I Love Yzer Issue 1

Holiday IssueDec 2013, Jan – Feb 2014

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K O O S KOMBUIS‘n Tikkie Blou

DieYstervolstruisGerrit Rautenbach kuier op Yzer

It’s a Brew my Darling West Coast Food Heroes YZERFONTEIN

2013 Festival Events

SUN AWARENESSSummer Sun Protection

WEN! met Koos & Gerrit

PARROTSQ & A

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Ons is ongelooflik trots om die eerste uitgawe van die I Love Yzer Darling tydskrif aan julle bekend te stel. Nie een van ons het ooit gedink dat ons na bietjie meer as ‘n halwe

jaar soveel projekte sou aanpak onder die I Love Yzer sambreel nie!

Dit is ‘n voorreg om deel te wees van hierdie gemeenskap en om betrokke te raak om ons dorpies te bemark.

Yzerfontein en Darling is soos twee susters wat nie sonder mekaar kan leef nie. Baie dankie aan al die besighede en individue wat bygedra het tot hierdie tydskrif. Julle insette word opreg waardeer!

Die vakansie gees kan jy sommer al inasem as jy by jou voordeur uitloer en die heerlike seebriesie voel. Die I Love Yzer Feesmark op die 16de Desember gaan die vakansie afskop met lekkernye, tafels propvol geskenke vir Kersfees en speelplek vir die kinders. Op 28 Desember kan jy weer lekker kom kuier saam met Koos Kombuis en smul aan ons heerlike piekniek mandjies.

Hou lekker vakansie saam met ons en laat weet asseblief wat julle van ons tydskrif dink!

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‘n Spesiale dankie aan ons drie mans, Henré Pretorius, Jaco Breedt en Rohan Strydom. ♥

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4 From You

6 Koos Kombuis ♥ ‘n Tikkie Blou

8 Rudi Botha ♥ Bly kalm

9 Profile ♥ Douglas & Roné

11 Gerrit Rautenbach ♥ Die Ystervolstruis

12 Business Directory

14 Heal Yourself ♥ Magda Kotze

15 Megon Burden ♥ Sun Protection

16 ‘da’ Pig’s West Coast Food Heroes

17 Uiters Geheim Burger

18 Charles Withington ♥ Boring vs Exploring

19 Dr Anel Coetzee ♥ Parrots

22 Events Calendar

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LOVE julle inisiatief, met “iloveyzer”, n lekker oplewing vir ons dorp. – Louise Swanepoel

Ek dink julle doen ‘n great job!!!– Hilda van Schalkwyk

Ons sien baie uit na die mark op die 16de Des!– Goghan Gifts

As we are ex Yzerfonteinians we applaud you all, keep it up. – Ashton Wilson

I LOVE YZERFONTEIN – Estelle Becker

Dankie vir al julle efforts girls. Julle entoesiasme is aansteeklik! – Rone Wheatley

from youLa Maison en pierre

(huis van klip)deur Hannelie Stemmet

Ons kliphuisie by die see

wat sal ons nie nou gee om vir altyd hier te kan bly

want hier is ons so gelukkig en sorgvry!

Ons loop elke dag kaalvoet op die strandse sagte wit sand

en met Emma op haar leibandis dit moeilik om te glo dit is nie ‘n droom

maar hier is waar ons nou woon branders wat kliphard teen die rotse slaandie son wat elke dag in die see ondergaanduiwe wat ons in die oggende wakker koer

en die wildsbokkie wat in die aand vir ons loertarentale wat skree en voeltjies wat singhet hier vir ons vrede en geluk gebring.

Ons het nog ‘n lang pad om te gaanom die lelike eendjie te verander in ‘n swaan

maar met elke oomblik van bloedsweet sal ons twee nooit vergeet

ons is geseënd en bevoorregdat ons kliphuis geplaas is op ons weg

want die seuns is nou grooten ons het die paadjie geloop

wat ons hierheen sou leiom op die hemel se stoep te kom bly!

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Daar is iets wat mense wat nie langs die see grootgeword het nie, eenvoudig nie verstaan nie. Iemand wat naby die see grootgeword het, wil altyd naby aan die see wees. Al gaan stap jy selde

op die strand, al swem jy nie eens nie, al het jy nog nooit in jou lewe ‘n visstok opgetel of op ‘n boot geklim nie. Dit gaan oor die sout-reuk. Dit gaan oor die vars lug. En, bowe alles, dit gaan om die tikkie blou.

