Depending on what my señora is buying determines where she buys it and how often she goes to the store to buy it.
For meats: my señora says she never buys meats at the supermercado, she always buys it from the local market. In the supermercado the meat is always packaged and wrapped up in plastic; this is why she doesn't like to buy stuff at the supermercado. She likes her meat to be fresh so she buys it at the local market. She also likes the market because she can tell them exactly how much meat she wants and how to cut it. Since they cook meat really often in Spain and my señora likes to have fresh meat, she buys the meat at the market almost everyday for the meal she's going to prepare that day. I also learned that one of the most expensive kinds of meats is beef, which is why it's not that popular here to cook. Also, seafood is also pricy here in comparison to other types of meats.
This is very different then America. My mom usually buys the meat at the normal store (supermercado) and doesn't go everyday. She goes about once a week to the store to buy everything even the meat. My mom generally freezes the meat to preserve it longer so she doesn't have to go to the store so often.
For Fruits: my señora also prefers her fruits to be fresh so she doesn't buy her fruits at the supermercado either. My señora buys it at the market and she buys fruits almost every other day because she wants them to be fresh. However, she also prefers not to buy fruits in general. My family here owns a field house where they grow many of their own fruits and vegetables. They eat the fruits and vegetables they grow and only buy things that they don't have or aren't in season.
Like I stated earlier, in America my mom buys everything at the supermercado. This includes fruits, because it's hard to find fresh foods if you don't live that close to farmers market or of the weather doesn't permit it. My mom likes to grow fruits in our backyard, but it's still doesn't compare to the field house my Spanish family own.
Everything else: For everything else my señora shops at the supermercado. She only shops there about once a week because that generally lasts the week.
When ever my señora goes grocery shopping, she knows what she is going to buy. She only buys what she finds is necessary and nothing more. When it comes to preparing the food my señora says that depending on what dish she is making it can take as little as 30 minutes to prepare to hours.
I watched my señora prepare an Andalusian dish. It included this cous cous like grain, honeydew, green peppers, and fish. It was a very strange combination for me, but it was good. Anyways, as I was watching, I thought it was cool how my host dad was helping cook. He was chopping up the vegetables and cooking them. This dish was really quick to make, especially with multiple hands (it took about 30 min). Another thing I witnessed was how fresh the food actually is. My señora was taking the guts out of the fish (which was completely whole with head and everything). In America we generally buy our food almost all prepared except for the cooking part.
Many helpers to make lunch
My señora is a great cook, and she learned through her mother (side note: she doesn't watch any cooking shows). She loves to cook and try all types of food. When I asked her what her favorite dish to make was, she said that was a hard question. She said it depends on her moods but she loves to cook everything. She said if she had to pick one, it would be the Russian salad and Spanish tortilla because they're convinient to make and are popular dishes of southern Spain.
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