Photographs-The Wednesday Farmers' Market in Kyrenia-26.10.2011

bookworm


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Message Posted:
31/10/2011 17:37

Just click on the link below.If it says 'Sign in to



continue' ,simply ignore it because it is public anyway.



The market is open every wednesday.It was



very clean and tidy.



http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.267557436615288.58981.100000831004775&type=1&l=8cbfb0c5b6

Giles


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Message Posted:
31/10/2011 17:56

That looks a very vibrant market! It is almost up to the standard of the "original", at Famagusta.

Suffolk



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Message Posted:
31/10/2011 18:37

Nice pictures - the size that some of the fruit and vegetables get to amazes me. I have taken some photographs at the market before and it always gets people talking when they see the colours and variety of

produce for sale.



Mrs S

dippersgirl



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Message Posted:
31/10/2011 18:44

great pictures, wanted to share them with some people on FB in England but it says I am not allowed!!

bookworm


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Message Posted:
31/10/2011 19:52

Market was really clean and tidy this time.



The size of the fruit and veg was not as bad as before...



I am not sure if the farmers are checked



for the inappropriate use of the chemicals.





To Dippersgirl:Simply copy the link and paste it



on your sharing box on your



facebook page...And press the Share button.

Glasbury


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Message Posted:
31/10/2011 20:43

What an assortment - I like your pics.

bookworm


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Message Posted:
31/10/2011 21:44

Thank you Glasbury.



A venue that must be visited.Get your cameras and



dive in the market...No one makes any fuss ...

No1Doyen


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Message Posted:
31/10/2011 21:54

Great photos - well done.

bookworm


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Message Posted:
01/11/2011 20:23

Thank you No1

turkan


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Message Posted:
04/11/2011 14:28

Please visit us after every wednesday and a friday,



Cookies@CREAM



INDOOR MARKET



9.30AM - 3.30PM



Opposite to the electricity office in the car park area, at the barrier end.

dizzycows


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Message Posted:
04/11/2011 14:41

Lovely selection of pics ......Makes you want to get there and browse doesnt it... What are those veg in pic 11 ?



And how would you cook this please?...

bookworm


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Message Posted:
04/11/2011 18:02

A good info about the plant in picture 11 is here.



Originally from Asia.Some locals think that it is an endemic plant.



http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/a442/colocasia-esculenta.aspx



To Türkan:We will try to come and look.See you and good luck...

bookworm


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Message Posted:
04/11/2011 18:09

It can be cooked exactly the same as a spud )



Tastes slightly nicer.



Peel the skin off,chop as you do with the potatoes,deep fry



or cook it with chicken in a pot (with green peas,carrots etc)



I don't eat too often because it is a good source of starch )

brother



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Message Posted:
04/11/2011 18:44

Msg.11: These are the Kolokas root vegetables. In my childhood I used to worry when I smelled Kolokas with lamb on arriving home from school I hated it as it had a slightly glutenous texture and as a child this was not something I enjoyed as a texture.



However, I would now like to try and grow some in the UK in a polytunnel (a bit perverse I suppose by I am willing to try them again after 35 years ). As to whether they will grow in the UK - no idea.

brother



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Message Posted:
04/11/2011 18:46

bookworm; your pictures always give me a warm feeling of my childhood in Cyprus - whether is is the sights of the market or the spring flowers - I enjoy them greatly and appreciate your compositions greatly.



Many thanks

aussiejock



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Message Posted:
04/11/2011 19:32

do they sell tobacco at the market, like they do in Turkey, I used to buy it by the kilo for around 30 lira, and it was really good tobacco, you can't buy tobacco in any shops in Turkey, and to try and get your hands on any rolly papers forget it, if you do find any they want an arm and a leg for a pack, hope it's not the same in North Cyprus, as I only smoke tobacco.



Robert

yenibob


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Message Posted:
04/11/2011 19:37

"I only smoke tobacco" I should bloody hope so Aussie!

aussiejock



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Message Posted:
04/11/2011 19:50

yenibob I cant stand the tailor made only the loose tobacco, been smoking for 53 years, and still enjoy it, bad habit I know but I do love my smokes.





Robert

bookworm


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Message Posted:
04/11/2011 20:05

No tobacco in the market at all.



But listen to this! Tobacco used to be farmed in



Karpaz area until recently...10 years or may



be five years ago ,you could see them entering



Yeni Erenköy.I ASSUME there must be some



farmers ,still growing their own tobacco.(tütün in Turkish).



Factory is still standing on the left side of the road.



Kolokas grows in England.

greylag


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Message Posted:
04/11/2011 20:44

Fascinating,bookworm,re-mess 19,

dvdjohn


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Message Posted:
04/11/2011 21:52

Harman, 2000, 2001 are all made with local produced tobacco, which is still grown in the Karpas.



In the mountains of eastern Turkey ( Batman, Sason ) they grow tobacco for most of the US brands.



Sorry for changing the subjuct, ref the Market.

bookworm


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Message Posted:
05/11/2011 00:44

I honestly wasn't aware of them still farming tobacco...