Ek het vriende wat op Yzerfontein woon. Hulle huis het nou wel nie ‘n direkte see-uitsig nie, maar hulle sê dat as jy op ‘n sekere deel van die voorstoep op jou tone staan, kan jy ‘n stukkie blou van die oseaan sien.

Daardie klein spatseltjie blou mag baie klein wees, maar dis genoeg. Dis verteenwoordigend van ‘n allamintige groot klomp water.

Mense wat naby aan die see woon, het ‘n ander soort ritme waarvolgens hulle hul daaglikse roetine beplan, waarvolgens hulle die voor- en die teenspoed van hul eie lewens meet.

Gautengers leef volgens die hartklop en die hoofpyn van die hoofweg-spitsverkeer, hulle dae is gevul met elektroniese bliep-geluide en die geskerts van radio- en TV-aanbieders, die geblêr van hysbakmusiek, die geknal van deadlines in hulle agterkop.

Mense wat bewus is van daardie tikkie blou op die periferie van hul bestaan, haal anders asem, en hulle dink anders. Hulle gedagtes is soos die golwe wat in- en uit-stu op die nat sand. Vir ‘n ou uit die binnelander mag dit vervelig en herhalend wees. Daar is nie eintlik ‘n doel om na te jaag nie, dieselfde patroontjie gebeur weer en weer.

En tog.

Mense wat naby die see woon, is wel deeglik bewus daarvan dat alles nie so herhalend is soos wat dit vir buitestaanders lyk nie. Die see is byvoorbeeld nooit een enkele dag presies dieselfde kleur blou as die vorige dag nie. Elke sonsopkoms en elke sonsondergang het subtiele verskille. Die see het sy buie; soms driftig en omgekrap soos ‘n puntenerige ou vrou, soms plat en spieëlglad soos ‘n stuk rustige kerkmusiek. Maar in die see, en naby die see, en diep agter die turbulensie en die gewoel van die water, is daar altyd troos, is daar altyd die wete van ‘n dieper betekenis, ‘n groter wysheid, ‘n eindelose lafenis.

Wanneer ek vir ‘n wyle myself moet ontwortel – soos die keer toe ek vir iets soos sewe jaar lank ononderbroke my lewe in Pretoria en Johannesburg moes slyt – voel ek elke liewe dag die afwesigheid van die see aan my lyf.

My vingers dop af, my vel verdroog, my keel snak na asem, my siel verdor.

‘n Tikkie Blou

deur Koos Kombuis

Dis nie dat ek snobisties is oor die binneland nie. Daar is fantastiese mense, om die waarheid te sê ek het nou nog meer vriende daar as hier in die Kaap. Ek bewonder die feit dat die mense daar so oop is vir nuwe idees, so hardwerkend en innoverend is, so stiptelik by afsprake opdaag. Gemeet aan hulle, lyk dit heel moontlik asof ons beach bums hier in die Kolonie gedurig half aan die slaap is, in onsself gekeer, stadig en – sal ons dit erken? – dalk selfs ‘n bietjie lui.

Dis alles soms waar. Ons is nie in alle opsigte noodwendig beter mense as die mense in die res van die wêreld nie. Sommige van ons het ook maar ons dinge, ons geite, ons klein, sluimerende kleindorpie-snobisme, ons onvermoë om verandering te aanvaar.

Maar ons het iets wat niemand anders het nie, wat niemand anders werklik verstaan nie, en wat niemand ooit van ons kan wegvat nie.

Ons het die tikkie blou.

En daardie tikkie blou dra ons in ons harte saam, waar ons ook al gaan, waar ons ook al reis, op watter paaie die lewe ons ook al mag stuur.

Daardie tikkie blou sorg dat ons altyd weer een of ander tyd die paadjie huis toe kry, na daar waar die lug anders ruik as in die grootstad, daar waar ‘n ketel water langer vat om te kook, waar die koffie in mens se koppie lippe-brand-warm is pleks van louwarm, daar waar mens vis kan bestel in ‘n restaurant en virseker weet dit is ‘n paar uur gelede gevang sommer hier anderkant die jettie. Wat kan beter wees as dit?

