1.0Jef le Saltimbanquehttps://jef-le-saltimbanque.com/en/JJ ANEYOTA alias Jef le Saltimbanquehttps://jef-le-saltimbanque.com/en/author/lesaltimbanque/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="58u0UEWczh"><a href="https://jef-le-saltimbanque.com/en/2018/11/21/bonduelle-peas/">Bonduelle Peas …</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://jef-le-saltimbanque.com/en/2018/11/21/bonduelle-peas/embed/#?secret=58u0UEWczh" width="600" height="338" title="“Bonduelle Peas …” — Jef le Saltimbanque" data-secret="58u0UEWczh" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://jef-le-saltimbanque.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://jef-le-saltimbanque.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/74591_1717426894151_2888337_n.jpg720541It all started with a few errands at the small local supermarket. I came across a box of Bonduelle peas.   Suddenly, I remembered a lot of childhood memories. There was no supermarket at that time in Turkey. Some grocery stores more or less well provided. The milk was delivered by a small local producer. He was walking the streets with his cart pulled by a donkey, or maybe a mule. In front of each building, he stopped and climbed the stairs carrying a can of milk. The women had left a saucepan covered with a plate on their mat. In the pan a little money. The milkman would pour the amount of milk corresponding to the money he could find. Sometimes at the end of the tour, he would cut his milk with water: everyone had to be satisfied. The hardest part was the summer. With the heat, the milk often went sour. On those days, you had to find something else for breakfast.   Today’s Turkey has nothing to do with this memory. The country has moved from the 19th century to the 21st in less than 40 years.   I wonder what Kyrgyzstan looked like at that […]