Betties Bay - Our fun
Destinations March 30th, 2008
We went there again this weekend. The drive is truly fantastic and the scenery breathtaking. We met our friends there on the Saturday afternoon and after kicking some ball around and swimming we headed out to the house to do a lamb potjie (I will give you the “recipe” at the end of this blog). There was no wind and the kelp on the beach is quite annoying. But the breathtaking background of the Overberg mountains take all the bad and sort of shadows it.
The house that we normally go stay in is our friends family house. The front view of the house has a wonderful horizon view of the magnifying ocean and the back view of the house is in the shadow of the Overberg Mountain range. We normally braai out at the back and in the morning we sit on the front porch staring at the ocean. The house inside is painted all kind of colors as the owner is an eccentric Greek man and his personality shines through in the simplistic layout of the house and the multi colored paint in all the rooms.
The potjie ended up in pudding, a Pavlova and its mysteriously evaporated bottom and loads of red wine.
This morning was yet another astonishing sunrise peeking over the ocean creeping up the mountain and the beach was mystically happy again. With not a soul on the beach I caught up with God again and had a little chat. The waves crashing over the freshly awaken dunes was inspiring and truly crept into my yearning heart. I wept as I spoke to the heavens and as I looked back at my footprints in the sand I knew someone was there. I could feel it. Balmy on my skin and truly peaceful at the strands of my heart. Deeply touched to the core.
I headed back and we had some leftovers and good conversation with our two friends. Happily married coming from their second honeymoon. Photos friends, good food and their conversation backed up by the wondrous surrounding of Betties Bay. There is no other place like Betties - surrounded by her beauty, stress free under her calm spell, at awe with her beauty. You simply have to go there if you haven’t been there before. She will blow some deservedly fresh wind in your sails.
As promised herewith our little recipe - LAMB POTJIE
2 Chopped Onions - Loads of garlic fried on super hot fire. 3 Packets of Lamb chops fried with half a Windhoek Light Draft. While the meat is frying get your buddies to clean and chop 9 carrots. Peel , wash and cut in quarters 7 potatoes. Wash broccoli and mushrooms. Add a packet of onion soup mixed with 500 mil water. And after the meat is almost cooked add vegetables. Leave the broccoli and mushrooms and add 5 minutes before dishing up. Pour some more wine and bring more beer to the cook.
Get the chicks to get the rice and salad ready and whala. The best lamb potjie ever.
Cooking time approximately 30 minutes on shit hot fire.
Good luck and let me know how it turned out for you.
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