勇敢去飛 Dream Big Be Brave

過年有沒有氣氛就是要到傳統的地方走逛，像是年貨大街；另一個就是傳統市場，而且要早上去。年前的倒數第二天，林媽媽說太平市場擠到爆，想說我只是買個香菇和高麗菜簡單的東西，所以就不想去人擠人，改去蘭州市場。結果，雖然是不大的室內市場，也是很多人啊。

站在攤前，老闆忙著算錢，攤週圍則是不斷的在把菜放上攤，然後還有不少的婆婆媽媽們不是在挑菜，就是喊「甜豆一斤多少」「四季豆給我20」「豬血糕來一塊」等買賣的叫喊聲。而我，只能困難的在兇猛的婆婆媽媽中間趕緊卡位，跟老闆說「我要香菇和金針菇」，還有這高麗菜全部多少。

放眼望去市場內，很多攤在這年前都是全家出動在做生意；菜攤好像連婆婆都出門、醬料糖果攤是還在唸書的妹妹陪阿嬤、素菜攤是年輕兒子媳婦一起來幫忙；全家的出動，就為這一年一度的大事。而這，正是傳統過年的感覺；而非只是放假了，出國去囉。

其實過年前的市場和平常也會有不同，尤其是那種租攤位的，可偏偏是這樣的過年特殊攤位，才顯出「要過年」了。常就有見到的滷豬腳，過年時更是多了幾攤。因為要拜拜而有的整隻烤雞、烤鴨還有現切的土雞；幾乎家家戶戶都有的佛跳牆；只有在過年才會在市場見到的應景零食；疊成山的蘿蔔糕等。當然在市場不是只有買，試吃也是重點，沒試吃怎麼知道口感怎麼買呢？

Picking a chicken from hanger 

Pallet of radish cakes or taro cake 

Sweat rice roll, different flavors, traditional is peanut powder and white sesames 

Soup: Buddha Jump Over a Wall 

BBQ chicken or duck 

Peanut, pistachio, cookies all for new year snacks 

Soy pig foot, include chicken foot and others, good with beer

Never refuse to try out the taste
所以啊～有時逛市場也是可以吃飽滿足的，只要夠敢每攤都吃

To feel Lunar New Year, better to visit some traditional places, such as Festival, or the best place, traditional market, especially before noon. Not like neat, clean, A/C supermarkets have prices on each item and you pick and go, traditional market has less price signs, but open the mouth and ask.

Two days before Lunar New Year, markets were packed with moms who went to shop for big meal preparation. Most stands in the markets called for all family to help, from mother-in law to daughter-in law to grandchildren, everyone came to help this annual big thing.

Me, squeezed between moms and grandmoms, hold a cabbage on hand, tried to find a spot to talk to the owner, “give me some mushrooms” when others kept asking “how much for the sweet pea” “how much the taro is”. Damn, I should push harder and yell louder so the owner could heard me earlier.

To be short, this kind of loud and crowd makes holiday true feeling, not something like, oh-yeah, holiday begin, let's go travel.

Stands in traditional markets usually have some different than usual before Lunar New Year. Some only can be seen during this period of time and some will be double stands than usual.

Soy Pig Foot, usual stuff, but see more before Lunar New Year; whole BBQ chicken or duck for the dinner table; Taiwan local chicken ready to cut and eat; New Year snacks only be seen this period of time; pallet radish cakes to sell in pieces.

One good thing to go around the market is to try different food. In fact, once a while you can feel so satisfy when go around the market as long as you have guts to take each test tray and finish every of them.