Cindy just bought some vegetables off a ladies’ head. Not the most bountiful display you have every seen, huh? . . . . Our vegetable selection here is pretty scarce. We can also find very small onions, very small tomatoes and very LARGE okra in the local market (not the supermarket silly -- the open air market every 3rd day where locals try to sell their goods and make a living).
As for fruit, there are small bananas, small watermelons, small oranges, even smaller limes and very LARGE, DELICIOUS MANGOES! I (Keenan) have fallen in LOVE with mangoes. They are unlike any mango I have ever eaten in the states. I am told that these are actually hybrid mangoes that grow farther south near the center of Ghana. I am also told that they are just “in season” now. Guess we better enjoy them while we can.
We are hopeful that as we progress through this rainy season that the crops will be bountiful so the people of Nalerigu will have plenty to eat AND plenty to sell.
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