After the school tour we went to the local farmers’ market. Even though it was covered market, you had to watch out for bikes and scooters which treated the area like a giant drive thru grocery store. We bought our food for that night. Stilwell and the kids were cooking at his house that night. That’s Stilwell cooking pictured above. In China you spend a lot of time grocery shopping. You can’t carry home trunk loads of processed food so you buy fresh and frequently. And I mean really fresh! All the fish were alive and they gutted and scaled them after you bought them. That night we had eggplant, clams, fish, cucumbers, rice, a green vegetable I can say in Chinese but can’t spell in pinyin and a couple of other delicious dishes.
