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Bara Brith, cooling after being taken from the oven...
 
I have two everyday lives, one in eastern Cuba and one in central Florida. In the US, I live on the agricultural side of Orlando. We have many immigrant agricultural workers and families. Most of the families are long term US residents although some are still undocumented after decades. How to deal with them has been a political issue for years. We have a lot of "dreamers", undocumented who were brought to the US as young children. Others were born in the US but have undocumented parents. Neither group knows any other country but still face potential deportation. This problem is part of our everyday life.

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In my everyday life in eastern Cuba, our bread comes from the bakery just two blocks down the street. It is made by hand and baked twice a day. There is an electric mixer for the dough. All the bread is sold immediately after if comes out of the oven.

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It is a rare sight to see someone riding a bicycle. Saigon has become a motorbike city with an increasing number of cars added to the mix. Binh Thanh District,
Saigon. October 2020. Fuji X-H1 - XF 2.8/16-55.
 
Bob Michaels said:
In my everyday life in eastern Cuba, our bread comes from the bakery just two blocks down the street. It is made by hand and baked twice a day. There is an electric mixer for the dough. All the bread is sold immediately after if comes out of the oven.

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I hope your neighbours there realise how lucky they are. In my part of the world we only have the bland, plastic stuff from supermarkets; worse now because of the virus...


Regards, David
 
David Hughes said:
I hope your neighbours there realise how lucky they are. In my part of the world we only have the bland, plastic stuff from supermarkets; worse now because of the virus...
Regards, David
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David: yes, the bread is usually quite good when it comes right out of the bakery, still warm from the oven.

However, there are some major downsides. First, you must already be in a long line when the bread is finished and they open the window to sell it. They sell out in 30-45 minutes. You can be in the back of the line and get no bread. That means there is no stopping by to buy bread when it is convenient for you. It is their schedule, not yours. Secondly, the Cuban economic problems do not allow them to buy all the imported flour they need. In 2020, there is often only one round of bread baked per day, not the normal two. Demand is the same, just a more limited supply. Sidenote: agricultural products and medicine have been excluded from the US trade embargo for 20 years. Cuba can buy all the flour they want from the US but they don't have money to pay for it.
 
Bob Michaels said:
David: yes, the bread is usually quite good when it comes right out of the bakery, still warm from the oven.

However, there are some major downsides. First, you must already be in a long line when the bread is finished and they open the window to sell it. They sell out in 30-45 minutes. You can be in the back of the line and get no bread. That means there is no stopping by to buy bread when it is convenient for you. It is their schedule, not yours. Secondly, the Cuban economic problems do not allow them to buy all the imported flour they need. In 2020, there is often only one round of bread baked per day, not the normal two. Demand is the same, just a more limited supply. Sidenote: agricultural products and medicine have been excluded from the US trade embargo for 20 years. Cuba can buy all the flour they want from the US but they don't have money to pay for it.
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Oh dear! Politics again... Why do they do it?


Regards, David
 
I ride the train almost everyday.

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All the best,
Mike
 
Apopka Florida 2004 - Apopka Furniture is the old "buy here, pay here" place to buy furniture or appliances. This was Friday afternoon when everyone came to make their weekly payments.

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