Are you eating alone??

Today I had me a lunch in town. I stood in line together with other people enjoying their lunch break. While I was standing in the line I looked for a good meal among the different dishes that was offered. Most of them were labeled; "Måltid för en", which means "Dish for one person". They were put in a clean enlosed plastic tray, and it would be mine to the cost of 65 skr.

As I payed it I realised that together with a little juice to drink, it costed 90 skr (more than 10 dollars). I was a little puzzled and sat there looking at my prey for the day. And I wondered: Is this something that even exists in Tanzania? An enclosed meal for one person? I really need to take a closer look. My thesis is that you seldom eat alone in Tanzania. I might be wrong, but I believe in every way that this fast-eating-enclosed-and-lonely-behavior of ours is a curse upon our society. Loneliness is a curse, and we need to break it. Stay with us for the time ahead. We will report from our culture exchange between Tanzania and Sweden during the summer of 2010.
Blessings<3
anci