On Sep 9, 4:02*pm, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> Golden One wrote:
> > On Sep 9, 12:11*pm, PeterL > wrote:
> >> Golden One > wrote in
> >> news:e9c617b6-3a2e-43c1-9699-
> >> :
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> Heh. You sure you don't have some SouthAfricangenes too? ;-)

Warning, crudity to follow............

Many years ago I had some South African genes in me. Oh, that's not
what you meant ;-)

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> Wonder what 'legalities' he's on about? People have been salting/drying
> meat for centuries... Of course biltong is a bit more spicy.

Probably the legalities attached to commercial food prep and sales.

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> > Roo would probably be interesting. The best I have ever had was made
> > by a lady I know in Botswana. She usually used game meat, mostly
> > antelope. At sunset a group of us would walk down to the dry riverbed
> > behind her house and drink beer, eat biltong and watch the sunset. The
> > riverbed was one of the collest places to be, and even though dry,
> > water was just under the surface. My toes told me.
>
> Ahhhh. Sounds like a perfect end to the day.

Some of my most perfect memories have come from time spent alone
travelling in South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe. Like being in a
canoe close enough to a wild elephant that it could have plucked my
head from my shoulders, and being able to get mobile phone coverage to
call my husband from Victoria Falls. The last one made me cry with the
sheer raw beauty and the absurdity of being there with a cell phone,
alone.

Talking about absurd, I once met a young man selling copper bracelets
on the bridge between Zim and Zambia, his grandfather made them from
stolen copper wire. He recited the name of every Australian Prime
Minister since federation, in order. I bought all his bracelets.

Then there was the professional hunter who showed me his scars from a
lion attack!


JB





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> Chatty Cathy