Market day - and cooking lessons!

Saturday is the big market day in Kasulu. People walk from up to 20 miles away to sell their produce. These pictures, taken by Mike a few weeks ago, sum up the scene- though don't give you the noise, the movement and the smell - nor, as it was today, the thick mud that everyone was paddling through!
I try to go each week to 'stock up' on fruit and veg for the week. I can buy a whole basket of tomatoes for the equivalent of 40p. We eat a wonderfully healthy and easy diet - mostly local fruit and veg with occasional meat or fish, and homemade bread.
I'm friendly with many of the local clergy wives, and we have started a little cooking group! We try to meet once a week and go to different houses to learn some cooking from each other.  In the first week I taught  cake making which was fine with our electric oven, but not so successful when we tried baking the cake over a log fire!

Last week was a special stewed banana recipe at Olivia's house - I was set the task of grating the coconuts, which involved sitting  on a special coconut-grating-stool, with a lot of instruction and laughter. (it's easier from a packet from Tesco's!),while others peeled the bananas and stoked the charcoal fire.  Next week it's cake icing under my instruction ... I'll post a photo of the finished product!