Had 6 large and 6 jumbo (wild) oysters from Oyster World, served with a fresh mango-cilantro-chile salsa and a drop of tabasco - yum!
With load shedding scheduled to hit at 8:00 p.m., I hardly needed an excuse to get creative on the lighting front. Here's my old standby, it's simple, cheap, fun and it's guaranteed to wins points with the missus!
Here's what you'll need:
Here's what you'll need:
- Some small paper bags (I got a pack of 100 for next to nothing a few years ago at Vredebest Packaging in Mossel Bay - I am still working my way through them...)
- Some tea lights
- Some sand (hey, that's free!), a bucket and a trowel - or your kid's pale & spade beach set
- A lighter
 Paper bags: check... Tea lights: check... Sand: check... Lighter: check. Looks like we're in business! |  Put a good trowel full of sand in the bag (wet or dry, it doesn't really matter), then set a tea light on top. Give it a bit of a press so it has a reasonably firm position in the sand. |
Light your tea lights, turn on some music (Gregory Porter anyone?) and you've just earned yourself the Boy Scouts "Instant Romance" badge! In the bags, these tea lights withstand a pretty good wind, too. If the wind is very strong, it may blow the paper bag over the flame - usually this puts the flame out, but you can also end up with a burned bag, so be careful. In no-wind situations, it's a piece of cake (we had 30 km/hr gusts tonight!)
