producers from Mainz’s twin town of Dijon set up their stands and sell everything from fresh…
“Why’s that man lying down on the ground…?” “He’s having a heart attack, dear. Leave him alone – he’ll be dead in a minute…” Gonso market.
Which is – I suppose – how the pansy got its German name: little stepmother (Steifmütterchen) I kid you not. Look it up if you don’t belive me…
It’s hard work, making all that twee stuff for Mainz’s wimminfolk at the market. Although. I have it on impeccable authority that a) it’s necessary, b) it’s great value for…
Not me – I love the heat, but flower gardens are looking a tad jaded and almost autumnal at the mo
Bought 6 zucchini flowers on the market on Friday (€4, dip them in tempura batter, fry them in hot oil until they’re crisp, serve with pureed roasted red peppers) and…
Confirmed by a forecast temperature of 34 Celcius (that’s about 150 degrees in old money)
“It’s absolutely NONE of your business how often we……! Well I never! I can’t believe you asked me that question, young man!” Husband: (sotto voce): “Ei, mer gehe uff’m Meenzer…
…I’ve got the Pleurotus eryngii” Aka king trumpet mushroom, French horn mushroom, king oyster mushroom, king brown mushroom, boletus of the steppes, trumpet royale (What he’s really going to do…
…eggsactly….
Decades ago in a small restaurant in Albufeira, I asked the waiter what the herb was that I didn’t recognise in the dish. “Oh” he said “that’s Portuguese parsley” I…
….but the prices are sometimes eye-watering…
Gudrun Klag has gracefully segued from Autumn to Winter. Good if you like green……
First of all, that would be Rheinhessen, not Pfalz. And per minute. At my discounted consultancy rate. For which you get one Kiwi
If Gudrun Klag says it’s autumn, it’s autumn. She should know…..
This thingie would have cost between €40 and €50 on the market in Mainz. The combination of a green thumb and a talented Ms jb. Such a pity that she…
There should be a law against this. It’s OK to make wreaths out of grape vine prunings or hydrangea flowers, but taking something as sacred as HOPS and wasting them…
The new wine’s on the market already. Haven’t finished the old stuff yet. Need to get cracking, then….
…scratch! No-one does it better than Falco – everybody’s favourite dog – here with his appropriately dressed owner.
…when did Sarah (second from left) grow up, then? We know Sarah – she’s his nephew’s daughter. Nicest family you could imagine – through our friend Christoph. On the market…
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