To end the year we want to do something very special. We want to make a recipe for my mom.
It's called sweet potato casserole but we have a little problem ...
So no fruver has batata, or papa dulce. But we still have a hope we are going to go
to Paloquemao which is a farmers market. One of the most important one in Bogotá to see if
there they do have sweet potatoes, camote, or batata, as it is known in other countries.
And for that we are going to take a bus. Let's go!
You know that with us you are going to get on a bus. We call this green bus an "alimentador".
It will take us to one of the main bus stations and connects us to the transportation system.
All right, get off. We have just arrived at the portal. It's like the main station and there
are nine in the whole city. Here we are going to pay our fare. Wait... Did you think it was for free?
Not at all! We pay with this card and we will wait for the bus that takes us to our destination.
This red bus is a Transmilenio. This is the name of Bogotá's public transport system.
Loved by few and hated by others, it is for now the most important and connects us with the rest of the city.
Look what happiness, we got an almost empty bus. We could even sit down, this is happiness.
Usually these buses are more crowded, but at this time many people are spending their
vacations outside the city and it really shows.
It is very common for different people to get on the bus to sing, play music, sell things and ask for money.
All right! Now the ride is over, let's get off because after 40 minutes we already reached
our destination. It is very easy to get here. You should look for the station called Paloquemao,
Just like the name of the farmers market.
Before noon you can find the flower market. The vendors arrive at 4 in the morning to
sell their flowers and at this time, around 11 in the morning, they begin to leave.
Paloquemao is divided into sections. When you enter the building, it is chaos.
People everywhere, noise, people yelling and trying to sell you things.
Many corridors are narrow and you always feel like you're in the way. It is almost
like a maze and since there are so many things to see, it is very easy to get distracted and end
up in a section that you are not looking for, like the fish section.
We finally found the sweet potato. keep in mind, if you come, don't bring
any cards because it's not worth it. Here only cash: bills and coins. No codes or cryptocurrencies
or anything. Cash only. Well, we got our sweet potatoes. We bought
two pounds of sweet potatoes to make the recipe. Is this enough, Cody? Yes. For the two of us. Let's see what else is there.
What a variety fruits and vegetables! Things I have never seen!
what you cannot find elsewhere, surely you will find it in paloquemao. And if you don't
know what you are seeing, you can ask. The vendors are very friendly and will always
tell you what the fruit or vegetable you are looking at is and what it is for. Go ahead, don't be shy and ask.
A few days ago I asked you in our community on YouTube what questions you had or what
you would like to see in this video, many of you said that you wanted to know about
the cost of fruits and vegetables in these types of markets but at paloquemao
there's no prices. Exactly. There are no prices written on fruits or vegetables you have to
ask and sellers always change the price you can go to one place and it is more expensive
than in another place and honestly, I feel that they give you a price depending on
how you look... so, I don't know... I don't know how accurate prices are.
It also seemed a bit expensive to me. In one place they charged us 6000 pesos for a pound of a fruit and in another place they charged
us 10,000 pesos for the same pound of the same fruit then... I think you also have to
haggle, negotiate. That's why we'll go to a fruver closer to the house to see the prices. Well... well,
this is the yuca, I don't think many of you have yuca. I do not know. Let me know.
The pound of cassava 1300 pesos. Carrots: 1800 per pound. at 1800 pesos a pound of tomato.
Peppers: 3200 per pound. I'll take some now so I can make the lentils tomorrow what a nice pepper
the corn that here we call mazorca, the pound at three thousand nine hundred pesos
Zuchini at 2500 pesos per pound. This is the cucumber that we call here pepino cohombro or simply cucumber 990 pesos per pound.
There are different types of mango, this is the mango they call Tommy. But I really don't
know. 2500 pesos per pound and there are two types of orange, this is the one I like the
most, which is the Tangelo orange. The pound is at 2800 pesos, they are very nice and very
juicy oranges. Well, how did the prices look to you? They seemed the same more expensive
cheaper than in your country? I don't know ... tell me, how much does this cost? well,
these peppers ... how many did we buy 3? 4? They cost 3,500 and 3,500 for these three peppers.
So this is my mom's recipe for my version of sweet potato casserole. I just know that
it looks delicious and I really can't wait to eat it. Well, now I'm very curious.
Do you like going to the farmers markets when you go on a trip or in your city to see what products
are out there? Is there something similar about Paloquemao because of you, good and
I imagine that you will be watching this video at the beginning of the year in January, so
we wanted to take the opportunity to say Happy New Year!
That's it for this video thanks for watching it and remember: if you are going to learn a language: Why Not Spanish?