Crete Farmer's Market in November: Prices, Fresh Products & Local Atmosphere!

[@Sunpire]

What is the one thing you buy EVERY TIME from the market?🤔😅🔽

[@manolisgledsodakis873]

Κρητη!

[@factsunitedkingdom6617]

Onion 😂😂

[@Sunpire]

@manolisgledsodakis873 💙💙

[@zaxlee01]

Guy you are very blessed, Crete has i think the best produce market in the world. They grow everything. Everything is organic and very healthy. You choose the best place in the world. I am not even from Crete but i am always jealous of Crete, They have great produce, they have cities, amazing beaches, amazing local food. If i were to make good money online i always say i would live in Crete and enjoy life. Unfortunately i am in Athens, stuck in traffic to go to work :(

[@alexsumbati4194]

Lemons

[@Athena32-y5g]

Yasas, what a magnificent market, all this choice of vegetables, that's also why I love Greece because I cook Greek so it's paradise for me; what a beautiful sunny autumn, thank you for taking us to this place🥰

[@Sunpire]

Yasas!💙 It was a really beautiful day indeed, very warm and sunny. Going to the market is always a treat! 🥰 Thank you for being here as always! ❤🙏🏻

[@Rachelgpuentes]

I love Farmers Markets! Fresh is best!!

[@Sunpire]

We love it too!💙 do you have a favourite seasonal thing you always get?

[@Rachelgpuentes]

@ I buy peaches, kiwi & ruby red grapefruit when they are in season.🍑🥝❤️

[@Sunpire]

Peaches are my favourites!🍑🍑

[@atrides7]

The Greek land is blessed!!!

[@Sunpire]

Yes, it is 🤍💙🤍💙

[@TheAnxietyGuy1]

Looks amazing we keep watching your videos after we received our greek digital nomad visa last year. Crete is on the list to move one day!

[@panagiotismanifavas]

I enjoyed this video. Even if out off the season something you can find it if someone has greenhouse i think. There are many choices

[@Sunpire]

Thank you for watching!🙏💙 yes, there were many choices ! Where are you watching from?😊

[@panagiotismanifavas]

@@Sunpire Ilive live on Greece on a village near the city Aigio on Achaia

[@clairemc]

The food looks so good and fresh.

[@Sunpire]

Right? Everything looks so good 💙🤍💙🤍

[@Sunpire]

Does it look better than in the summer?

[@tpop3723]

I remember when you first went shopping and were concerned about the prices of things and I had mentioned to check out the open markets. So glad you guys are embracing the culture,lifestyle and now eating and shopping like locals and am also impressed with how well your Greek has improved.

[@Sunpire]

You're very kind, thank you!🙏❤️ we love the local market, during the summer we even had neighbours selling fruits and veggies outside their house, it was fantastic. 😋💙

[@ErisstheGoddessofmanhwas]

Fresh is always better

[@mannins79]

Lovely market. This is where we met!

[@Sunpire]

Yes! We go there very often. How does it look to you now in the autumn? 😊

[@georgechristakos6058]

Chestnuts in America is $9 a pound. That price for a kilo was a steal

[@Sunpire]

That is very expensive... How much is avocado?

[@marykoufalis7666]

Well, America is quite large so where specifically are you that It's nine dollars a pound?

[@leonidasg2257]

Remember in Greek markets, if you go towards the end of the day you get better prices because of course everyone wants to sell off.

[@Sunpire]

Yes, you are right, but at the same time, if you go later, you will only find what is left. So if you go early, you will find everything they bring. We tried both methods, and they both work 🤍💙🤍💙

[@ErisstheGoddessofmanhwas]

I cannot wait to go in Greece again. January is my month

[@mariagrammenos5213]

Feija is a new plant from Brazil and New Zealand. Sweet. You eat it like kiwi. The flowers are a delicacy. Thank you very much for the video. I felt like i was there.

[@Sunpire]

Thank you very much for watching us and for taking the time to leave a comment 💙💙🙏🤗. We should try it next time.it looks a bit strange I must say

[@mariagrammenos5213]

Let us know how you like it.. Next season i want to plant one.

[@Sunpire]

Sure! Maybe we'll make a video about trying all the fruits and veggies we never tried 😊

[@yorgokarna6801]

The fruit you didn't recognise is feijoa.. It's from South America and is also known as pineapple guava or guavasteen. It's very aromatic and tastes like a mix of guava, passion fruit and pineapple.

