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Twinco · 07-30-2009, 06:42 AM

Hi Bizong

Our winters are not too severe, lows of -2 deg c & highs of about 17 deg c.

There are some areas where we do have snow, but we have not had snow in Johannesburg for 30 odd years. In winter because I have young teenage kids, we play 10 pin bowls, conventional bowls, golf, paintballing. We also often take our caravan out for weekend trops away into the bush. You can find good places within 50 miles. I own & fly aircraft for business & pleasure so my interests are wider than most. I can also fly quickly to places in the bush that have runways etc. We have a large dam within 60 miles & in summer enjoy waterskiing, jetskiing, yachting etc. We also fly model aircraft & helicopters. I have a home at the coast in a small village where I keep a 4x4 & a boat there & we fish & ski & go on 4x4 trails etc. Down there it is fun to have a barbeque on the beach in one of the coves there.

Food is much the same as the rest of the world, any cuisine is available, but particular to SA are maize meal with stew & gravy, Bobotie, which is curried mince with egg poured over it & baked in the oven, we call a barbeque a braai & we braai at least twice to 3 times per week. A typical braai would consist of t bone steak, lamb chops, boerewors which is flavoured sausage, mealies (corn) boiled & then crisped on the fire, green salad etc. A normal evening meal would be grilled fish & veggies, soups in winter, prawns or lobster at least once per month, fresh oysters, mussels, crabs, squid etc. We eat plenty of meat, tongue, kidneys, liver etc. One meal I consider a delicacy but most people would not touch it is cow stomach, cleaned & bleached, then cut into strips, onions sauteed & the tripe added with herbs to flavour & slow cooked for a few hours. Served with mashed potatoes & veggies, it is a very tasty meal.

May SA people eat very conservatively, as must be the case in the States too. I will eat practically anything, I consider crocidile tail to be a delicacy.

What are typical meals in the States?

07-30-2009, 06:42 AM	#3 (permalink)
Twinco YaHookan Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 26 Thanks: 7 Thanked 9 Times in 7 Posts	Hi Bizong Our winters are not too severe, lows of -2 deg c & highs of about 17 deg c. There are some areas where we do have snow, but we have not had snow in Johannesburg for 30 odd years. In winter because I have young teenage kids, we play 10 pin bowls, conventional bowls, golf, paintballing. We also often take our caravan out for weekend trops away into the bush. You can find good places within 50 miles. I own & fly aircraft for business & pleasure so my interests are wider than most. I can also fly quickly to places in the bush that have runways etc. We have a large dam within 60 miles & in summer enjoy waterskiing, jetskiing, yachting etc. We also fly model aircraft & helicopters. I have a home at the coast in a small village where I keep a 4x4 & a boat there & we fish & ski & go on 4x4 trails etc. Down there it is fun to have a barbeque on the beach in one of the coves there. Food is much the same as the rest of the world, any cuisine is available, but particular to SA are maize meal with stew & gravy, Bobotie, which is curried mince with egg poured over it & baked in the oven, we call a barbeque a braai & we braai at least twice to 3 times per week. A typical braai would consist of t bone steak, lamb chops, boerewors which is flavoured sausage, mealies (corn) boiled & then crisped on the fire, green salad etc. A normal evening meal would be grilled fish & veggies, soups in winter, prawns or lobster at least once per month, fresh oysters, mussels, crabs, squid etc. We eat plenty of meat, tongue, kidneys, liver etc. One meal I consider a delicacy but most people would not touch it is cow stomach, cleaned & bleached, then cut into strips, onions sauteed & the tripe added with herbs to flavour & slow cooked for a few hours. Served with mashed potatoes & veggies, it is a very tasty meal. May SA people eat very conservatively, as must be the case in the States too. I will eat practically anything, I consider crocidile tail to be a delicacy. What are typical meals in the States?