Lentil Crises in Suriname!

At Ultima's, 'the one stop shop':
"Do you have lentils?"--James
"They're right upstairs, sir!"--Attendant
~Walk upstairs with James~
"These aren't lentils, these are linens!"--James

There is a crises in Suriname, there are NO lentils in the entire country! I am positive because a friend and I have searched tirelessly through every corner store, market, department store, wenke, woyo, etc. in this country! No lentils! When I asked a clerk at one of the stores about the lentils, he shrugged his shoulders and told me he did not think lentils were being shipped into the country anymore. Womi!(translation: Oh man!)

Basically, the Peace Corps lentil craze was started by a former volunteer who recently finished her service and was an expert on nutrition. She highly recommended adding lentils to our diets to have a maintain adequate amounts of protein and fiber and because they are relatively quick to cook.

So, this story actual begins during my last venture into the city which had lasted 2 weeks. After about 10 days of searching we had yielded 0 bags of lentils between myself, James, from the great state of New Hampshire, and Matt, an O.G. of California but now a Washington resident. On a field trip to one of the tourist beaches, we stopped to pick up some food for lunch at a huge market and finally found lentils, probably the last 3 bags in the country and split them up between ourselves. Finally, we had found them! Unfortunately, Matt and James left their lentils on the bus we took to the beach and that bus did not come back to pick us up. So, I was the lone rider who was able to bring a bag of lentils to site.

Unfortunately, I eat lentils quite a bit. Now, I am out of lentils and back in the city, but they are nowhere to be found. So far my search has been fruitless and as I have said, I am told by one of the market owners that lentils are not being shipped to Suriname for the time being. I am very disappointed. I am hoping to find some before the day is done and I head back to the interior tomorrow so keep your fingers crossed for me and maybe throw some in a care package for me, heh! :D