Visit to sunny South Africa

May is supposed to be cold and rainy, but we were blessed with beautiful weather both weeks. Visiting the country of my birth is always a special time. The Western Cape is a beautiful place. Mountains, the sea, lovely wine farms - nothing like it in the south eastern U.S.

We had a list of foods to eat while we were here and managed to find time to have most of them. Some of the things I miss the most are the foods I grew up with.

Here are some from the list:
Koeksisters -  a donut type of pastry, fried then steeped in ginger flavoured syrup.
Boerewors - farmer's sausage; beef, pork, pork fat and spices. Grilled on the bbq
Droewors - a dried version of the above
Sweetie Pies - a marshmallow, chocolate covered confection
Melk Tert -  a custard pie with subtle cinnamon flavour
Snoek - a popular local fish from the barracuda family.
Fish and Chips - fried with delicious batter
Kabeljou (Cob) - another local fish
Custard sauce
Mebos - ground up dried fruit pressed in to a flat cake and covered with sugar
Dried fruit in general
Scone - English style, not hard and dry like in the U.S. - with jam and cream

We ran out of time to have Biltong - the S.A. version of jerky, chocolate logs - another kind of candy, soft serve ice cream with a flake inside, and more I can't remember right now.

As always, we try and catch up with family and friends during our visit, but time is so short it is hard to do. I always say I'll stay for longer next time and this time I mean it!

I'm at the airport in Johannesburg, waiting for the flight home. Back on U.S. soil tomorrow.