O, ek het ook al die genot ervaar van kampvure in die Bosveld. Ek het ook al in die nag na die sterrehemel opgestaar op die vlaktes van die Groot Karoo. Ek was al op die sneeubedekte kruine van die Drakensberge, op die nimmereindigende duineveld van die Namib, en natuurlik ken ek die polsende opwinding van al die groot stede van die wêreld, daardie oerwoude van glas en teer en beton waar niemand ooit werklik diep slaap nie en waar mens beduisel word deur die voortdurende opwinding van flikkerende liggies, nuwe gesigte en ‘n konstant veranderende landskap.

Maar wanneer al hierdie wonderlike en begeerlike reise verby is, wanneer ek moeg raak van swerf en soek, is daar maar net een plek waarheen ek wil terugkeer. Daar is net een plek waar ek in my eie bed kan insluimer met die rus en innigheid wat nêrens anders so ryklik te vinde is as hier nie.

In my eie huis, naby die geruis van my eie branders, en binne kyk-afstand van my eie tikkie blou. ♥

Koos Kombuis KompetisieDrie lesers kan elk ‘n Koos Kombuis geskenkpak wen! Om in te skryf epos jou kontak besonderhede na: [email protected] Kompetisie sluit 28 Feb 2014.


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a hierdie afgelope paar maande se waansin in Egipte, Kenia en Sirië kon ek nie anders as om op my eie moedige manier ‘n reeks skietgebedjies boontoe te stuur nie. Suid-Afrika is weliswaar nie

die land van melk en heuning nie, maar hier het ons tog nog die vryheid en vrede om maneskyn te bewonder en rosegeur in te adem.

Dit het my bykans 37 lewensjare op hierdie planeet gekos om te besef dat, alhoewel my probleme vir my die grootste en enigste in al die sonnestelsels is, ek nie die enigste een met probleme is nie. Almal wroeg met een of ander drama in die kleine.

Ek het al male sonder tal geskryf oor my ewige stryd met lekker eet. Want lekker eet maak lekker rond. So voel ek dus soos ‘n Olimpiese atleet as ek sawens in my bed kan klim met die wete dat ek die dag se listige aanslae van koolhidrate, suiker, stysel en allerlei diepgebraaide lekkerhede kon wegwys.

‘n Ander fluitende wolf wat by die agterdeur sy draaie loop, is aan een en elkeen bekend. Ons almal gaan deur dieselfde meul en moet elke jaar ‘n belastingopgawe indien. Waarom weet ek nie, maar my jaarlikse besoek aan die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomste Diens is iets wat my soos Lot se vrou van ouds in ‘n soutpilaar laat. Elke jaar se verligting wanneer ek helaas die belastingjuk van my skouers kan pluk, is ook maar van korte duur, want volgende jaar gaan ek weer deur presies dieselfde trauma…

Die grootste steen des aanstoot wat my deesdae al hoe meer opkeil, is swak diens. Hier in Gauteng kon ons altyd roem op die goeie diens wat die Goudstad jou bied.

Ek verkies deesdae om so min as moontlik winkels of restaurante toe te gaan, want ek weier om toe te laat dat die gebrek aan (of selfs géén) diens my dag versuur.

‘n Goeie vriend van my sê altyd dat dit haas onmoontlik is om dít wat in jou lewe gebeur te kan beheer. Waaroor jy wel die opperhand het, is hoe jy daarop gaan reageer.

Met hierdie woorde in my agterkop, het ek op hierdie sombere Sondagmiddag net opnuut besef dat ons nie in winkelsentrums deur aktiviste aangeval word en dat ons regering ons nie met chemiese wapens vermoor nie.

Ek wil beheer neem en op die soet en die suur van die lewe reageer nes ek wil. En ek kies om dankbaar te wees. Al stem ek en my skaal nie ooreen nie. Al kry ek aanvalle omdat my belastingopgawe nog nie indgedien is nie. Al neem dit my soms vier dae om ‘n water-en-ligte rekening uit te sorteer en al kry verskeie kelners by dertien restaurante my bestelling male sonder tal verkeerd.

