A visit to the 'slow food market'

Every Wednesday I shop for fresh vegetables, meat and eggs etc. at the local farmer's market but on the first Sunday of every month there is a 'slow food market' in the same place. All of the producers at this market come from within a 50 mile radius and quite a few of them are at the farmers' market too. I haven't been to the slow food market for some time but I went today because one of the fishmongers at the farmers market used to sell different kinds of wet fish such as wolf fish, coley and ling but as he hadn't caught these fish or done any preparation to them the managers of the market stopped him from selling these on a Wednesday. The other week when we were talking he said that they often have these kinds of wet fish at the slow food market so I thought I would go over to buy some to put in the freezer rather than use the supermarket as they don't always sell fish that has been ethically caught. The smells that assailed my nostrils and made my mouth water when I got there were quite out of this world. A lot of the stalls were cooking and selling their own produce and there was everything on sale from paella to organic bacon rolls and burgers and even Italian style meatballs in ciabatta. It's a fantastic opportunity to speak to the producers of the foods to find out where and how it's produced, just the same as at the farmers' market. I got some fish and also some sausages and bacon and I will certainly be going again next time. If there's a market like this near you it's certainly worth avisit and I think we should all support our local farmers and food producers.