Comments on: Like the proverbial englishman in New York http://www.richardstupart.com/2009/05/30/south-african-sans-culture/ where the road goes... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: eileen http://www.richardstupart.com/2009/05/30/south-african-sans-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-415 eileen Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:12:58 +0000 http://www.richardstupart.com/?p=658#comment-415 I actually did know! I went to a South African cooking demonstration once and they were making them and telling them about us and making us envy them their way cool accents. So sad. Just Amurrrrican over here. Oh, and I have a memory like a steel trap for random stuff (if you haven't noticed). That helped, too. you can read the article here if you like: (and delete this if you think I'm pimping myself) http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/09-06/15-incredible-desserts-you-should-try-on-the-road.html I actually did know! I went to a South African cooking demonstration once and they were making them and telling them about us and making us envy them their way cool accents. So sad. Just Amurrrrican over here. Oh, and I have a memory like a steel trap for random stuff (if you haven’t noticed). That helped, too.

you can read the article here if you like: (and delete this if you think I’m pimping myself) http://www.bootsnall.com/articles/09-06/15-incredible-desserts-you-should-try-on-the-road.html

]]> By: Richard http://www.richardstupart.com/2009/05/30/south-african-sans-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-412 Richard Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:07:33 +0000 http://www.richardstupart.com/?p=658#comment-412 You know of koeksisters?! Gasp! Wobble. Faint! They are truly delicious - but I have always struggled to describe them to people in a way that conveys their sheer yummy nature. "It is fried dough drowned in syrup until it cannot possibly take in any more" just never seemed to really do it. So I'd love to see your take on them! I know what you mean about culture of self - as popeye once so eloquently put it, "I yam what I yam". :) You know of koeksisters?! Gasp! Wobble. Faint!

They are truly delicious – but I have always struggled to describe them to people in a way that conveys their sheer yummy nature. “It is fried dough drowned in syrup until it cannot possibly take in any more” just never seemed to really do it. So I’d love to see your take on them!

I know what you mean about culture of self – as popeye once so eloquently put it, “I yam what I yam”. :)

]]> By: eileen http://www.richardstupart.com/2009/05/30/south-african-sans-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-410 eileen Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:48:28 +0000 http://www.richardstupart.com/?p=658#comment-410 hey! I mention koeksisters in an upcoming article on sweets not to miss while traveling. How serendipitous. (and can I tell you the first several months I read you, I somehow failed to register that you were South African or ESA?) Cultural identity is touchy. We all, de facto, have one, but living amongst people who seem much more attached to and comfortable with theirs always throws me for a loop as well. And it doesn't help that I'm often asked what the United States' national dance, national food, etc are. Tricky, I say. Childhood presentations notwithstanding, sometimes the culture of self is the only one I really care to pontificate on. Go grandparents. hey! I mention koeksisters in an upcoming article on sweets not to miss while traveling. How serendipitous. (and can I tell you the first several months I read you, I somehow failed to register that you were South African or ESA?)

Cultural identity is touchy. We all, de facto, have one, but living amongst people who seem much more attached to and comfortable with theirs always throws me for a loop as well. And it doesn’t help that I’m often asked what the United States’ national dance, national food, etc are. Tricky, I say. Childhood presentations notwithstanding, sometimes the culture of self is the only one I really care to pontificate on. Go grandparents.

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