For those of you in town, there are fresh Skilpaadtjies on the shelf, just packe dout now... so if you wanna braai this weekend, get a move on before they are all gone....
Skilpaadtjes. Remember the word, but what's it mean?
Tortoise....... but in the Butchery it is actually a piece of Liver wrapped in the Net Vet (fat from around) the kidney's, spiced and lekker on the braai......
Lekker lekker lekker
Mike, the net-vet is actually fat from around the stommach of sheep, goat or cattle. You can wrap the kidneys in the net-vet as well and braai it like the liver. Some people even do it with heart (sliced open, flattened and then wrapped).
Do enjoy your braai's this weekend people.
All sounds delicious. Hmmmm!
I got some skilpaadtjies yesterday in Spar , thought to myself "hmmm, this is just what I want to line my heart and Arteries" and bought a few packets. hehe
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Gee..... and you thought that smoking was bad for you!..
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That's good for buiseness...
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Quote from: Michael Alexander on January 12, 2008, 09:00:48 AM
Gee..... and you thought that smoking was bad for you!..
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Depends on what you are smoking Mike!!!
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You better smoke as much as you can out here, as the laws are stricter in England.... and the stuff costs more, not that I know...
Mike....Gosh I don't think I've tasted skilpaadjies since leaving OMD.... if you can smuggle them across the boarder and get them here by tonight I would love some ..... come on I got your daughter's book to you !!!!
Stay well
I'm not too sure about England, but in Ireland and smoking; nobody can smoke indoors at work or in the pubs anymore. Most of the pubs have smoking areas so at least you don't get wet............Yep! It's still raining!!! As far as I know England are following on from us on the smoking ban.............
Hi Rhona
The same laws apply here in england, get fined if you are caught throwing cigs on the floor.
No matter what laws they bring in, if you are a smoker you will find a way to have a smoke even if you got to sit ontop of the house roof!
I hear that if you have a none smoker in the house you can't smoke even in your own home, hmmmmmmm, think there are a lot of men that have a room in the shed at the bottom of the garden now! hahaha
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No need for smuggling Bev,you can get them here at the butchers on Boy De Goede Circle.You could even walk there.
Don't laugh! , but I just dumped all the Skilpaadtjies and mielies into the blerrie bin...... While I was hanging up the girls towels from swimming, I left the meat alone... Whoooosh! The fat from the skilpaadtjies ignited the entire braai... talk about giving up burnt offerings on a Sunday.....
Rhona, my mom must be watching over me!
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Ha!Ha!Ha! I know you said don't laugh at you Mike, but he!he!he!, I just know your mom set fire to your braai; like me she thinks you should give your gout a chance..........now go inside and cook yourself a nice piece of salmon!!!
Michael, does this mean you're a very religios man?
But then, religious people attend the burning of offerings.
Me Religious? mmmh! Salmon is very bad for Gout.......by the way..... :36_2_35:
Salmon bad for gout.........no way!!! That's a lie whomever told you that...........way better for you than beer and braai........what about a nice piece of chicken.
Whiskey's good for gout iknow
Ag Mike, just admit, you are getting old!!!
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Anything red in foods are meant to be bad for a person...... when you say whisky is good for gout, do you mean it's good in causing gout or does not aggrevate it as much as beer would.......
I think all dop is good for gout - just drink enough and then you forget about the gout......
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Skilpaadjies sounds a bit like - Kockaretsie that you would get in Greece - yum yum , always get loads of it as a starter then comes the steak or lamb , greek food is great - it's the closest i've had to a proper Braai since we left in 1992.
All booze is good for gout. This is, if you want your gout to get "stronger" by the day. The same goes to tons of braaid meat.
I think Richard Oppermann is a doc. I'm sure he'll agree.
So, long live the gout...
quickdop braai BierSuip
Talk about Greek food - just came back from a Greek restaurant here in Pretoria - (somewhere here in Centurion /Lyttleton Manor region - my clients drove, 'cos in the city even my GPRS gets confused) and I must say - long time since I had chicken that was done so good. (I will never get used to the plates getting smashed on the floor - everytime someone does that I "skrik" and think now the waitress is in trouble, then I remember about their tradition). Yip, and I think if you suffer from gout, you should stay away from Greek food as well - very rich and will for sure hasten a real bad attack on your joints.
@ Michael
I Doctor told me one should drink whiskey rather than any other alcohol if you have gout and HAVE to drink.
Richard Oppermans not a Doctor :wow1:
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What made you think that Boy Georg?
Mistake? Sorry. :36_2_35: Was it somebody else?
