I am still around

What a week in Cape Town. Summer is really not in a hurry to reach the southern shores of Africa. Besides the fact that the South Easter wind was howling and blowing all and sundry around, Cape Town also experienced a  Black South Easter.

The prevailing wind bringing rain to the western Cape is the Northwest wind and mainly blows in winter. In summer the prevailing wind is the South Easter. At times this wind also bring in clouds and this causes heavy rain with floods. This was exactly the case last Friday. It not only caused severe floods in areas like Gordons Bay and Stellenbosch, areas about 50 km's out of Cape Town. This front moved up the southern and eastern coasts of South Africa and caused floods with roads being washed away and a few drownings when the rivers came down. Today, the wind is blowing, but only mildly with a few clouds fleeting across the blue

sky.

My dog Roger, a Canis Africanus, loves playing with his Frisbee in the river. This is a daily ritual. When I arrive home, he will come and place his front legs on mine and then he "hugs" me by pushing his head into my chest. the more I encourage him, the more he pushes. Then he goes and grabs his Frisbee. At times however I do not feel like playing with the frisbee and then I ask him to choose another toy like a tennis ball or at times, I will tell him "No toys today" and he will wait at the garage door without any toys. In such cases he will grab his leash in his mouth and "take himself" for a walk with me following behind him. He always make his way to the Liesbeeck River. This is a shallow canalized river and roger loves playing in the river with his frisbee.

This Liesbeeck River used to be the border in the days of the Dutch settlers round about 1657. On the other side  was "wild Africa". It is difficult to think that this was the border and very close by my home the first "racial" clashes took place between the settlers and the Koi-San. A few of the original homesteads are still around.

This actual diverted my attention from what I was actually going to tell you. At times vagrants break bottles in the river and one does not see the glass shards. And low and behold, only after roger was finished playing, I saw that he had cut the cushion under his left paw open. Fortunately I had Latogen on hand I administered this for a few days. He was limping and on Friday I decided to take him to the vet as I was worried about infection. The vet however, reassured me that the treatment I gave Roger was 100% correct.       

Now you might wonder what wonderful recipe I am posting today? Well here it comes!

Wonder sauce 

3/4 cup brown vinegar

3/4 cup sugar

pinch of salt

pinch of cayenne pepper

1 egg

Mix ingredients together and boil till bubbles form. Watch closely as it might burn.

Add to: green beans, carrots, cabbage, potatoes, small onions etc

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