S.Dunlap wrote:

> Damsel in dis Dress > wrote in message
>. ..
> > turkey?
> >
> > Ours weighs in at just under 14 pounds. I have NO clue if that's a good
> > size for two people.
> >
> > Carol
>
> I don't have one - I'll go eat a chicken dinner out that evening.
> T-Day here is not the big holiday celebration it is in North America.
> It's more of a church day for those who wish to give thanks. Families
> may have a special evening meal but that is about it. Turkeys,
> stuffing, cranberry sauce and pumpkin are all available for the North
> Americans who want to do the big spread.


How expensive is this stuff? I'd suspect it would be out of reach of most
of the locals, but is it really outrageously priced by Norteamericano
standards?

A friend of mine lived in Kenya a few years back (she had graduated from the
master's program in hotel management at Cornell and she had been recruited
to help open a wild game resto that some USAin was setting up in Nairobi).
She mentioned that all the regular US and European groceries were available,
but the price was outrageous, e.g. three bucks for a can of Campbells tomato
soup, eight bucks for a jar of Helman's mayo, etc. Since she was not making
that much, she had her local Kenyan friends help her shop in the local
markets, which were dirt - cheap by our standards and had especially good
fruits and veg...best tomatoes she'd ever had, succulent pineapples, etc....

Meat was another matter. Mary craved chicken so one of her Kenyan co -
workers kindly brought a *live* chicken to work and killed, dressed and
cooked it for her...it was a pretty scrawny bird in all, but the sentiment
of it all was pretty touching she thought :-)

Packaged frozen chicken (imported) was available in the western - type
supermarkets, but it was like seven - eight bucks per pound...

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Best
Greg