Afgestroop van alle hoop of agenda en die daaglikse versoekings en aanslae ten spyt, kies ek om kalm te bly en voluit te lewe. ♥

Bly kalm...deur Rudi Botha

aanwins vir Yzer naas die petrol pompe! Ons wou ook n plek skep wat estetiese waarde toevoeg tot die dorp. ‘n Nalatenis vir die toekomstige Yzerfontein.

Enige raad vir nuwelinge op die dorp?Kom net na Buitekant Sqaure toe! Daar kan jy vir jou n huis koop, mense ontmoet in die koffie winkel, pille optel by die apteek, jou hare sny en jou naels laat doen. Alles onder een dak en in een middag!

Roné WheatleyEienaar van The SPAce skoonheids salon en Pretty Cute geskenk winkel by Buitekant Square.

Hoe lank bly julle al op Yzerfontein?Ons het van Desember 2006 af as permanente inwoners hier kom bly. Douglas het hier groot geword en ons het hier vakansie kom hou al die jare. So het die vakansie romanse in n huwelik ontaard!

5 Yzer gunstelinge: y Sy mense is fantasties. Warm plattelandse omgee

mense. y Sonsondergange veral in die wintermaande. y Mooi, wit, veilige strande. Ons is veral lief vir Swemgat. y Natuurlik die pragtige blomme September. y Die vars lug! As ek Kaap toe ry sien ek die verskil.

Enige raad vir nuwelinge op die dorp?Yzerfontein is wat jy daarvan maak. Skakel in, steek jou hand uit na ander en vra waar kan ek help. Dis die beste manier om mense te ontmoet. Mense wat diep in jou hart kruip en baie vir jou sal beteken. Dis jou keuse as jy heeldag op jou stoep wil sit, dis net so lekker! Soos ons hier se: Weskus is die beskus..... ♥

Douglas McNeil WheatleyMede Eienaar van McNeil Construction and Real Estate.

5 Yzer gunstelinge: y Die sonsondergange. y Die veldblomme. y Die mense van Yzer. y Visvang by Dasseneiland. y Lui lekker dae op die strand saam met goeie vriende.

Wat is die uitdagings om in ‘n klein dorpie soos Yzerfontein te bly?‘n Laerskool sal nice wees! Die dorp ontwikkel eers die laaste paar jare in die regte rigting. Vroeër was daar baie teenkanting teenoor verandering. Deesdae is die mense van Yzer meer goed gesind teenoor nuwe plekke en uitbreidings. Ek glo dit gaan een van die beste plekke in Suid Afrika nog word om te woon. Yzer is n diamant in die Weskus!

Wat is julle visie met Buitekant Square?Van die begin af was die idee ‘n leefstyl sentrum vir die Yzer gemeenskap. Die apteek is seker die grootste

DouglasRoné

Kontak Rudi:Epos: [email protected]

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Noodsaaklike items vir Yzer:• ‘n Vistok.• Coleman vir n strand lafenissie.• ‘n Ou Landy.• ‘n Hondjie om op die strand mee te kan loop.

Noodsaaklike items vir Yzer:• ‘n Koorspen en goeie medisyne kassie om enige

iets te dokter. Die nuwe apteek gaan dinge baie vergemaklik.

• ‘n Wetsuit - die water is nie soos Hermanus s’n nie.

• Lekker stap skoene - dis heerlik om jou dag te begin met n stappie.

• Kennis oor jou dorp! Weet wie om te bel en as jy nie weet nie - bel vir my!

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Yzerfontein is nie sommer net nog ’n plek nie, sal elkeen wat daar bly vir jou sê. As jy wil weet hoekom sal hulle jou vertel dat die 16 kilometer-lange strand die langste aaneenlopende strand

op die Suid-Afrikaanse kus is. En stories vertel oor die vredeliewendheid van mens teenoor dier. Jy kry maklik bokkies in die hoofpad. Skilpaaie, hase en allerhande voëls wemel daar rond. Daar was mos die twee wilde volstruise wat in die see kom swem het. Volstruise het inderwaarheid ’n groot liefde vir die plek.

Nou soos dit met enige plek met karakter gaan, is daar gewoonlik baie legendes en slimstories oor waar die plek aan sy naam kom. Dis ook net so met Yzerfontein. Dié lekker dorp was natuurlik eers plaas en baie mense reken daar was ’n fontein met roesrooierige water wat sterk na yster gesmaak het. Siedaar. Ander weer reken die yzer is Nederlands vir ysig en die fontein se water was glo ysig. Siedaar nommer twee. Die derde siedaar is die storie dat daar ’n groot ysterklip by die fontein was.

