I hope you're not hungry because I'm writing about food, particularly sweets, today!
I can easily assure you one of my favorite things about South Africa is the rusks. Where do I even start? Perhaps with the history of this delicious piece of Heaven.
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In the late 1690's, the Dutch dried their bread out to last longer due to lack of refrigeration during the The Great Trek; an eastward and north-eastward emigration away from British control in the Cape Colony during the 1830s and 1840s by Boers (or farmers). When the people wanted to eat their dried bread, they would simply dunk it in coffee or tea to eat it.
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Well, things have come quite a way since and now we're pretty spoiled seeing as though the variety of these guys is quite extensive now. Buttermilk, poppyseed, coconut, chocolate, ginger-sesame and the health nut's favorite- Gluten free are only some of what there is to offer around this town.
Now, my rusks were somewhat decent to my lowly, American standards but if you can score a few homemade ones from a true South African, then you're in for a treat! I only dream that they'll meet the standards of a South African store-bought brand one day.
A girl can dream, right?
Ren
I can easily assure you one of my favorite things about South Africa is the rusks. Where do I even start? Perhaps with the history of this delicious piece of Heaven.
.
In the late 1690's, the Dutch dried their bread out to last longer due to lack of refrigeration during the The Great Trek; an eastward and north-eastward emigration away from British control in the Cape Colony during the 1830s and 1840s by Boers (or farmers). When the people wanted to eat their dried bread, they would simply dunk it in coffee or tea to eat it.
.
Well, things have come quite a way since and now we're pretty spoiled seeing as though the variety of these guys is quite extensive now. Buttermilk, poppyseed, coconut, chocolate, ginger-sesame and the health nut's favorite- Gluten free are only some of what there is to offer around this town.
Now, my rusks were somewhat decent to my lowly, American standards but if you can score a few homemade ones from a true South African, then you're in for a treat! I only dream that they'll meet the standards of a South African store-bought brand one day.
A girl can dream, right?
Ren