man, i wish i could have gotten fresh fruit and vegetables that look that good in gambia. everything was bruised from abusive transport. sigh. we ate a lot of 'vegetable mush something's while i was there. oh, and, by the way. the maid was almost necessary (besides being very commonly employed). the houses get dust in them from the desert and have insects and poor plumbing and etc... it was almost a full time job just keeping the house clean so we employed someone else instead of spending the plenitude of hours a day required to keep it clean. although. if we had both worked on keeping it clean it would have been cleaner to a much higher standard and we wouldn't have needed a maid but we weren't usually home during the daylight hours and cleaning in the dark (remember power outages were common) isn't a good idea.
And employing a maid gives gainful employment and much needed income to someone who would be unemployed otherwise. Think of it as income redistribution or charity.
Beautiful produce. Almost as good as from our garden. I can understand your falling in love with it. I do the same thing when I go shopping in Switzerland.
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I've never even seen garlic that looks that fresh before!
Posted by: Rachael | June 20, 2004 5:32 PM
I washed the dirt off that garlic about twenty minutes before taking this picture. That garlic is less than a day out of the ground.
Posted by: Nathan Dornbrook | June 21, 2004 12:37 AM
man, i wish i could have gotten fresh fruit and vegetables that look that good in gambia. everything was bruised from abusive transport. sigh. we ate a lot of 'vegetable mush something's while i was there. oh, and, by the way. the maid was almost necessary (besides being very commonly employed). the houses get dust in them from the desert and have insects and poor plumbing and etc... it was almost a full time job just keeping the house clean so we employed someone else instead of spending the plenitude of hours a day required to keep it clean. although. if we had both worked on keeping it clean it would have been cleaner to a much higher standard and we wouldn't have needed a maid but we weren't usually home during the daylight hours and cleaning in the dark (remember power outages were common) isn't a good idea.
Posted by: mendon | June 21, 2004 6:06 PM
And employing a maid gives gainful employment and much needed income to someone who would be unemployed otherwise. Think of it as income redistribution or charity.
Beautiful produce. Almost as good as from our garden. I can understand your falling in love with it. I do the same thing when I go shopping in Switzerland.
Posted by: Maman | June 22, 2004 12:57 PM
The broad beans turned out to be disgusting - they were just like Lima beans!
They smelled like feet! I'll never have them again.
Posted by: Nathan Dornbrook | June 22, 2004 5:30 PM