[@Sunpire]

Interesting! Thank you for the info! We have to try them next time! Sounds delicious.😋 How about the potato looking vegetable? It looked like a huge sweet potato but it wasn't as heavy. Do you know what that is? Thanks again!🙏🏻

[@yorgokarna6801]

​@@Sunpirethose were sweet potatoes.. Glykopatata in Greek

[@Sunpire]

Thank you!❤️

[@moonwalker9266]

Now many fruits and vegies are in season. When you see something that isn't it's either imported or greenhouse. I usually prefer to go between 11pm and 1 because as the day progresses and when they don't sell much the prices lower 😏. Lotus and Kydonia are made into jam or a sweet treat called glyko to koutaliou. As for the tomatoes and preserving them we don't usually do that that's the Italians that make a pomodoro tomato into a sauce ready to use.

[@Sunpire]

In Romania, it is also very common to preserve food for the winter. Probably here is not such a thing as you can probably find everything to buy all year round🤔 Thanks for the tips and for watching 🙏❤️

[@moonwalker9266]

@@Sunpire That's true especially for the south. In nothern Greece they do preserve many things.😊😊

[@geogeo2299]

@@Sunpire BTW guys you need to try glyko kydoni.

[@Sunpire]

@geogeo2299 is this like a quince jam?🤔

[@moonwalker9266]

@@Sunpire yup

[@kostassarris4782]

Nice video! The flatter persimmons you can eat even when they are hard as long as they are deep orange, the round ones need to be soft to enjoy as they are very astringent when not soft. I like both varieties, especially the crunchy texture of the flatter ones

[@Sunpire]

They were very crunchy and sweet, I love the texture! I was wondering what would be the difference between them. Thank you! 🙏🏻 Do you eat this fruit often? Is it very common in Greece?

[@geogeo2299]

LoL the old cretan reaction @ 1:30 was priceless and also the austere englishman in 5:38 😁 Seriously now guys for shopping in the laiki you may have to consider getting a karotsaki, which is a small foldable shopping trolley like the ones ppl are dragging around in the vid. It'll save you the eventual nuissance of losing your tasty groceries.

[@Sunpire]

He was so sweet and funny at the same time! 😄He saw us wondering which one to get having no idea what the difference was and he explained us in a few seconds. No words needed!😂 We do need to get one! I see everyone having it. I also say that I have Raul, and what is he training all the time for? 🤣🤣

[@sifisfliskounakis]

try this on 9:02 1 cup of this ,5 cups water, 1 tomato in cubes, 1 onion, 100ml oil ,1 cooking cube optional, pepper , careful on salt, lemon boil 10-15min and you have the best soup

[@Sunpire]

Is it the rusk? It's moving too fast I can't tell what you're referring to🤔 it sounds delicious! I love soups😋

Lotus best fruit. Ask Ulysses.

[@Sunpire]

I saw someone left a link about the lotus eaters. Very interesting! We didn’t know about this! Do you eat this fruit often in Greece?😊

[@dimitriospliakos3926]

Ierapetra in Crete is the largest vegetable produce area in Greece with literally thousands of greenhouses. It counts for more than 50% of the whole country's production. That's why you have so many products in low price over there. Prices are almost double in Thessaloniki due to transport costs. Maybe you could visit this area and talk with the local producers.

[@Sunpire]

This is so interesting! We had no idea about this. 50% of all Greece's production 😯 It would be very interesting if we could visit a place like this. We'll have a look into it.

[@Hill_Master]

@@Sunpire I'm from Ierapetra and I have a greenhouse, this production is mainly in winter-spring, the other seasons they also produce in Greek mainland , I know a couple from Romania who have a greenhouse and they grow hot peppers.

[@athanasiosfraggoudis1269]

It's true guys, you should visit!

[@Sunpire]

@Hill_Master So interesting! So in the winter time, half of Greece's fresh produce is grown in Ierapetra?

[@Hill_Master]

@@Sunpire I don't know the percentage but the production is so big that it is also exported to European countries, I think that tomatoes also go to Romania.

[@PavSrNdGr]

2.3 avocadooo in Athens it's at least 4 euro to 6 sometimes !!

