Table 1 A few commonly sold food and herbal ingredients and products are recorded in the grannies’ informal markets of the six considered Moldovan centres. X: occurrence, XX: widespread occurrence

Adjika

A/S

xx

x

Bilberry jam

S

x

x

x

Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa L.)

W/C

xx

xx

xx

Blood sausages

A

xx

x

x

Butter

A/S

xx

xx

xx

x

xx

x

Carp

S

x

Clarified butter

A/S

x

Cow milk

S/A

xx

xx

xx

x

x

Curdle made from fresh milk

S/A

xx

xx

xx

xx

x

Cured and smoked veal, beef

A

xx

xx

xx

x

Dill preserved in salt

S

xx

x

Diverse cuts of pork meat

S

x

x

x

x

x

x

Diverse dried herbaceous plants for teas (Hypericum perforatum L., Mentha spp., Equisetum arvense L., etc.)

A

x

x

x

x

Diverse fresh and dried mushrooms (esp. Boletus and Suillus spp.)

W

x

x

x

x

Dried and smoked plums

A/S

xx

xx

xx

x

x

x

Dried cheese (brânză)

S/A

xx

xx

xx

x

x

Dried cherries

A

x

Dried mushrooms

S/A

x

Dried salted fish

A

x

x

x

Dried wild pears and apples

A

x

x

x

x

Dry bread yeast

S/A

x

x

x

Fat of goat

S

x

x

Fat of goose

S

x

x

Fresh brined cheese (brânză)

S/A

xx

xx

xx

x

x

Fresh/sour cream

S/A

xx

xx

xx

x

x

Goat meat

S

x

Goat milk

S/A

x

Guelder rose (Viburnum opulus L.) fruits

W

x

x

x

Guelder rose jam, compote

S

x

x

x

Homemade pork conserves

S

x

x

x

Homemade salted pork

S

x

x

x

Horseradish

W

xx

xx

xx

x

x

x

Lactofermented watermelons

A

x

xx

Meat jelly

A

x

x

x

x

Mixed fruit compotes

S

x

x

x

x

x

Myrudia (mixture of powdered dried herbs: Trigonella caerulea (L.) Ser. and T. foenum-graecum L., dill, mint, parsley, lovage, or other dried aromatic sppecies)

S/A/C

x

x

Osage orange (Maclura pomifera (Raf.) C.K.Schneid.)

W

x

Paprika (powdered dried local belly peppers variety)

S/A/C

x

x

Parsley roots

C

xx

x

x

Pickled cabbage

S/A

xx

x

x

x

x

Pickled cucumbers

S/A

xx

xx

xx

x

x

Pickled paprika

A

xx

x

Pickled tomatoes (red and green)

S/A

xx

xx

xx

x

x

Pickled/salted grape leaves

S

xx

x

x

x

Preserved horseradish

A/S

xx

x

x

Raspberry jam

S

x

x

x

x

Red and white Atriplex hortensis L. landraces

C/W

xx

Rose petals jam

S

x

x

Salted pork

A

xx

x

x

Salted/marinated mushrooms

S

xx

xx

x

x

x

Sausages

A

x

x

x

Sheep or lamb meat-based preserves

A

x

Smoked fish

A

x

Smoked pork

A

xx

xx

xx

Sour milk

S/A

xx

xx

xx

xx

x

Thornbush and hawthorn fruits (Rubus and Crataegus spp.)

S

x

x

Variety of juices

S

x

x

x

Veal maw (cheese starter)

A

x

x

Walnuts

S

xx

xx

xx

x

x

x

Wine (homemade)

S

x

x

x

x