Keystage 2 - Food - Shopping

Before you can eat delicious food, you have to buy the raw materials. You then have to prepare the ingredients following a recipe. You will find lots of recipes on the Plant Cultures website, from curry powder to crispy fried ginger. But here, learn all about shopping for them.
  

Activity

Describe to a friend a food-shopping trip that you have recently had.

How far was it to get to the shops?

How did you get there?

What did you buy?

What were the shops like?

Was it easy to find what you were looking for?

Was the food expensive or cheap?

Did it come wrapped in packaging? How did you get it home?

Market scene Coconut seller
Selling chillies Fruit stall
Now look at the pictures of an Asian market place. How would a shopping trip here compare to the one you have just described? Use your imagination (and senses!) to describe this trip. Think about the similarities and differences between the two trips.