La Belle Saturday Hispanic market

Saturday is the day the cane and citrus farm workers come to town to shop. Most do not have cars and arrive by company bus and mini van taxi. They shop primarily at the outdoor market and the Save-A-Lot, as we do, because that's about all the grocery shopping there is in LaBelle other than a Winn Dixie. We enjoy coming into this little town, has some good modest restaurants, library, and a guy that has bees and presses his own delicious honey.


Loading up the company bus with a weeks supply of groceries.


Fresh vegetables


Guy demonstrating and speaking in rapid fire Spanish the virtues of his hand cranked, equivalent cuisinart. See the bowl of salsa he made, interesting to watch him and the folks watching, he had lots of buyers. The machine was $20.


These guys chop up fresh fruit and put in large cups, they squeeze fresh limes on top and a chili sauce if you like. You choose the fruit you like with choices of watermelon, mango, honeydew, cantaloupe, coconut, jicama and more. They have a non stop line waiting to order. Then you wander around the market eating your fruit.


Young man proud of his flat of strawberries, he wasn't interested in sharing with me.