My friends in St. Louis know the history of the Soulard Farmers Market. It’s still a great place for fresh produce and farm-raised poultry and meat. When we visit St. Louis it’s one of our favorite places to visit on Saturday mornings. Our children even enjoy the Soulard visits.
Today we caught a glimpse of the farmers market in Rio de Janeiro. This one is located one block west of Copacabana beach and about two blocks north of our hotel. I would love to tell you we planned it and knew it would be there; alas, we’re not that smart. As we left Sunday morning Mass at Our Lady of Copacabana it was staring us in the face. Four blocks of produce, fresh meat, fresh fish and shellfish, cheeses and street food - our kind of place.
The photos below tell the best story…
These were some of the tiniest, most colorful peppers I’ve seen. They looked incredibly hot.
We did run across this unusual looking fruit. You can see the lady in the back separating the edible part from the fruit.
A bit later we asked another man about the strange looking fruit. He pronounced it “jaka” (sp?) and offered us a sample. It reminded us of a sweet apple – dense and richly flavored.
How can you visit a market like this and not sample the street food?
In the background, the young man is grinding fresh sugar cane while the man in the foreground pours the fresh, sweet nectar into glasses. We enjoyed it with our pastel de carne (fresh meat pie) for R$ 5.5 or about $3 USD – a great deal.
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