November 2009Festivals and Freebees
Halloween is gone and Guy Fawkes night happens this week - we can expect rain from Thursday - Saturday (whichever night you have chosen to let off your crackers !) ... and then we are into the home straights and it is Christmas !!
There are already many happy customers well over half way to their FREE Biltong - just in time for Christmas ! One regular customer filled 6 squares in one visit, so luckily there is no limit to the number of Voucher Cards you can exchange by the end of December. Remember the more you order, the more FREE BILTONG you get. We will still be issuing Vouchers throughout November.
Please be aware that as we get closer to Christmas the mail gets ever more congested and the postal strikes do not help. We are using a courier service wherever possible to avoid delays but please leave enough time when placing orders, especially for specific events.
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To Whet Your Appetite ...
Our POPULAR Biltong Sprinkles (Powdered Biltong) are now back on sale – just imagine a delicious pizza oozing cheese, then take a bite into a layer of scrumptious grated biltong just under that cheese - yummy !
There are so many ways to use Biltong in your daily cooking adding an extra va-va-voom to your meals. Send us some of your favourite recipes so we can share them with others.
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Land of Beauty
What could be more beautiful than this waterfall in one of the most photographed areas in SA ?
Do you know the name of these falls and where they are ?
Let us know at news@biltongdirect.com
Congrats to Michelle & to Gerhard who have sent in their correct guesses in the past few months
Answer to last month: Tugela River near source
& Amphitheatre, Drakensberg,KwaZulu-Natal
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Bring on the Potjie
Potjies are an integral part of most South African homes - they are an important item in the family 'entertaining toolkit'. Did you leave yours behind when you left SA ? Wish you had it here now that summer is over and braais are not always possible thanks to the iffy weather? Hearty, soul warming potjiekos would go so well in the cold, dark months of British winter - that succulent neck of lamb or fall-off-the-bone tender oxtail, mmmmmmm. Potjies give another meaning to the word 'stew' and can be used quite successfully on gas cookers to give the food that unmistakeable flavour. A great way to feed a hungry family or to entertain friends. Cheap cuts of meat can be turned into something quite heavenly with loads of veges for a healthy meal.
Oh - I forgot - you didn't bring that heavy old pot with you ! No problem, give Rose a call on 01268-685728 and we will order just the right size potjie for you and send it right to your door - or you can collect it from the shop. Usually available within 7 - 10 days.
So now there is nothing stopping you from enjoying something really traditional and unique this Christmas or indeed throughout the winter.
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SOUTH AFRICAN RECIPE COLLECTION
Launching this month, we are offering you the opportunity to collect some good old favourite South African recipes - food that Mom or Granny made and you just never found out how !
Each month a new recipe folder will be included in your parcels (for internet customers) or popped into your shopping packet (for shop customers). THIS MONTH : 1 GREAT POTJIEKOS.
Start collecting this series of pamphlets from the beginning - interesting info on the history of the potjie to share with your English guests as well as some mouthwatering potjie recipes and tips.
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Die Boereworsklub
Nou wie het gesê ‘n potjie moet op die vuur gaar kom. Toegegee, die buitelug-atmosfeer en die vuur met die rokerigheid wat so saam met die geure uit die pruttende potjie jou neusvleuels kom terg, kan nie sommer geklop word nie. Maar, soos my ou maat altyd gesê het: “Dan gaat ons vir die next best”. Annerdag op ‘n reëndag pak die lus vir ‘n pot my beet en ek kyk daai nommer drie sonder die pote so en besluit dat hy vandag op die stoof moet werk. Die slaghuis in die High Street het toe lekker skaapskenkels en die res van die parte kry ek by die groentewinkel en by Biltong Direct – eg Suid-Afrikaanse speserye wat nodig is vir ‘n regte-egte potjie. En ek pak toe daar ‘n pot wat kon saampraat met die bestes wat ek al op ‘n vuur laat prut het. Vroulief wou weet van ‘n paptert, maar ek sê, Nee, mieliebrood
vandag. Wyle Abrie Cronje daar van Memel se wêreld het my geleer van mieliebrood bak met roommielies en mieliemeel (gelukkig ook in voorraad by Biltong Direct).
So wraggies, daar trap die onder-13 veerpylspannetjie van Brandfort toe hulle eweknieë van Putsonderwater. En Keimoes se onderwater-naaldwerkspan skraap toe deur na die finaal. Ja, julle moes teen hierdie tyd agtergekom het dat ek ‘n draai om rugby loop. Ter wille van al die seer harte van ouens wie se spanne die afgelope maand in die stof gebyt het, handhaaf ek ‘n sensitiewe en objektiewe trant. ‘n Maand is ‘n lang tyd in ‘n Curriebeker-seisoen en sedert die laaste nuusbrief het baie trane gerol. Sensitiwiteit en objektiwiteit...groot woorde.
Maar, sal ons maar sê: Geluk Bulle.
Dit vat ‘n werklik goeie span met hope geluk en hulp van die skeidsregter en ‘n gebore Vrystater (Steyn) om die magtige Cheetahs te stop. Kyk mooi na ons beker. Volgende jaar wil ons hom ongeskonde terughê.
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Customers' Corner
This month we say THANK YOU to John Randall for reminding us what lekker boerekos should look like !
One problem John - you forgot the boerewors on the braai outside - can't eat pap en sous without the worsie.
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Convenient Biltong & Boerewors
Meat Express is situated alongside the market in ROMFORD. One of our first outlets in Essex, they supply our pre-packed Biltong and other products, including Boerewors. Pop in and chat to Michael or Chris and buy all your fresh meat including some super cuts for winter roasts and potjies.
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Tailpiece ....
1. A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tyred.
2. A will is a dead giveaway.
3. Time flies like an arrow, fruit-flies like a banana.
4. A backward poet writes inverse.
5. In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your Count that votes.
6. A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion.
7. Acupuncture: a jab well done.
8. With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.
9. Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft and I'll show you A-flat miner.
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