Prices

Trying to eat and live like an American is expensive in Malawi.  It is a lot cheaper to eat like they do.  Here is a list of what things cost:
30 eggs - $6.50
1 large cabbage - $1
20 bananas - $1.25
4 carrots - .75
5 tomatoes - .75
small bunch of rape (like swiss chard) - .06
1 apple - .50
loaf of bread - $1.
8oz. tomato paste - $2.00
very large avocado - .35
cheese - $9.50/lb
butter - $7.30/lb
hamburger - $3.25/lb
10 lbs. sweet potatoes - $1.50
coffee - $9.80/lb
rice - .70/lb

The typical Malawian meal is rape with tomatoes and onions, eggs or some type of meat (if they can afford it) and nsima (like polenta).  Compare the cost of that meal with the meals tht we like to eat and eating Malawian is the way to go.  We do eat a lot of rape, cabbage, tomatoes and onions but since I don't know how to cook nsima, we eat our relish (that's their name for side dishes) with rice and beans.