We went to the souk today with a friend - local farmer's maket. We bought - 1 medium melon, 1/2 kilo of grapes, 1 kilo of tomatos, 1 kilo of potatos, 1/2 kilo of green beans, 1 large bunch of cilantro, 1 large bunch of parsley, 1/2 dozen eggs, 1 kilo of apples, 1/2 kilo of zuchinni, 1/4 kilo of green peppers, 1 kilo of olives, 3 oz of black pepper, 2 cloves of garlic, 3 large cucumbers and 1/2 kilo of onions - for $10.00. Most evenings we walk to the Marche and buy from the women's baking cooperative two round, flat loaves of whole wheat bread - still warm from the oven - this costs 5 dirham which is about 75 cents. At the Marche we can also buy a large hoe cake fresh off the griddle for 5 dirham - it's large enough for us to split on the way home - Moroccan fast food. Eating out is not as cheap as I thought it would be but eating in has exceeded my wildest expectations. Right now I have a large pot of lentil-barley-vegetable soup on...yummmm. Bon appetit.
Note: I copied and pasted this from my facebook - lazy person that I am - and it cut off the tails of some low hanging letters. You can see it above in the word "copied" and "lazy" and "person". Not sure what's up with the computer - must be a bad nano-hair day.
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