One A Penny, Two A Penny ....

The fact that they only appear once a year, always makes me feel that I should eat as many as possible before they disappear again for another year !

“Hot Cross Buns ! Hot Cross Buns !
One A Penny, Two A Penny,
Hot Cross Buns
If you have no daughters -
Give them to your sons.
One a Penny, two a penny
Hot Cross Buns”

I loved this nursery rhyme as a child, as my daughter does today. She was thrilled to be able to recite it with me as we were actually eating Hot Cross buns this Easter.

Traditionally eaten on Good Friday, some say that the cross on the buns is due to the fact that they used to only be eaten on this ‘holy’ day.

Toasted or plain, with butter/jam or without, the choice is yours.

We enjoyed ours on Good Friday, lightly toasted with butter and a nice cuppa tea. I hope that you, too, managed to sink your teeth into one of these tasty Easter treats.

Happy Easter & Homeward Bound ...

The Easter Bunny was very generous !

We’ve had a wonderful Easter Sunday – apart from spending the day without my husband, of course - but we will all be reunited again soon ! We spent a wonderful last day with my parents. The day began with a hunt in the garden for eggs kindly left by the “Easter bunny” … my daughter simply loved this, and collected a basket full of eggs in all different shapes and sizes (which she very sweetly offered to share with all of us !)

For breakfast we had a selection of croissants from one of the local bakeries - chocolate, cheese and raisin – yum !

My Dad then cooked us a delicious lunch of roast leg of beef complete with gravy, Yorkshire puddings (my Mum’s speciality), carrots, peas, roast potatoes and roast onions. This was finished off with a simple yet tasty dessert of warmed blackberries and vanilla ice cream.

I forgot to mention the freshly baked hot cross buns we had with tea …. so as you can tell, it’s been a food & fun filled day !

This afternoon I got my Mum to take some close-up pics of me so that I can update my blog profile pic, and of course I took lots of food photo’s which I hope to post on here soon.

The good news is that we have managed to get a confirmed flight home for tomorrow, we were waitlisted and it has now come through so that is great. The tricky thing is that from tomorrow the airline have a “new system” in place which means that our flight home is not a direct one, but we have a layover and change of ‘planes in Dar es Salaam. All a bit sketchy at the moment and it is usually chaos that end, so I am preparing myself for the worst as nothing ever really runs smoothly in Africa ! (This flight has been known to divert via Zimbabwe and passengers only advised mid-flight, or to simply be cancelled at the drop of a hat – so I HOPE to be home tomorrow night – but who knows ?).

My luggage is around 19 kg’s over my allowance. Nothing new for me, as I always travel home “overweight” so will try every trick in the book to get as much through as I can …. If not, the excess rate per kg is not too bad (R70 per kg which is around U$10 ?) and well worth it as I have many items in my luggage which we can’t buy in Tanzania.

So much has happened on the farm since I’ve been away (a stray cat I was trying to tame before I left has been “coming for dinner” according to my husband, the old donkey boiler has been replaced, a swing has been built for my daughter and a new veggie patch made, to mention but a few things) … plus all the news and recipes from my South African trip … so be prepared for lots of new posts from me this coming week, as well as new photo’s … I’m looking forward to it as I think I’ve been suffering from “blog withdrawal” (but have made up for it with shopping spree’s instead !).

Until then …