Farmers' market, Trondheim
We flew up to Trondheim last weekend, but, as there were family festivities, there was no time for beer drinking. We went into town on Saturday lunchtime and had a look at the farmers’ market, with lots of interesting stuff from the region. Cheese, bread, herring, salmon. Lemonade and cakes, reindeer meat, wild boar sausages. Pickles and preserves. Honey and jam.
It’s the same around the globe, I suppose. In season it would be filled with fruit and vegs.
I’m very pleased that they have managed to revive this tradition in the nick of time 97& of the food we eat in Norway is sold through four chains who are laughing all the way to the bank.
But what was missing at the farmers’ market to supplement the food was beer and ciders from farmhouse producers. Would it be too much to ask that beer could be legally sold in setting like these? Probably. It would lead our children into ruin and all that. Sorry I asked.
The beer is missing
How were the prices?
The prices were, as in Oslo, very high. You would think that cutting the middlemen – both wholesale and reatil – could lead to lower prices, but we’re talking 50 kroner for a glass of chutney here. Not the place to go for your staples, more for gifts etc. The cheeses are pissibly a bit cheaper than in the shops, but they are still a lot more expensive than their French equivalents.