[@Sunpire]

Oh wow, we didn't even know it's such a difference. In the summer I remember people saying things are more expensive here😅

[@PavSrNdGr]

@Sunpire maybe beacause there is avocado production in Crete! But anyway it's not an other country for such a difference 🙄

[@Sunpire]

You're right it is a big difference

[@Madivnar]

ufff, what i would give for some of those ripe sweet pomegranates, they look amazing, here if u ran into a good one it's like winning a lottery. Enjoy the local produce, it all looks really good, a bit jelous :D

[@Sunpire]

Thank you 💙🤍💙🤍 We are walking daily, and on our way, we can always spot pomegranate trees full of fruits that are going bad because nobody harvests them. It is so sad 😞

[@yorgokarna6801]

​@@Sunpirefeel free to pick them.. figs and pomegranates are the two fruits that you can just pick from practically any tree without it being considered stealing 😝

[@Sunpire]

@yorgokarna6801 Does this apply to grapes, too?😂 Asking for a friend..

[@yorgokarna6801]

​@@Sunpire 😂 My rule is if the fruit is ripe and it looks like nobody will pick it and it will go to waste then it's mine 😊

[@Sunpire]

That sounds like a good rule!

[@ivankolomyychenko1686]

Try buying spanish Lotos, they are expensive 5 or 6 euro per kilo but super tasty, you should at least try. I always buy them during fall-winter season.

[@Sunpire]

We'll have a look, probably from the supermarket, right? These ones we got were quite good, similar to what we used to get in Romania from the supermarket.

[@ivankolomyychenko1686]

@@Sunpire I buy mine from a local seller, he has a small shop and brings spanish lotos from the central market in athens. I have not yet seen those lotos in my supermarket of choice (sklavenitis). It is more like a delicacy at this price point so you will not find it everywhere, on one of the local markets i only found only seller of those lotos and it makes sense as it is also imported and not locally grown. You could also try to search for online offerings if you can't find it. Λωτοί Ισπανίας thats how they are called. I prefer buying firm but with green parts. Some people buy more ripe versions but for me they are too soft.

[@jetlag133]

@@Sunpire spanish lotus is the best winter fruit

[@Sunpire]

Thank you so much for all the tips and information!🙏🏻💙 I will keep an eye for them . 😊

[@MuttShnutt]

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[@Sunpire]

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[@soundart1760]

"you can still find pomegranates" - Well, pomegranates are being harvested in October-November!! Its their season

[@Sunpire]

We didn't know when their season ends 😊

[@lydiakaraiskou1421]

Where are the fresh fish? I always buy sardines if the price is good. And what about legumes? I didn't see any either. I buy my lentils, chickpeas and beans from a local producer.

[@Sunpire]

This market we showed in the video is just for fruits and vegetables. I saw some cheese as well, and sometimes there is someone selling chicken too. We never saw fish there. I don't remember about legumes, but I don't think we saw any. This might be a smaller market compared to the one you shop. Where about do you live? 😊

[@lydiakaraiskou1421]

@@Sunpire Central Greece, near Larissa. There's a market every day, Monday through Saturday, in or around the city (some days even two). All the markets I've visited have fresh fish, even the small ones. A lot have clothes, underwear, shoes, bangs. The big ones have linen (bedsheets, towels, even curtains) and rugs. Some have cheese, chicken, frozen fish and vegetables. And flowers 🌷.

[@roberteastwood6937]

A local there told me they grow a lot of stamnagathi in Kissamos. And they spray it. A lot of pesticides. 🤐 He grows his own....

[@Sunpire]

This would be ideal, to grow your own food. Then you know that everything is healthy 😊

[@xandrios]

I'm no longer shopping at my local market. Unfortunately there has been many instances of extreme over-use of pesticides and hormones, and this especially applies to smaller farmers that sell at the market. There is zero control from the government (Its Greece after all...) and this makes shopping at the market too much of a gamble in my opinion. Fruits and veggies from the larger supermarkets are not as good/fresh, and more expensive, but the chances of the produce being contaminated is much smaller. Its very unfortunate as I'd much rather spend my money with the locals than to sponsor another AB or Lidl. If you do decide to shop at the market, keep in mind that anything that looks too good to be true...probably is. Oversized fruits or veggies, traces of extremely fast growth (Cracks, weird lines) or an unexpected bitter flavour should be avoided if you can. Stick to the sellers that you are familiar with and trust.

