on Mar 24th, 2007
“The chicken machine”
Today I felt like spreading the word about a quite amazing market that is located within bicycling distance from where I live. We usually refer to it as “the second hand market” as you can find literally anything here. Old books, records, movies, watches, plates, decoration stuff, computers, digital/analog cameras and video games, you name it. Or why not get a really cheap haircut? The “barber shop” is actually the most remarkable thing as.The trimmers they use are driven by either a yellow diesel generator or from the owners scooter!
It was here my neighbor James was able to pick up a really cheap Super Nintendo console. This is a real hardcore gaming machine, Super Mario World was conquered in just a few days and the hot *new* game is Street Fighter Turbo. We also have a boring role playing game in Japanese…
My favorite aspect of the market is however all the fruits and vegetables that are offered at really cheap prices. Last week I spent about 75sek and I got myself about 10 capsicum (red, yellow and green), two bags of fresh basil and parsley, 5 star fruits, a big bag of carrots, a few egg plants, fresh ginger, lettuce. Much more than I can eat in a week.
And I finally found the “chicken machine” that I read about it a few years ago. It is actually a quite cruel device. The process starts when someone points at the alive, screaming and caged chicken they fancy for dinner. Then the unlucky chicken is put inside a big steaming box. After being boiled for about 5 minutes the wet and dead chicken is moved into spinning cylinder. The cylinder is connected to a pipe from which the bird’s feathers is coming out. A while later a featherless chicken is sold to the customer. Its a bit overwhelming I guess, but can you ever get a chicken fresher than that?
Well, tomorrow its Sunday. Time to go again!