>Walnut derives from Old English wealhhnutu, literally “foreign nut” (yes, I’ve been called that in my time), wealh meaning “foreign” (wealh is akin to the term “Welsh” The previous Latin…
>I don’t really care for the Christmas Market in Mainz. Tends to be too full of cheap mulled wine stands, festive candle purveyors, knick-knack sellers and sausage-on-a-stick merchants for my…
>Summer would be a good idea right now. Weeks of low clouds and fog and cold, followed by normal clouds and cold. So yes, summer would be good. But Anja…
>Quite the festive colour combination, I thought…..
>OK Easter’s early next year. I KNOW that. But coloured eggs on the market in December is just silly…..
>OK, so we’ve got regular cabbage, red cabbage, sweetheart cabbage (I had to look that up – it runs under “Spitzkohl” – pointed cabbage), butternut and hokkaido pumpkins and swede.…
>I’m not sure if this rediscovery will in future rank up there with the Roman ships and the amphitheatre, but it certainly caused a kerfuffle on the market today. The…
> …organic. Why is it that organic veges mostly look pretty shitty? Y ou got to Alnatura and see the faithful buying a wizened parsnip or two and paying a…
>…in that tone of voice.“ Half-jokingly, I said that to Dad once. Just once. (That was back in the days before physical punishment was frowned upon.) But don’t pansies sometimes…
>There was a smashing noise and everybody stopped to look. At the toddler in the pushchair, looking quite forlorn at the pattern of Smarties sprinkled across the cobblestones of the…
>I was tempted to do a “John Whatley” – (you know – “Aren’t we lucky people..!), but it’s pretty self-evident when you figure that is just ONE of the cheese…
>….when massed chrysanthemums appear on the market. Although a Fall trip to New England a couple of years ago had me confused for a while. “Mums for sale” signs all…
>This is one of those things that can only happen in Mainz.(Not that outrageous things don’t happen elsewhere…) There’s a guy on the market who sells eggs. Nothing else. Just…
>Well, this – with an espresso macchiato from the Tin Shed on Wheels – makes a welcome change from the usual müsli with fresh fruit and a big mug of…
>Artichokes are really only thistles with a college education. The Italian folks on the market (they’re Sicilian, to be more precise) must have taken their eye off the ball for…
>The zucchini blossoms were so fresh on the market yesterday that bumble bees were still zipping in and out in a futile attempt at pollination. So the best thing to…
>The Heunensäule – Giants’ Column – is the centrepiece of the market square in Mainz. Not easy to miss it, really.Neither would you be if you were 6.40 metres high…
>The market square in front of the cathedral is where you’ll find Germany’s oldest Renaissance well.It dates back to 1526 and was erected by Cardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg, Elector Prince…
> Yummy. Schusters, our Kleiin-Winternheim farmers, have the new season’s beans on the market in Mainz. Nothing better than to boil them until they’re still al dente together with a…
>In other words – lost. I found this confused-looking chappy stumbling around on the market on Friday. Based on the kit he was wearing, I think he might have been…
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