It’s been a long while since I last went to a market to do some shopping. The Market Friday task that is pioneered by @dswigle has made me come out of the comfort zones and make my way to the market today. It’s quite a long tiresome journey walk to the market but I was so lucky to have been given a ride by a stranger who was just leaving my home area and heading to the market side.

It’s a very hot day. The venders are using papyruses to shield themselves from the hot sunny weather. As I walked by the different sellers they kept on calling me politely so that I stop by their selling places and support them through making a purchase of a few things from them.

The market is not so crowded because of the global Corona Virus incident that makes people keep a distance from other people.

Here we are in Mukono Market

Papyruses providing shade to the market vendors.

I first stopped by one selling point where a beautiful lady was selling silverfish. She was selling these in different quantities. She uses small different sized buckets to measure the different quantities and also price them differently basing on the amount the customer needs. I opted for the medium-sized bucket full of the silverfish that she was selling $1.5

This is the cheapest source in Uganda: Silverfish It's rich in proteins

I proceeded to another selling point where I bought some tomatoes, green paper, carrots, Onions, and “Birinyanya” a local ingredient.

I also bought a saucepan. I had run out of saucepans at home as most of them had developed holes due to over mingling posho in them that often causes the saucepan to be burnt and cracked at the bottom of it. I am happy, I got a brand new saucepan today. I asked the seller, how many kilograms of rice can this saucepan prepare at a go? She replied “Just one kilogram.” Anyway, I wanted to get one that could prepare up to 3 kilograms since I always have visitors.

Tracks keep coming in loaded with huge quantities of foodstuff from the gardens. These are then sold in different small quantities to the consumers.

This is called "matooke." Some people prefer to call it bananas. It's all the same. Many people in central and western Uganda prefer this food type to any other food type. This type is very rare in the western world. It's mostly grown in Africa.

This is locally known as Magadi Which is an ingredient that can be used to spice up the beans sauce.

When you go to the market, you can't buy everything there. This is what I bought and brought home.

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