1.a photo or drawing of the kind of safe we used. There was talk of it here sometime ago. Zinc lined with coke and chicken wire on the outside and water to dribble down from a tray into the coke. And that made the safe quite cold inside? Stood on legs in the shade. 2. kiangs....what was this? Fragile childhood memories coming to the fore! Pat Patricia Frykberg
Hi Pat, hope you are still well. Yes there was quite an extensive discussion on the topic of how the old folk managed to preserve perishables in the days before fridges and freezers. I remember the type 'safe' you mention although not zinc lined. Amazing how long food stayed usable in them. Most houses had a pantry and that room was always cool, whether by design or accident I do not know. Kiangs, now there is a delicasey not seen much today. It was either pork or sheep fat rendered down, in a previously disadvantaged three legged pot, until only the crunchy bits were left. I remember eating it with my mielie pap. Nothing better. Now my mouth is watering all over again. I ate so much of those that it is a wonder that I did not develope cholesterol at that age. Regards Rod g Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -----Original Message----- From: Pat Frykberg via <south-africa@rootsweb.com> Sender: south-africa-bounces@rootsweb.com Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2015 13:59:51 To: <south-africa@rootsweb.com>; <south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com> Reply-To: Pat Frykberg <patfryk@clear.net.nz>, south-africa@rootsweb.com Subject: [SOUTH-AFRICA] Does anyone have 1.a photo or drawing of the kind of safe we used. There was talk of it here sometime ago. Zinc lined with coke and chicken wire on the outside and water to dribble down from a tray into the coke. And that made the safe quite cold inside? Stood on legs in the shade. 2. kiangs....what was this? Fragile childhood memories coming to the fore! Pat Patricia Frykberg ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message