Yesterday during Spanish class we talked about food that is typical in Cádiz. After some discussion and introduction of some new vocab, we walked to the central market where people go to buy fruit, vegetables, meat, and seafood. Compared to the typical American grocery store, the market is super exciting. Everything is fresh and is brought in at the beginning of every day. We tried some peaches and nectarines and they were very good, much better than anything I've had at home. In the seafood section, they had shellfish that were still alive and moving and fish that still had their bodies completely intact. As strange as all of this was, the concept of buying meat and fruit fresh every day seems very appealing. We talked to our host mom about how buying food is so different in the United States and we agreed that this system is much better. Instead of buying frozen meat that you don't eat for days, you go to the market every day to get what you are going to cook that day. Going the market definitely had some shock value because a lot of the meat and fish were pretty gross looking but the system of food here is a lot cooler than at home.
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