Ander mense weer slaan die rigting in van die spelling van die naam. Oorspronklik was die plek Eijzerfontein en Eijzer is mos ’n Hollandse naam. In 1723 was daar ’n Kompanjiedienaar genaam Jurijan Eijzer aan die Kaap. Is die plek na hom vernoem? Dis ietwat vergesog, want niemand weet of hy ooit so ver wes was nie.

Maar nuwe feite wat aan die lig gekom het, is dat sy agterkleinkind wel in die middel 1800’s daar was. Ene Joachem Eijzer. Hy het spesifiek soontoe gegaan om by die ellelange strand te wees vir een van sy eksperimente. Want sien, hy was eintlik Professor Eijzer wat biologiese telingswonderwerke gedoen het. Hy was sy jare ver vooruit en besig met ’n ongelooflike eksperiment te make met die manipulering van volstruise. Soos ons al vroeër gesien het, hierdie groot gevleueldes is lief vir die strand en waters van Yzerfontein.

Buiten dat die lang strand ideaal was vir sy eksperiment, was die afgeleë eensaamheid vir hom perfek, want hy wou nie gehad het dat mense hom moes sien eksperimenteer nie. Hulle sou hom toesluit. Almal het al lankal prontuit gesê hy is so mal soos ’n haas.

Sy eksperiment het die skepping van ’n nuwe subspesie volstruis behels. In notas van die prof wat onlangs

ontdek is, het hy na hierdie nuwe subspesie verwys as die Vierstruis.

Ja, dis absoluut korrek: Die vierstruis is ’n volstruis met vier bene, want hul vlerke is in elk geval nutteloos het die prof gereken. En dis waar die 16 kilometer-lange strand perfek ingekom het. Daai vierstruise het daar afgewiel soos vetgesmeerde blitse wat Beep-Beep the Roadrunner na ’n mank eendvoël laat lyk het. Die probleem was net dat, nadat hy een geteel en losgelaat het, dit die laaste sien van die blikkantien was. Dis waarom hy een keer besluit het om ’n vierstruis op te saal en saam te ry. Dit was toe ook die laaste sien van prof Eijzer.

Daar is blykbaar nog ’n paar van hulle oor, maar onse mense is mos ongelowige Thomasse en reken net sien is glo. Wel die probleem is dat vierstruise nou eenmaal net te vinnig is vir ons om raak te sien. Maar tog, so elke nou en dan lê daar sulke diep ploegspore op die lang strand en die Yzerfonteiners raak dan kwaad vir die een of ander stoutgat laaitie wat met sy motorfiets daar gaan staan en afjaag het.

Tog, gaan kyk ’n slag mooi, jy sal nie motorfietsspore in daai moot sien nie. ♥

Wen ‘n getekende kopie van Hartepad deur Gerrit Rautenbach. Stuur jou kontak besonderhede na [email protected] teen 31 Desember 2013.

‘n Spesiale voorlesing deur Gerrit vind 3 Jan 2014 by Wild Flour Cafe, Buitekant Square, in Yzerfontein om 17:30 plaas. Die wenner sal daar aangekondig word.

Gerrit Rautenbach is a well-known travel writer and was the founding editor of Mooiloop magazine. To date he has undertaken more than twenty trips through Africa, but calls Stellenbosch home. His previous collection of stories, Kopreis, was published by Queillerie in 2011.

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As an alternative healthcare practitioner who longs to end suffering and teach people to optimize their chance to live a long, vital, healthy life, I always search for answers. I believe that people

are at a dead end with the chemicals and allopathic drugs that are prescribed to them to help heal their bodies. So they are wisely seeking other alternatives to keep themselves healthy. In my life and in my practice I experienced great success and rapid healing with some patients and then also, with the same treatment, achieve lessor success with slow or no healing on a next patient. This phenomena kept me searching for answers.

I ask myself many times why some people can heal themselves and others couldn’t. My humble believe is that your mind, body and soul are so infinitely, perfectly designed by our Creator, that it must have the means to heal itself. I read this book and came across sound, clear scientific answers that have been mentioned in many books before. Please read Lissa Rankin, M.D.’s book MIND OVER MEDICINE.