The best greek food I have ever had has got to be at Sloppy Sam's. The most divine greek lamb and cooked by an Iranian nogal! Beginning of Sea Point or Three Anchor Bay, Main Road. Not only because its owned by an ex Omunder but also because it is such a quaint looking building and the atmosphere is very cosmopolitan.
The road is called Glenngarrith Road.....
For the pasta fans : there's a place in Mellville, Jo'Burg called Spiros. Best pasta you will ever eat. Not a big place, but always packed and sometimes you have to wait for a table. Just oppisite the street is a cocktail bar called Rats -believe me, you name it and they make it, but EINA!!! -- the headache the following morning.........
... then it's a good thing that the Aunty has a horse to take her home afterwards......... :emot186:
For that type of babbelaas head you need a wagon and 12 oxen - a poor horse will never make it
I hope that the Aunty ain't implying that she's overweight?
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In the eye of the beholder.......... now that would be my scale, and it hasn't been used for ages, so it can't see anything and tell lies to me or anyone else.
For some strange reason, after the holidays, I get the feeling that I am a ballerina - all pants and jeans fit like those pink tights!
That would all depend apon who's pants and jeans you were wearing.......
Nah Mike, I think Glengarith goes up from Main Road to High Level. There was a pizza joint, Nero's I think on the corner of Glengarith and Main. A chemist was on the opposite corner. Then again I could be wrong too. Capetonians??
I went to school at CBC in Greenpoint and often used to walk into Seapoint from hostel to go to Adelphi Outfitters for school togs. I always remember that Once you had crossed Glengarith (cannot remember how to spell) , then you had left Three Anchor bay/Greenpoint end entered Sea Point. You are right Gelngarith goes right up past the old age home at the actual bay of three anchor , right up to high level road. And like you said there is the Glengarith Pharmacy on the corner at the robots..... but then this was 20 years ago....... come to think about it, the other times I was not on school business going into Seapoint, I was always trashed..... must be the area.....
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Well...it's Saturday almost 17h00... the coals are almost ready to braaiiiiiiiii! No drinking with this braai.... I don't know how much longer I can hold out... day 17 and counting.... this time I ain't gonna cremate those Skilppadtjies...
Shame for no beer (good for you - at least you will be able to smile in the morning).
I got the "Bees" rib strips out - made a nice curry sause, like for sosaties, and kept them in there for about a week. In the oven now: some fresh bread. Made some fresh butter this morning and got a bottle of hame made apricot jam from a friend. Just got to grate the cheese and make a fresh green salad, then (I think) we're ok for this evening.
Also got a whole leg of lamb, stuffed with mushrooms, onions, garlic and I also let that all lie in a marinade for about 3 days - that's going on the braai tomorrow with all the other traditional boere kos - sweet potatoes, cooked with caramel syrup, green beans with cream added, wild brown rice with small pieces of sun dried tomatoes and some fresh herbs from the garden, and then the sauce for the rice (kids just love that), for salad a cucumber ring set with greengage jelly and for pudding I am making a frozen peach & nut home made ice cream thing. (I got the cream and the machine to make the ice cream with and the ice machine, so no trouble to do that). Got some friends coming over for a belated birthday celebration (hope they bring great prezzies, 'cos I'm actually going to lay the table and add a flower arrangement or two as well - very rare for me to do this).
Quote from: Michael Alexander on January 19, 2008, 02:51:58 PM
Well...it's Saturday almost 17h00... the coals are almost ready to braaiiiiiiiii! No drinking with this braai.... I don't know how much longer I can hold out... day 17 and counting.... this time I ain't gonna cremate those Skilppadtjies...
Then good luck Michael
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.... I've gone off Skilpaadtjies :emot78: They just did'nt do it for me..... The curry Wors was the best thing on the fire... and Dollar Dog had the rest..... and I've made it... No beer.... Yahooooooo! Let's see what happens 2morrow!
Fantastic Michael. It's just a matter of habit. Either this way or the other way.
I kicked smoking 20 years ago. Fantastic experiance. I used to smoke Goulios without filter. Double the Nicotin and dirt other fags have. 30 a day. I was sure to be addicted for life. It's over and done with....
bravo to both of you for perserverance. Georg - you have done well to stay of the ciggos for 20 years - how old were you when you started smoking then?
Mike, we all hold thumbs for you to stay of the beer and skilpadjies - no more gout.
Personally I have to get off the gluten products, but ai.................. will tell you how I fare with that (and I promise I will not cheat) Has been a week now and the fresh bread from the oven has been like a flame to a moth, but I just put it away and did'nt look at it again.