La Boqueria

Me and one of my roommates wanted to try a different market than the one we usually go to on Rocafort and Diputacio so I suggested La Boqueria. I had been there once before during my first week in Barcelona but I hadn't been back since. We took the Metro to Liceu on La Rambla and walked to the market from there. The place is world famous for fresh and exotic foods and the prices aren't too bad. We walked into a crowded mosh-pit of tourists and locals alike all fixated on the variety of cuisine that was before them. A women gutting fish caught my eye. It would take her less than a minute to slice open a ten to twelve pound fish, gut it and clean it before she handed filets to the her waiting customers. Across from her stand was a large meat stand. There were legs of pigs hanging from the ceiling and  full pig heads staring at us from the window display. How do you even cook a pigs head? Past this area the market became more fruit and vegetable oriented. We can never find any strawberries at our local market, therefore we loaded up and got a huge bucket for a small price. We also bought a kilogram of mushrooms for two euros. An area of the market that stood out to me as purely Catalan and Mediterranean was stand after stand of all different types of olive oils. Also there were quite a lot of cheeses displayed and each stand offered a sample. We bought a Catalan brand of olive oil to cook with and a cheese that was from Girona. On our way out we stopped for a big cup of fresh-squeezed juice from a fruit stand. La Boqueria was a success.