We have company that just got here on Friday, Carol, and as we did our weekly produce shop today, and we were talking just the other day about the price of buying organic in the States, I was reminded about one of the many blessings we've already come to take for granted here...
This is my produce purchase that will cover us for most of the week. You have to soak it in a mixture of water and vinegar, or some people do it with bleach, to be sure that all the bugs and stuff are gone.
What I purchased...
Bananas, a clove of garlic, an avocado, 6 apples, 6 carrots, 4 lemons, 4 heads of broccoli, 1 head of lettuce, 1 head of spinach, 1 set of green onions, 3 onions, 3 tomatoes, 6 potatoes, and a container of strawberries. YES, thank the Lord, I was able to get 1 of the last 2 containers of strawberries at the Green Grocer!
My total bill for all this produce was 16,500 tsh (Tanzanian Shillings)...that equates to about $10 or so. Want to know how much the strawberries cost?
They were 4,500 tsh...so these little guys were about a 1/4 of the bill!
Yes, produce here is prolific and cheap. Unless it's berries...they are all imported! We do miss our berries :). Canned goods and prepackaged food of any kind are very expensive, so we tend to only get those kinds of things in small amounts. Thank you Lord that I can feed my family and not have to spend a fortune, that is not always the case and I would do well to remember how He has blessed us in this season of our lives!
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