I fully agree with her: “The only way to truly heal is to engage in radical self-care born of genuine love and compassion for yourself. Listening to the wise, caring voice of your Inner Pilot Light will help you do this. As you learn to send your Gremlin to time out, you’ll find that you are your own best friend, and as you trust the knowing voice of your truth, your body will relax and your self-repair mechanisms will be able to kick in…when your life is out of alignment with your Inner Pilot Light and the stones of your Whole Health Cairn are out of balance, your mind gets stressed, and when your mind is under stress, your body suffers.” ♥

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does not penetrate the stratosphere and has the shortest wavelength.

Therefore always check that your SPF (sun protecting factor) contains UVA (long wave) and UVB (medium wave) filters, since they are the two rays that can cause destruction to the skin, especially UVA rays. UVA rays penetrate through to the dermis and have the potential to cause cell mutation that can lead to skin cancer.

SPF 15 compared to SPF 100 does not necessary mean more protection. The higher the SPF the more chemicals are added; therefore it’s called a chemical sunscreen.

Physical sunscreens, for example SPF 15, have ingredients like titanium dioxide and zinc oxide that immediately reflects the rays from the skin. In comparison, a SPF 50 will give approximately 2% better protection than a SPF 15. The secret is to re-apply every 20 – 30 min.

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A foodie’s scope for defining “food” is really very broad. In actual fact it does not just include food but basically anything (delicious) that can be consumed, and this obviously includes beer.

Craft beer is a phenomenon that is taking the SA beer market by storm.

Like most SA men (and a good many ladies) I enjoy beer, so much so that about 6 months ago I started brewing my own. Whilst I am still a novice at brewing, I have started enjoying Craft Beers and now hardly ever buy beers from the large corporate brewers.

This article is not meant to be a lesson in beer, but I think I should just explain that smaller, private breweries, called microbreweries, brew Craft Beer. Because they are brewed in such a small scale, lots of love, passion and attention goes into the brewing of these beers which is evident when you drink them.

This brings me to Darling Brew. My first real introduction to Craft Beer was Darling Brew’s Slow Beer, and, yes, from that moment I was hooked on Craft Beer! Darling Brew hails from its namesake town, Darling. Darling is famous for being the home town of satirical comic, Pieter Dirk Uys, who is best known for the character Evita Bezuidenhout. So I guess it is safe to say that Darling Brew is now the second most famous thing in Darling – and growing very fast!

Darling Brew has a range of 6 beers that one can find at many specialist liquor stores. In actual fact they have

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become so popular that you can now also get their beers as far a field as Jhb (and that’s a whopping distance when you consider craft beers are usually sold locally).

Their beers are bottled in 550ml bottles (not those ‘nancy’ 375ml one’s) and include Slow Beer (Lager), Native Ale (Brown Ale), Bone Crusher (Wit Beer), Black Mist (Dark Ale), Silver Back (Black Wit) and Dessert Dragon (Ale).

When you are next on the West Coast, do yourself a favour and make sure that Darling is added to your travel plans. Pop into the Slow Quarter where you can taste all their beers in small tasting glasses, or like me, in their burly 550ml bottles! You can also enjoy food off their al fresco menu, which has been carefully paired with Darling Brew beers. Darling Brew is one of my West Coast Food Heroes. Visit ‘da’ Pig’s website read more about Darling Brew and other West Coast Food Heroes. ♥

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1Chop the onion and fry in a pan for 2 minutes. Finely crumb the Weetbix and bread in a mixing bowl. Add fried onion, garlic and oreganum to the crumbed

items. Add the mince, grind some salt and pepper and mix together.

2Crack the egg into a separate container, add a dash or two of Worcester Sauce and beat. Add the beaten egg into the meat mixture. Now comes the good

bit... Use your (clean) hands to fold and mix the meat together.

3Play some cheesy music and pretend you are working with clay. If Patrick Swayze appears don’t be frightened, it’s just a Ghost.

4Once you feel that the meat is well mixed, compress the mixture in the bowl and, as if slicing a cake, divide into 6 more or less equal portions. Take each

portion and use your hands to shape 6 patties. At this point you may come to understand why it is called a patty.

5Chop a little bit of rosemary into the frying pan and add some olive oil. Once the pan is warm, fry the patties for 7 minutes on each side on low heat.

