A month's rations in Cuba

Here is what the average Cuban gets each month on the government's subsidized food ration at a cost of about 33 Cuban pesos, or about $1.30. It provides 10 to 15 days of nutritional needs each month. Cubans have other food sources, including meals at work and school, and can buy products at farmers' markets and at more expensive supermarkets.

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-Rice, 6 pounds.

-Dried beans, 10 ounces.

-White sugar, 3 pounds.

-Brown sugar, 2 pound.

-Coffee, 4 ounces.

-Cooking oil, about 2 cups.

-Eggs, 10

-Salt, 12 ounces.

-Bath or laundry soap, 1 bar.

-Toothpaste, one tube

-Dried pasta, 8 ounces.

-Crackers, 1 pound.

-Fish, 10 ounces.

-Cacao (sweetened cocoa powder) 8 ounces.

-Chicken, 8 ounces.

-Other meat products, a little less than 1 pound. Can be any mix of chicken, hot dogs, a ham-like product called "jamonada" and "picadillo texturizdo," a ground beef-type mixture mostly of soy.

-Bread rolls, 30 a month.

-Potatoes, 4 pounds.

-Liquid detergent, 1 plastic bottle.