How.Much.This.Purse.?? (comprende?!)*

a peek into our pantry

I riffled through some old receipts from Spar (the commercial grocery store in town) and jotted down prices of staples in our pantry last year.

For an easy, approximate Zambian Kwacha to US Dollar conversion, divide all the prices by 5.

• White bread (not sliced) K4.50
• 50 tagless black tea bags (5 Roses) K11.50
• 80 tagless rooibos tea bags (Freshpak) K12.20

popular hot drinks in Zambia

• Parmalat Plain low fat yoghurt, 500g K10.40
• 1 litre box 100% juice (apple) K11.20
• Nestle baking cocoa 250 grams K32.40

why Nestle doesn't market Nido in the States I really don't know...
this stuff is nothing like non-fat dry milk in the States

• Zambezi honey 500g K14.40
• Tomato puree 410g can K12.85
• Jungle oats (instant oats) 500g K7.20
• 1 litre box UHT (shelf) milk K9.80

• Blueband shelf margarine 1kg K25.10
• 2kg sugar K17.20
• 5kg flour K40.20
• 2.5 kg brown flour K18.10
• 2.5 kg bread flour K18.80

my special collection (all these items, save the desiccated coconut) are treasures from Lusaka

• Nestle hot cocoa 500g K34.20
• Mazoe 2litres (concentrate orange drink) K17.00
• 2 litre jug of milk (2% or full cream) K15.20

noodles anyone?

PS- I was tickled to buy a 2kg bag of flour for K10.00 on the street the other day… haven’t baked with it yet, so we’ll see if  it really was the bargain I thought I was getting!

*Doris Rathbone (Adventures In Odessey, Aloha Oy!) quote