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Post by Gus65 on Jun 11, 2015 23:35:22 GMT 10
Back from a work trip that had me away from family and BBQs for nearly a month. Inspiration to reproduce or learn from the menu on offer was limited but I've got a couple of ideas.
No fault of the organisers but the buffet lunch was the same as the buffet dinner and after a week or so it's a bit jaded.They did the best they could with what was on offer and within their budget.
Restaurants offered some tasty food but very limited in choice due to the logistics of getting fresh produce and the target customer base. ( Rich tourists, not working Australians)
I'll have a crack at a brined/marinated lamb roast tomorrow and see if it tastes as good as the roasted Impala leg I had the other night.
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Post by smokey on Jun 12, 2015 0:10:45 GMT 10
I knew a Qantas long hall SM that told me all about Africa and your experience seems on par. It's a hell of a place pending where your at. Impala hey,,, Im so jealous   |
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Post by chrisg on Jun 12, 2015 11:11:13 GMT 10
 Welcome back Gus, I do know exactly what you are talking of, Africa is an interesting adventure but rarely a feast Cheers |
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Post by captaincook on Jun 12, 2015 18:50:53 GMT 10
I never felt safe when I went over there to work. Living in compounds, car jackings in ther middle of the city in broad daylight - not what I would call fun. I swapped eastern Russia to work in South Africa. That was when I was working for Snap-on Tools International.
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Post by smokey on Jun 12, 2015 20:59:37 GMT 10
All this talk of the sub continent might inspire the Potjey to be dusted off.  Or maybe some Boerewors  |
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Post by chrisg on Jun 12, 2015 21:30:01 GMT 10
A strange part of the world that is emerging - been a long time doing it and that is not the fault of the indigents - far from it. That entire sub-continent just bewitched me from my late teens, flying superannuated airplanes around the place doing weird things, I really should write a book or three It saddens me that it went from the 70s to now on a terrible course that it had little to no control over but the signs of a massive recovery are there: www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/instant-noodle-queen-building-africas-future-with-food-revolution/story-fneuz8zj-1227390258034That is just one of a multitude of signs, a very strange one but signs and portents often are Nice looking boerewors there Mick My most enduring food memories of Africa are actually more vegan but I've no idea what the vegetables were Cheers |
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Post by Gus65 on Jun 13, 2015 15:11:51 GMT 10
As long as you use the potjie for good not evil (Seswaa)  ? Botswana is not as bad as Johannesburg by a long shot and the people I worked with were brilliant, hospitable and fun. Had been forewarned about avoiding some situations like walking through parts of Gabarone at night by myself. Taxis were too cheap to even think about it. Every area is going to have its problems when the divide between the haves and the have nots is so big. Zimbabwe was an eye opener. Street vendors haggling for our socks in trade for souvenirs. Those people are genuinely doing it tough and it gave me ammo to explain to my kids that they have it easy and are very lucky to live here. Didn't get to try local boerwors but did get a crack at some Kudu stew, and locally made Biltong. (Mines better) Had a couple of beers with some of the expats and gave the aussiecue site details to one guy who is Braai mad, so we may see him along someday soon. He believe a barbecue is a line outside the barbers. ? we'll educate the poor misguided soul. |
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Post by chrisg on Jun 13, 2015 15:45:04 GMT 10
It has been rather a long time since I was in the South, in fact a few years since anywhere in Africa but my repeated trips were to Kenya and Nigeria in the main. Yes, it certainly is an eye-opener Cheers |
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