Portsmouth market

I went to the market this morning! gots lots o' goodies:

Raw cocoa pods
plantains
bananas - 24/$2
green beans - $2/ handful - this seems to be the going rate?
sugarcane 3/$5
fistfuls of rosemary and thyme
2 kinds of chinese cabbage - with herbs, for $10
cristophene/alligator pear - $5
tomatoes and peppers - for $5
dasheen/taro and yam - for $5

I am certain that I get the "foreigner's" deal, but that's what I get for not looking local. On the other hand, people do mention that "people who look like me" like this or that. Namely, dasheen. (It's true! I do like dasheen back home.) Also, I ask for the price of bananas by calling them 'figs' because that's the term used here. I am excited to absorb the local color of the language.

I suppose I'm a walking advertisement with my big bags of STUFF.

I decided to go with nothng imported this week, which I will assume is much cheaper. Who eats apples and grapes on a tropical island, anyways?

EDIT: Just to be thorough, this is some more stuff that I bought later in the day. I figured it wouldn't be worth that $1-2 in savings to buy eggs far away from home because they come a dozen in a plastic bag; N broke 8 out of 12 when he bought them in Roseau!

eggs - $9/dozen
1/2 lb black forest ham - $11
1/2 lb turkey - $12
white bread - $3.50/loaf

Interestingly, H mentioned that the local bread here is made with LARD. This sounds disgusting and I'm now so much more motivated to make me own.

To digress, I footed the bill when H and I went to Tomatoes Restaurant to buy deli meat, bread, and my order of fries. Apparently, marbled rye bread costs $27/loaf. Ri-dic. Whole Grain Sa-weet Crunch bread is calling my name! I'm excited to fork over $30 for a muffin load pan now!