You're always worried about our nutrition. So I thought I’d take some pictures of the vegetables we were eating just for you. Actually this was a few months ago and they are getting sparse again. Just to let you know that we eating nutritiously and also I know that you love the little cauliflowers they get here. I tried to cook it Burmese style with tumeric. Came out pretty yummy. The cauliflowers in the market lasted for a few weeks (in January), then started to get all buggy and now we don’t have any. Also had lots of nice fresh greens for a while there. It is the end of the dry season right now. There are a few tomatoes in the market and some greens (mostly “ga-zuen-yu-et”) and a few other odds and ends. Mostly we are eating mung bean dahl and potato curry. The price of flour locally has increased to $1.50 per kg (compared to 65c in Phnom Penh before) along with many other items (eggs are 15c each!!). Milk is the most crazy item. I have always just bought powdered milk. It used to be about $12 for 1.8 kg of powder. Lately though, it has gone up to $28 for the same amount (it makes about 14 litres). I switched temporarily to UHT milk which was cheaper (and great for making really creamy yoghurt) – that is now $1.60 per litre. It all comes from Australia or NZ. I think we need to get our own milking cow now. The price of fuel has gone up to $1.30 per litre for petrol. Diesel is also over a dollar also. So i should also invest in a bike. It is a good thing we have solar power!
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