Batswana Burgers

Pricing in Botswana is pretty tricky.  Some things, mangos, hair clippers, are very inexpensive.  Other things, like computers, are pretty pricey.  Hamburgers are pretty pricey, similar to the prices we saw in Sweden, but with lower GDP.  Most of the goods on the shelf have been shipped in.  Because Botswana is landlocked, and because rail is unreliable, lots of goods come in over the highways.

Last Sunday, we were hungry at lunch time and stopped in a grocery deli counter.  They had a Batswana “pie”, a flaky pouch of good bread wrapped around a meat interior.  They look like a fried pie, and come with a variety of stuffings including:

• Curried beef (good)
• Russian (a thin sausage- not a favorite)
• Chicken (probably the most popular meat, along w beef).

There may be others too, but this is all we have seen so far.  They cost about $0.75 each, and they are quite filling.  They seem to be available lots of places, and seem pretty popular.

 But, keep in mind, Man cannot live by bread (or burgers or pies) alone.