The market in Arequipa

Yes this is a market. It is the San Camilo market of Arequipa in Peru. Being thankful in a market-hall so full of beautiful food is certainly a very good idea.

 In this market you will find cheese..........

fish........

meat..................

entrails................

and lots of fruits .............

But when it comes to potatoes and corn, then markets in Peru are very special. 

If somebody just asks you to buy a kilo of potatoes in Peru, you will be completely lost. There 

are so many different kinds of potatoes - some say more than two or even three thousand varieties - that you have to know beforehand what kind of potatoes you are going to buy. All these potatoes have their own fantastic "earthy" colors.

The Peruvians also grow many varieties of corn. Like black corn and white corn and many other colors in between.

And let’s not forget the Lima beans and last but not least the quinoa  Quinoa is not a grain, but a seed (so no gluten). It is (according to the FAO) a food with “high nutritive value”.  The FAO declared 2013 (yes now) “The international  year of the quinoa”.  So if you want to try… on the internet there are lots of recipes for quinoa.  BBC - Good food   Cooking light  allrecipes.com  vegetarian

In a corner of the market, with very narrow passages is the "witches market". The witches don't like you taking pictures of their stalls. They sell herbs, berries and lots of bottles and packages with healthy and healing products. But also other more "dark" things like dried Lama fetuses.

The Lama fetuses are offered to Pachama to bring a good harvest.