Contest ||The Daily Food Shopping Game||Week 123(Vegetable Market)

green015 (77)in Steemit Iron Chef • 9 days ago (edited)

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Dear Steemit friends, I am @green015 from India. I hope you are all doing well and staying healthy. I am doing quite well myself.Today, I will share with you my experience of a Weekly Fresh Vegetable Market.

My dear friends, I am absolutely delighted to participate in today's "The Daily Food Shopping Game (Week No. 123)"contest. I previously had no experience whatsoever with vegetables shopping. However, after moving into a hostel—and when this responsibility fell upon me for a period of 15 days—I gained a significant amount of experience in the matter. And that is precisely what I am going to share with you now. This contest is truly wonderful, and I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to @steemit-Ironchef for organizing it. Furthermore, I owe a debt of gratitude to @mariami. I hope you will thoroughly enjoy this post regarding my shopping experiences.

Here is: contest link. Anyway, let's get started--

Contest ||The Daily Food Shopping Game||Week 123(Vegetable Market)

As time passes, people learn a great many things—some out of situational necessity, while others simply acquire knowledge naturally over time. Similarly, the "messing" system of hostel life serves as a training ground, teaching us the fundamentals that act as the first stepping stone toward domestic life. It involves rushing to attend to various needs, learning how to shop for groceries, and fulfilling a diverse range of responsibilities. Ultimately, it fosters self-reliance and helps us gain a sound understanding of the external environment, the wider world, and the nature of people. It can truly be described as a remarkable experience.

To purchase raw materials—specifically vegetables—we had to wake up quite early, freshen up, and head out of the hostel. Since the market we intended to visit was located quite far away, we had to catch a toto (electric rickshaw) immediately upon leaving the hostel premises. We also carried along several mesh potato sacks to make it easier to carry the vegetables while navigating through the market. The two of us went together to "Tentultala Market," a place where a major vegetable wholesale hub is established.

After bargaining, we bought a variety of necessary vegetables—specifically ash gourd, radishes, capsicum, cucumbers, and yardlong beans. The vegetables were quite heavy; after carrying them, we stood at the market corner waiting for a 'Toto' (electric rickshaw). We also collected receipts from each vendor detailing the quantity and price of the vegetables purchased. All in all, the shopping experience that day was both highly enjoyable and physically demanding, as the two of us had to carry the heavy sacks of vegetables through the market ourselves.

Moreover, the ‘Tetultala Market,’ located right in the heart of Bardhaman town, is extremely popular; goods are sold there at wholesale rates, making it a very convenient shopping spot for those wishing to stock up on groceries or food items for future household use. After a brief wait, we loaded the sacks of vegetables onto a ‘Toto’ and returned to the hostel. Finally, we neatly arranged the vegetables in the hostel’s storeroom and placed some of them in the refrigerator.

Anyway, the prices of the vegetables we purchased are listed below—

Product Name	Indian Rupees	STEEM
Cucumber - 3 kg	60	10.65 STEEM
Radish - 1.5 kg	90	16.66 STEEM
Ash Gourd - 5 kg	120	21.3 STEEM
Yardlong Beans - 2 kg	60	10.65 STEEM
Capsicum - 1 kg	70	13 STEEM
Total	400	72.26 STEEM