My vegan potato shopping 🥔 Among anecdotes

Greetings to all Hive friends. Here I come to @plantpoweronhive with pleasure to share what was my purchase for this week's contest Your Veggie Shopping, which is about our potato shopping. I did this shopping yesterday, Saturday, August 5, when I was on my way back from my son Alan's doctor's appointment and couldn't miss the opportunity to go into the store near the house to buy the potatoes I needed for the house and also to get the photos I needed for this post. But, just today Sunday, the last day of the contest while I was preparing my publication Alan presented a strong pain in his eyes at night, for those who do not know he has ocular hypertension, that stopped me because he said that the pain was very strong, so I stopped the work, when there were a few hours left to finish the contest but I had to attend Alan, I put him cold water compresses, because the drops had already been placed.

After he fell asleep, I continued with my work and well to continue with the story of the potato shopping, Alan and I were extremely tired, however, we made a stop at the store and chose the potatoes. There was not much variety of potatoes, in fact, in this store they usually only have the capira or creole potato, which is the one I use the most.

I want to emphasize that here in Colombia we eat a lot of potatoes, it is a country where the potato is not missing in the daily meals of Colombians and the truth that makes me happy because I love the potato, I love to eat it in all forms, I really enjoy eating a lot of potatoes.

I take this opportunity to emphasize that the potato is very healthy for the digestive tract, I have learned to have a lot of confidence in it because it is like a softener for the stomach that soothes irritation, burning and pain, reducing inflammation in the stomach and also in the colon. So, if you suffer from poor digestive tract health, it is a good reason to eat potatoes because they are very digestive and I recommend eating them in mashed, stewed, salads, creams, soups and many other ways, really potatoes are very versatile and tasty.

Since I am mentioning how healthy it is for digestive discomforts, I would like to share with you that from time to time I drink potato water, among the many natural medicines that I put into practice. If you have gastritis or an inflamed colon you can do it, at night just take a small or medium potato, wash it well and without removing the peel cut it into two, three or four pieces, depending on the size of the potato. Place the cut potato in a glass of water and leave it overnight until morning. Then you drink that water on an empty stomach.

Well friends, for me the potato has become a daily food, for my health and I enjoy its flavor. Now yes, let's go buy some capira potatoes at the store.

In the store they have several plastic baskets with capira potatoes for customers to take as much as they want and they also sell 5 kilogram sacks of potatoes.

By the way, I regret not being able to present you the traditional Colombian potatoes that, besides, I must admit that I have rarely bought them, but I would have liked to be able to show them to you, but maybe another time, in some dish that I can present in the future.

Well, the potatoes I got at the store were fine, just like in any fruit store you have to pick the ones that are the best.

I had to look hard. I like to check them so that they don't have any defects and I don't lose the purchase. You can see me very seriously looking for my parents, checking that they are good, that they do not have any defect, that they are not soft, that is an important fact, we must take into account that the potatoes are hard and not soft, they should not have dark parts either. It often happens that we get carried away by the large size of the potato, believing that we are making a good purchase and it turns out that the potato is damaged inside. In particular, I always like to buy small or medium-sized potatoes, so that's how I chose them.

I picked out a few potatoes that were in good condition and took them to the counter to pay.

At first I grabbed few, but once the store owner puts them in the weight, I decide to take a few more potatoes and go get them. By the way, the price is 200 Pesos a pound, which is equivalent to 450 grams.

Well, I'm going to look for more potatoes. I'm careful to grab them nice and small. I do take time to pick out a few potatoes and Alan waiting for me tired, I remind them we were coming from a doctor's appointment. But, if I'm going to buy a few potatoes, I have to make sure that the ones I get are good.

I want to tell you an anecdote and it is that while I am there concentrating on choosing my potatoes, one of the workers of the store approaches me and stares at me, curious, because he is curious that I am taking pictures buying potatoes. But I keep going, trying to be very focused on my work.

Anyway the gentleman managed to get a smile on my face because I am so serious, plus I have been dealing with some problems this past week, receiving more sad news from Venezuela and well I am going around with a lot of issues on my mind. Well nothing the gentleman, standing there in front of me made me laugh a lot. Then I tell him I know what you are thinking, because you are curious that I am taking pictures here of the potatoes. The gentleman says, laughing, of course I am and I want to know why. I told him, ah well because this is for a publication I have to make about potatoes and I add, I make publications in a blog. He has seen me take pictures in the store before and it has always been for a post about vegan shopping. The man, surprised but with a laughing face, raises his eyebrows and stares at me more intently. He definitely changed my serious face to a smiling one.

Well friends, an anecdote to brighten my spirit and also this publication, which I enjoyed because I love potatoes and Alan wishing I was done with the pictures so I could get home, I was very tired and already with these potatoes I'm going to pay.

I gave the potatoes to the store manager, who weighs them and the truth I did not understand how he charged, because look at the picture, it's a mess, but he only charged 1000 Pesos.