As well as the fantastic hospitality we received at Ian and Kate’s for the Kitchen Garden International weekend, the highlights for me were the markets and the small local producers of flour and pruneaux (dried plums).
Aussi bien que l’hospitalité exceptionelle que nous avons trouvé chez Ian et Kate le weekend de Kitchen Garden International, les visites au marchés et aux producteurs du blé et des pruneaux furent pour moi les temps forts.
Villereal market / le marché de Villereal
 Farmers campaign for a fair price for their milk. |  Ceps (porcini) |
 Many different varieties of tomato / beaucoup de varietés de tomates. |  and of courges and pumpkins / et de courges. |
Issegeac market / le marché d’Issegeac
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Baskets and fruit and vegetables … and lots more / Des paniers et des fruits et des légumes …. et beaucoup d’autres choses.
La Ferme des Pruneaux et des Ruches
We visited the farm of Monsieur Domingie near Villereal where he showed us how he dries the special d’Ente plums to preserve them as pruneaux. We were able to taste and buy them and they are really delicious.
On a visité la ferme de Monsieur Domingie près de Villereal. Il nous a montré comment il seche les prunes d’Ente pour les conserver comme pruneaux. On les a pu goûter et acheter et ils sont vraiment delicieux.
 Sheep graze under the plum trees / Les brébis broutent sous les pruniers. |  The plums are washed / on lave les prunes …. |
 sorted / les trie …. |  dried / les seche ….. |
 |  M. Domingie (right) explains the benefits of pruneaux / M. Domingie (droite) explique les bienfaits des pruneaux. |
Le Moulin de la Fage-Haute
This watermill grinds flour using traditional methods – the bread made from it tasted wonderful. / Ce moulin à eau moud le blé par les méthodes traditionnelles – le pain est excellent.
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Like Monsieur Domingie at La Ferme des Pruneaux, Monsieur Brouillet is passionate about his produce, saying that it is not financially viable but it is worth doing because the flour is so good.
Comme Monsieur Domingie de La Ferme des Pruneaux, Monsieur Brouillet est passionné pour son produit. Il dit que ce n’est pas économique mais il faut le faire parce que le blé est si bon.
5 comments:
What a shame that it's not financially viable, but I guess that's economics. What a wonderful time you've had with all that food!
This looks great. There's nothing like a really good flour. It's lovely to see the images of the market and the process of the drying of the prunes - really interesting.
So wonderful. I wish I could taste those prunes! I've heard that fresh flour really does make a difference. I bet some day I'll make the plunge into a mill . . . wonderful pictures.
Fascinating. I am particularly taken with Monsieur Brouillet's bobble on the end of his hat :-)
Thanks to all for your comments. Yes, it is lovely flour and a great hat!
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