Variety, oh how I miss you. The variety I’m talking about today is food variety. I readily admit I like food and I like a variety of food (unlike Chuck who could eat the same thing EVERY SINGLE DAY). Every few months I get into a “food funk” and when I hear peeps on Facebook, TV or in a book talk about food I get a little bummed…Chinese, Italian, Mexican, seafood, etc. Having the availability of food at the touch of a button is not an option here in Tala and even the ingredients to make a variety of food isn’t available. Lately even the one ingredient we normally use, cheese, has become nonexistent in Tala. It’s not like we can choose a different cheese either, there is (was) only cheddar cheese at the grocery store, now there’s nothing.
For variety we usually get some things from Nairobi but we can only purchase and stock up on so much and we run out long before our next trip to Nairobi. Mozzarella cheese, ham and tuna fish are a few items not available in Tala but we can get in Nairobi. Or as most of you know we enjoy receiving pepperoni from the US as this is something we have not found anywhere here.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m thankful for the food I have and I’m definitely not going without food but I have to be honest and say I’m in a “food funk” state of mind.