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January 18, 2005
Kildean Market
Kildean Market Photo © SCH
The four best things about Callander are the air, the water, the view of Ben Ledi and Kildean Market, or alternatively (if that is too Callander-centric) the three best things about Stirling are the castle, the Wallace Memorial and Kildean Market.
Kildean is a fruit and vegetable market where you can buy (by the box, or by supermarket-sized packages) fresh produce at reasonable prices. Surprisingly it’s also possible to buy exotics: passion fruit from Kenya, lichees from Madagascar, sweet tamarind from Thailand, bitter gourd from southeast Asia, papaya and chayotes from Brazil etc.
Familiar and exotic Photo © SCH
They also have other foodstuffs: meat, jams and chutneys, oatcakes, bird seed and lots of other things. My only criticism is that their cheese is all plasticy, sub-Tesco stuff. Scotland has some great cheese (Arran, Bishop Kennedy, Dunsyre, Lanark Blue, Kebbuck, Mull, Strathdon etc.) and it would be good to see it sold there - whole and uncut if necessary.
The market is very informal, prices are handwritten and customers take away purchases in old cardboard boxes. It’s located just off the M9, on the northwest edge of Stirling and held every Thursday from about 7.30 am to 3 pm.
Only on Thursdays Photo © SCH
Posted by Simon Holledge at January 18, 2005 05:53 PM
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