A Taste of Home

Well today was brilliant, the weather not so good, but what made it brilliant, is friends popped round, and second -  they brought a taste of South Africa - if a South African goes anywhere in the world and they run into expat South Africans (quite possible because there as S Africans all over) and get talking to them they will say "where's the Mrs Balls?" - it happened to us, and if you don't have any they will say "How can you come here and not bring Mrs Balls for the SA's."  For those of you who arent SA's,  Mrs Balls is a Chutney - not just a Chutney, but as the website says mrsballschutney.com "Mrs Balls Chutney the best tasting chutney in the world." No argument from me about that! - there are recipes on the net that allows you to make a reasonable version of it, but it always lacks something. (If you are in the London area there used to be a SA shop at London Bridge Station - probably get it there and if they don't have it you could just settle for some Biltong) or try http://www.biltongstmarcus.co.uk/index.asp I can already taste it with some Sao Jorge cheese, or some Capelinhos cheese, I can also taste it on a Bobotie, but to make Bobotie takes a whack of chutney so this will be savoured on it but not in it. Another thing was Cat treats - Chloe and Zac Thank you, Angela and Andrew (Mwuvs - cat loves to you) and Marmite- There are always debates about which is better, Marmite or Bovril, and I suppose if you are Aussie -  Vegemite.

Marmite is the same whether you are in the UK or SA, but not the same apparently if you live in New Zealand. I don't think the USA has anything like it - its sort of an acquired taste BTW welcome new chickens home with some toast and Marmite - I am not kidding (ours lost out they were 2 weeks too early)
Marmite is great on Toast, with cheese or without and I can imagine it on a toasted Pao Flamengos.

Now to make Christmas come early I would like Santa to send some Boerewors- Spicy South African sausage, barbecued and eaten with Stywe Pap  - stiff maize Porridge, with a chakalaka  , or a tomato and onion gravy, or just in a buttered roll heated on the barbeque (Braai) , with tomato sauce (All Gold is a good SA brand, but here Guloso makes a good tomato sauce.) quite unlikely that Santa will bring any as I don't think it travels well. But we can dream -  
How can things get better than this?


Chappies and the jingle, Wicks Chewing gum, Ouma Rusks, Cream Soda fizzers, or Cream Soda Sparletta, and milo bars?