We returned to the butcher. With meatballs in mind, we picked out the meat chunk from the freezer and waited for it to be ground. While waiting, we were enticed by sausage links draped over some metal structure behind the counter.
Yes! yes! Beef sausage- we'll try it!
Well, now we've tried it. And it ain't no pork. Let's leave it at that.
On a second note, we are almost out of butter. This shouldn't be a big deal. We've seen New Zealand butter at shops all around town. So we go looking for butter. Shop #1- no. Shop #2- nope. Shop # 3... you get the idea. We finally ask a friend... Her answer is simple. Usually its not a problem, its easy to find. But apparently sometimes there are butter droughts. No reason. There just isn't any to be found. So she tells us- next time, stock up!One lesson learned and another reinforced- Buy butter in bulk and in Sudan- never ask why!
In Ukraine I used to get screwed by the dairy drought pretty frequently. Something about all the dairy coming to my town on one truck . . . anyway, you can't buy milk in bulk, and, just like your butter situation, it would either be EVERYWHERE, or nowhere making morning cereal impossible. Of course, when there wasn't any milk there also wasn't anything else useful, like yogurt, packaged cheese, or packaged sour cream. You get the idea. Glad I can just walk down to the Key Food and get whatever I want, but simultaneously completely jealous of your adventures . . . makes me want to head abroad again.
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