I shook my head. She said they were rich in oats and fibre as well as chocolate. Then she said that it would be nice to reward, ourselves after a hard day or with our morning cup of tea. That you always need carbohydrates. And fibre. Gently but firmly I took the packet from her hand and replaced it on the shelf. We already had enough to carry. Our shopping trolley contained enough food for two people for ten days: 8 wholewheat flatbreads (diameter c. 20 centimetres) 1 packet of rice and maize cakes (12 cakes) 16 slices of pepperoni 10 slices of processed cheese 4 bags of instant mashed potato powder 2 packets of tuna (chunks) 500 ams orzo pasta 1 tube of tomato puree 1 large onion 1 small bulb of garlic 250 grams length of salami 4 packets of instant noodles 2 packets of powdered soup 20 muesli bars 1 bag of dried apricots 1 tub of smoked almonds In addition, we were already carrying four meat stock cubes, twelve tea bags, six sachets of instant coffee, ten packets of sugar we had pinched from the aeroplane and various cafés, a couple of sachets of salt and a camera-film tub filled with mixed spices.