Have the rolls ready garnished with the lettuce and tomato, preferably picked from the garden. Season with mayonnaise or tomato sauce, or both.

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Mondays are GeheimBurger Night In Darling.

UitersGeheim Burger and Chips R50. Free delivery for Darling residents only. Email orders to:[email protected]

BEFORE 9am Mondays. Please include residential address and tel nr when ordering.

Ingredients for 6 burgers y 500g Lean Beef Mince y 1 Small Onion y 1 Slice Brown Bread (end piece) y 1 Weetbix y 1 Egg y 1 Tablespoon Garlic Flakes y 1 Tablespoon Oreganum y Sprinklings of Salt and Pepper y 2 Dashes of Worcester Sauce y Sprig of Rosemary y Sliced Tomato & Fresh Lettuce y 6 Of your Favourite Rolls

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While conventional wisdom might dictate that the best way of ensuring you always have a good wine in your glass, is to stick to your tried and tested favourites, one should also

remember that nothing ventured, nothing gained! Or, one could say, boring versus exploring!

Aha, you might say, all well and good to explore, but surely we need some guidelines on this journey; who are the wine experts we should be reading or following?

A tricky question indeed if you consider that the results of two premier wine judging events - the Sauvignon Blanc Top 10 Challenge and the well known Veritas awards, have not a single wine in common in their listing of the top Sauvignon Blancs. Not one of the Top 10 scored a coveted Veritas Double Gold award, or vice versa. So while everyone agrees that yes, there are really great wines out there, none of the so called experts seems to agree on who’s the best and who’s the rest.

My suggestion to you, the consumer is, having read as much or as little as you choose, to seek out a good producer or wineshop, and therafter to trust YOUR taste. We are blessed in the South African winelands, and in Darling especially, to have a wide range of really good wines at hand. There are many wines out there that will woo you, regardless of preferred style, type of wine or budget.

You will find the joy of discovery further enhanced, with the fun that may be had, by tasting blind, not knowing what you are sipping, and judging the wine by nothing other than YOUR taste. You will be surprised how often wines that you might well have overlooked on the shelf due to a less appealing label or less

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popular varietal will have you reaching for more. That is the reward for the explorer!

It is par for the course in the Wine Shop to invite customers to taste one of the wines of the day, doing so blind and without predjudice, and not tasting with your eyes. Reactions are generally one of delighted surprise.

To make things really easy we have created a selection of Explorer Packs to suit different budgets and tastes. They all come ready wrapped as per example below. You can go the whole hog and do a wine tasting with friends, or you can simply share a bottle with your partner and having sipped, savoured and swirled, remove the wrapping and see what you have been enjoying!

Best news of ALL though is that we now have Darling wine-on-line. Simply visit:

www.darlingwine.co.za

You can send wine, wine-packs, olive oil and virtually everything Darling with nationwide delivery … this really does make giving easy!

Charles Withington has over 30 years of experience in the Wine

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The joy of discovering and trusting your taste ...

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SA Kite Surfing29 Nov - 1 Dec

Art Exhibition14 Dec - 4 Jan

Dit & Dat Mark20 - 21 Des

Yzerfontein Hill Challenge Walk

20 Dec

Beginners Golf Day 30 Nov

Snoek Classic14 - 15 Dec

Xmas Car Boot Sale & Market

7 Dec

Bistro 7 Potjie Competition

7 Dec

Xmas at The Cat7 Dec

CANSA Walk16 Dec

I♥Yzer Feesmark16 Des

NG Kerk Bazaar18 Des

Xmas Carols by Candlelight

22 Dec

Yzer’s Amazing Race 23 Dec

Mej YzerfonteinI♥Yzer 27 Des

Nuwejaars Dans31 Des

4 X 4 Trail30 Dec

Beethoven comes to Darling

7-16 Feb

Open Air Cinema24-25 Jan

Potjie Kompetisie 28 Des

Boeresport2 Jan

Touch Rugby27 Dec

New Year’s Eve Dance 31 Dec

Koos Kombuis I♥Yzer 28 Des

I♥Yzer Gerrit Rautenbach Voorlesing 3 Jan

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Darling MuseumDianne le Roux022 492 3361

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Main BeachHester Du Roubaix082 396 2258Time: 08:00

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