food

Per Shelby's request, I've taken some pictures of our food standards/staples:

Fruit. The pomegranates here are delicious, plentiful, and cheap (about 25 cents each). We can also buy fresh squeezed pomegranate juice from corner stands for about 50 cents.

Rice (colored with tumeric) and veggies. Nate's started making a killer vegetarian curry. We haven't been brave enough to cook our own meat (as this entails buying a live chicken in the local souq and then killing it or taking it to the local butcher to kill it). We do often eat meat at a local restaurant; the broast (half of a fried chicken) comes with fries, watery tomato paste, coleslaw, bread, and a metal prison tray, and costs under $2.00.

A selection of our spices: cinnamon, turmeric, and chili & curry powders. Each of these 1lb bags cost between $0.25 to $1.50. We'll definitely be bringing bags of these home with us!