15 October 2011
On 15 October a delegation of Teaching Assistants sought to sample the three day Terra Madre market and avail of a free buffet lunch cobbled together from samples.
Several local and not-so-local traders set up stalls at the Rathaus promoting their organic goods and foods. There were a wide selection of cheeses and sausages, tofu, sauces, jams, sweets, cakes and pastries. It was an education and experience for the palate.
We weaved through the crowds, squeezing through clusters to steal a glance at the many beautiful stalls. We wandered around dipping into the various displays, sometimes shamelessly so, the wooden toothpicks gripped in our vice-like hands, stabbing down like pistons and retracting with a prize.
We brushed shoulders with locals, organic farmers from near and abroad; some travelling great distances to be there.
The atmosphere was relaxed and friendly, some locals venturing to ask if the Czech pastries were as good as the Austrian ones.
I replied with a blank stare and then a sympathetic frown. Thinking back now, it was most likely a rhetorical question.
All in all, it was a wonderful afternoon and we came away with a taste for some local cuisine and a contented bellyful of pastry.
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