Prompted by Noisette’s recent trip to South Africa – Americans also call this kind of trip a boondoggle – and his imminent return, I posted this rather urgent request on the Joburg Expat Facebook page to make sure I didn’t forget anything for the all-important “Essential Items To Bring Back from South Africa” list I was assembling for him.
It got an overwhelming response in less than an hour. Everyone just typed what first came to their mind, and it turned into a list both useful and hilarious.
Here is what Joburg Expat readers most wanted from South Africa:
- Aero mint
- Peppermint crisps
- Biltong and droewors
- Biltong from Country Meat in Epsom Downs
- Cream soda
- Crosse & Blackwell mayo
- Dried peaches
- Eet-sum-mor biscuits
- Five Roses green tea with apple and pear
- Jelly tots
- Mrs. Ball’s Chutney
- Boerboel
- Avocados
- Wine wine wine!
- Amarula
- Red espresso
- Rooibos tea
- Ultramel custard
- Simba chips, every flavor there is
- Rusks
- Royal cream biscuits
- Nougat with macademias
- Woolworth dried mango strips
- Woolworth Earl Grey tea
- Woolworth, the entire store
- Bird song
- Kruger
- Warm weather
- Sunshine
- Weaver birds
- Big Five
- A wife
- A sense of humor
- My maid
- A new president
On that last note, I hear a spare one has become available in South Africa. Jacob Zuma, you should seriously consider applying for the president job in our country. Even if it means you bring all your wives with you, and use our taxpayer money to upgrade your house with a new swimming pool. I’m sure whatever transgressions you might commit, they pale in comparison to what’s going on here in the year 2018.
Can anyone think of more items for the above list? If so, please leave your comments below!