Lockdown Day 100 - Saturday 4 July

Lockdown for One Hundred Days!

Lives have changed in many ways

Exotic places I have been

Now I'm a stay home blogging queen

No cocktail lounges quoffing wine

Now he's in bed by half past nine

She used to flash Louis Vuitton

Now she's at work with PJ's on

From roaring crowds at rugby matches

To cooking rusks in giant batches

From restaurants with Michelin stars

To sourdough starters and pickling jars

There was a time before What's App

Now all we do is Zoom and chat

Wearing masks in public places

Never seeing people's faces

Here's to us all,  we're safe and well

But slightly nuts or can't you tell?

So raise your glasses dearest friends

To a real fat jol when all this ends!

100...

It's also July 4th. Wishing all our American friends and family a happy and  healthy holiday. In celebration I cooked Pot Roast Pulled Pork. I'm going to blow my own "vuvuzela" here but it was awesome. Tender, smokey and delicious. And there's still lots left...

American BBQ in all it's forms is one of our all time favourite cuisines. On our US roadtrip in 2016, we tried 21 different BBQ joints across 10 states..a delicious achievement!

And for dessert we crossed the Atlantic for Crêpe Suzette's. My version was a Franco/Saffa fusion recipe with Van Der Hum Naartjie sauce.

So although flights are grounded, borders are closed and we are somewhere in the African bush, we can go anywhere we choose through our food.