[@xandrios]

And obviously, the very best quality produce is from your own or neighbours garden. The climate is awesome, with relative ease you can grow your own basic fruits and veggies. Many people do, and exchanging/gifting produce when there is an abundance is extremely common.

[@Sunpire]

Thank you so much for all the advice and tips!🙏 It's true that it is hard to know what they use to grow the fruits and vegetables. We try to avoid the ones that look too perfect, as you say. But the flavour for the tomatoes, for example, the ones from the market are so much tastier. During the summer we got most of our veggies from the neighbours, luckily during the season they sold whatever they had extra and it was great!❤️🥰

[@anonymous-qc3sy]

​​​​​​​​​@@Sunpire guys, you already know by now probably that i give you honest tips. Take the initial comment very seriously. I couldn't agree more with it. I only trust one source of food, especially for veggies and fruit,AB supermarket. it's very old and always known for keeping the quality of their products intact. Do not obsess over the cheap prices at the laiki . think of your health first. So many things give you cancer these days and you never know what it was. No one controls these farmers in laiki and you can be sure they use pesticides. The same goes for your local butcher. trust no one with your health. And you see i don't even mention other supermarkets because i don't trust them either..,maybe sklavenitis as a second option if AB is not available

[@Sunpire]

@anonymous-qc3sy Thank you! We really appreciate your honest advice! 🙏🏻💙 We really make an effort in eating healthy as much as possible. It's hard to know who to trust, as you say.

[@kostastsol]

Unfortunately (due to the use of pesticides and hormones) there are fruits throughout the year and out of season, since they are preserved and grown in greenhouses..

[@Sunpire]

Do you think they are growing them here in Crete or are from the mainland?

[@Sunpire]

In the Uk, we used to have the same fruits all year round. They look and taste exactly the same. Very rarely, we would see some seasonal ones. At least here we can still see some seasonal fruits. We try to pick the ones that are not perfectly looking, hopefully with fewer chemicals.

[@kostastsol]

@@Sunpire As far as I know, Ierapetra in Crete has so many greenhouses (espesially for tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers).Besides, Crete has the most suitable climate (mild, temperate) in Greece for that reason.Peloponese ( they basically grow strawberries) and West Greece have also a few greenhouses.

[@kostastsol]

@@Sunpire When here a fruit is seasonal, usually is better, as long as no chemicals have been used.And how come you could know that haha.Don't pick the bigger ones , oddly bigger, fruits.This is what i have on mind

[@Sunpire]

That's what I thought too!😂 There's no way to know. Thanks for all the info!🙏🏻

[@stargazer3887]

Persimmons are the fruits of forgetfulness!! According to the story of Homer, Odysseus and his men arrived with their ship at the land of the persimmons, where someone could forget his own self and all his past if he would try this fruit! So Odysseus, in order to save his men of losing their memory, he dragged them tied to the ship, while they were crying to stay in this land and refusing to come back to Ithaca! This is the story that Greek know about persimmons!! *Don't worry! You will remember everything after eating them!! (Even if you want to forget!!). 😉❤

[@georgepapastergiou9917]

Lotos = persimon!

[@Sunpire]

It's lotos not lotus, right? I was a bit confused from the comments 😅

[@marykoufalis7666]

​@@SunpireLotos is how we say it in Greek.

[@Sunpire]

@marykoufalis7666 Thank you!😊🙏🏻

[@geogeo2299]

@@Sunpire Lotos is an original Greek name found in the Odyssey, however it remains impossible to know if it referred exactly to the Diospyros Lotus tree, which produces the fruits currently known as lotoi.

[@BZ-zl4xb]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus-eaters

[@Sunpire]

Does this refer to the kaki fruit? Or which one?🤔

[@BZ-zl4xb]

@@Sunpire it might be the same as kaki en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diospyros_kaki but better its en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date-plum a different variety i think. We call "Λωτός" (Lotus) the bigger kaki fruit tho

[@BZ-zl4xb]

@@Sunpire yes to kaki fruit, tho its bigger fruit as i see than the fruits mythology refers.

[@athanasiosfraggoudis1269]

Also called persimmons

[@Sunpire]

Got it now, thank you! 🙏🏻 Very interesting! It's the first time I hear about this story. In Romania or the UK this fruit is not that common or popular .

[@TintesanDarius]

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[@Sunpire]

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[@danielapetrus9582]

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[@Sunpire]

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