Innehållsförteckning för Issue 5 2021 från Koe'sister

D is vroegoggend op ’n koue Maandag toe ek en my antie, Loretta, die pad vat Noord-Kaap toe. N7 langs Kaap uit. Ons is op pad om tradisionele vroedvroue te ontmoet en hulle kennis op te neem voor dit vir altyd verdwyn. (Lees meer op bl. 54.) Ons teug aan ons koffie soos ons tussen die verkeer deur ry. Springbok is ons eerste bestemming vir die week, maar eers is daar ’n paar stoppe wat ons wil maak. Ons pak die Piekenierskloofpas en stop by De Tol Plaas Deli. Hulle verkoop onder meer regte koffie en rooibosgegeurde gin. Loretta het vooraf gesê dat sy graag by Strassbergers, die leerskoenwinkel in Clanwilliam, ’n draai wil maak en na ek hulle pragtige blommereeks aanlyn gesien het, was ek ewe gretig. Ons stap…

Founder of the LRSB group and content director of Mikateko Media, Ingrid Jones, explains how the group’s collaboration with Tru-Cape came about: “When Tru-Cape offered to donate fruit to a charity nominated by the group in exchange for asking our most active members to promote Tru-Cape and Flash Gala apples, I was keen to see where this partnership could lead,” she says. Members proposed two organisations as recipients: the Bonteheuwel Development Forum and Philisa Abafazi Bethu. The many services they provide include feeding schemes and safe houses for women and children. These are just a few of the inventive recipes the Food Fairies came up with. For more inspiration, join the LRSB group on Facebook and search for “Flash Gala”. PORK-AND-APPLE SAUSAGE ROLL Sandra van de Rheede Brian Berkman of…

NAMAKWALANDSE SOETSUURDEEGBROOD Verna Stuurman Dís nou ’n lekkerny so reg uit my kinderjare! Die geur van soetsuurdeegbrood, moerkoffi e en Cobra-politoer op ’n Saterdagoggend is dié van my ouma se Edensingelkombuis. Dieselfde soetsuurdeegbrood-herinneringe vat my nog verder terug na my oumagrootjie se huis in Steinkopf, met die ronde kookhuis bedek met goiingsak. Ook die tannies met die voorskote en kappies to match wat die lekkerste vaalbredies en afvalpotte aan die gang gehou het vir al die groot geleenthede. Etsê, dan sal ’n orduntlike xhorro or hierdie dierbaarhede darem tog nxa wees, ek meen mar! In Namaqualand the cooking was done in the kookhuis, a round, tent-like structure in the yard. That’s where the magic happened. The outside oven, resembling a pizza oven, was used mostly to bake loaves upon loaves…

CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS Thula Baba Project: I wash and sort new and used premature baby clothes for this project. It is a brilliant organisation that helps mums in Retreat, the Mowbray Maternity Hospital and other areas. They rely entirely on donations. Website: thulababaproject.co.za - Rafiekah Jardine Angel Wings Cape Town: This initiative was brought to life by one of our Food Fairies, Gladys-Joyce Dirks. She feeds children and the elderly in the Hanover Park area from her own pocket, donations and her community garden. Facebook: Angel Wings Cape Town - Wen Dee Food Relief Alliance of South Africa (FRASA): FRASA, led by Frank Julie, is a membership-based organisation that combats mass hunger through a network of feeding schemes. Their focus is to connect food relief projects to opportunities for support. E-mail:…

FLAVOURED WATER Anthea Jacobs These drinks will not only help you to stay cool, they are healthy too. The classic: lemon and cucumber Wash and thinly slice 1 cucumber and 1 lemon. Add to 10 cups of water with ¼ cup fresh basil leaves and ⅓ cup fresh mint leaves, finely chopped. Refrigerate overnight. The granita: strawberry or raspberry Thinly slice 1 lime. Add to 10 cups of water. Add 6 whole strawberries or raspberries and 12 fresh mint leaves, finely chopped. Refrigerate overnight. The digestive: fennel and citrus Infuse 1-2 t crushed dry fennel in 150 ml boiling water for 5-10 minutes. Allow to cool. Thinly slice 1 small orange. Add to 10 cups of water with the juice of 1 lemon and the leftover lemon, chopped; 12 fresh…

“Ek is deur ’n vroedvrou op ’n Saterdagoggend in my ma se kamer in die lewe gebring. Haar naam was Antie Karliena Ross. Daarna, soos die gebruik was, het sy elke namiddag gekom om my te kom uitsmeer,” vertel Loretta Feris, ’n lid van die LRSB Facebook-groep. “Ek is nie seker hoe lank nie, maar dit hang van elke baba af hoe lank na die geboorte die uitsmeer aanhou. Met my suster het Antie Karliena vir ’n langer tydperk gekom om haar uit te smeer, want sy was ’n koliekbaba. Met elke baba is daar ’n spesifi eke rede waarom die smeer-ouma gekom het.” Loretta verduidelik dat Antie Karliena ’n bekende vroedvrou in die omgewing was en baie baba’s se smeer-ouma was. “Mamma het altyd gepraat van Antie Karliena wat…

Author: Jeremy Vearey O.R. TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: ONE YEAR AFTER THE COVID APOCALYPSE Random elevator music echo in the domestic departures terminal peppered with nasal-twang announcements about flattening the curve. Airport security, police officers and the occasional passenger, a wide berth in passing. Downcast masked zombies, adrift from the usual horde. Flickering screens glow in the dark foreboding gloom with announcements of only three flights out for the day. Two to Cape Town and one to Port Elizabeth. I join a few Cape refugees at the Wimpy while PE zombies in designer labels sip lattés at Coffee & Cream. We eye one another for symptoms, ears like sonar for the slightest cough, noses sniffing for the whiff of sanitiser. Only then do we relax. The music changes. Jerusalema! What kind…