Wonderfully Organic and Natural / #MarketFriday
It's Market Friday again, I can't believe how quickly time passes by.
Thank you @dswigle for being such an awesome host to #MarketFriday, one of my favorite communities.
A couple of weeks ago, hubby and I flew to Cape Town on the West Coast of South Africa, to the memorial service of his brother-in-law Chriss, who had been sick for awhile and sadly succumbed to his illness.
Chriss being the person he was, would've been only to happy for us to enjoy our short stay in Cape Town and have fun in remembrance of him as a happy chap who enjoyed life to the fullest and not mope around...so...that's exactly what we did.
While we were there, we stayed with my daughter Angela who lives in Melkbosstrand, a quaint little fishing village on the Cape West Coast, one of my favorite spots in South Africa... it's the most beautiful place on earth with it's own uniqueness.
Angela took us to several Galleries and Markets around Cape Town, one of them being their local weekend Farmers Market which runs on the first Saturday and Sunday of each month.
The Market is professionally organised and run by the surrounding farming community, where they sell the most awesome natural and organic produce, and is well worth the visit.
I would love to share "Melkbos Farmers Market" with you for #MarketFriday hosted by the awesome @dswigle.
I don't think I've been to such an awesome Market for a long time, the vibe was incredible, actually gave me goosebumps.
As we entered the hall, we were met with the beat of beautiful country music, hot food cooking on sizzling fires, filling the air with with the different aromas, from curries to oxtail to boerewors, enough to get those taste buds doing somersaults over.
There was a huge variety of different homemade cakes for sale...freshly made to take home for tea.
The real farmer's Cakes from chocolate cake to the famous "Ouma's milk tart" to carrot cake, enough to make one's mouth water.
Brownies, one of my favorite cookies, I didn't hesitate to buy some, and of course, I couldn't resist the koeksisters, a South African traditional treat, which is very similar to a type of doughnut, the koeksister is long strips of dough which is plaited and deep fried in oil, then dipped in syrup and coconut. It's absolutely delicious, not very good for the hips though, Lol!
Koeksisters absolutely divine.
I'm sure @fionasfavourites and @lizelle have a lovely recipe for koeksisters.
I've never tried making them yet... I've never had the patience... maybe I'll give it a go soon...Hehe!
The fresh free-range eggs proudly on display for sale, I thought the price was reasonable at R55.00 per dozen, and double yolk too.
The menu was quite long with the delicious food of one's choice, enough to get the taste buds going.
We walked over to the eating area where we settled down for breakfast and coffee on a cold Saturday morning before embarking on the rest of the Market.
A bacon and egg roll with a hot cup of coffee, was enjoyed by all.
My shopping basket was slowly filling up with some of the delicious goodies on sale.
I was quite impressed with the rustic lay out of the eating area, with sack cloth on the tables and warm blankets on the benches to keep the bum warm from the cold.
We met up with some new friends who joined us for breakfast, their fur child Merlow, was having a wonderful time enjoying his pancakes, he's such a beautiful well behaved retriever, his trendy boots were so adorable.
Apparently, he has quite a few different colors in his wardrobe,
I thought they were just to cuuuute.
We got chatting and enjoyed the company before exploring the rest of the market.
The organic vegetables freshly picked and washed on sale for the day.
The Cape is well known for its Olive Farming, one can purchase many delicious bottled items made from them.
My daughter has an olive tree growing in her garden, without thinking, I picked a green olive and took a bite,...Oh my word!...what was I thinking hey?...I thought I was going to die. I couldn't get the purple off my mouth and hands...the awful bitter taste in my mouth was enough to make my blood curdle, it was really an unpleasant experience.
I didn't know olives had to ripen and mature for six months before one can actually consume them.
It looked like I'd been on a red wine binge the night before Omg...the blue lips and teeth...what a sight to behold... I eventually got it off with good old baking soda and a toothbrush.
I definitely learnt something about olives that day. "Don't eat them off the tree"Lol!.
Oh dear...ignorance is bliss....what can I say!.
There were hundreds of different types of delicious homemade chutneys lovingly made from every vegetable and fruit one could think of.
I was impressed with the quality and prices of the items.
There was beautiful handmade gifts for every occasion and that special person in one's life.
Handmade jewellery and DIY packs of beads for sale.
Handmade spice racks and hanging board quotes to decorate one's kitchen.
I'm always interested in natural products, so I spoiled myself and purchased some face serum made with Frankincense, vitamin E oil and a whole lot of other natural ingredients, natural soap and balm, made from beeswax and other essential oils.
I didn't realize that the All Natural Balm, was actually "Bum Balm" and can be used for baby's bum rash.
I quickly went to their website and read up about this incredible "Balm"...Well!... no worries...it can quite safely be used on the face.
My face is as soft as a baby's bum, I absolutely love it.
Going to pamper myself, although, hubby also uses it on his face, Hehe...I think we're allowed to pamper ourselves now and then...not so?
My purchase, and it wasn't even expensive. I think I paid R280.00 for the lot.
I had a little chuckle when I saw these little meerkats on display outside the entrance, I wasn't sure if they were for sale or not, little mascots I guess, for the local Street Watch Group. I thought they were so cute.
Beautiful handmade leather handbags on display for sale at the entrance of the Market. I need one of those, mine seems to be getting smaller.
Well that was my little adventure through the Melkbos Farmer's Market on the West Coast of South Africa.
I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
I sure am going to miss it...until next time, have a great day.
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If we found organic veggie, and more products then it blessed things :)
You are so right @anggreklestari we are blessed. Thank you for passing by.
Sorry to hear about your husband's brother-in-law. Life isn't hard enough right now, yes?
The market!!! Wasn't it nice? I love how warm and inviting it looks. It reminds me of a neighborhood get-together! No wonder your daughter loves the little town. The only thing I could see are items made with love and delicious yumminess oozing out of them. I am surprised you didn't bring a boatload to take home with you.
I probably would have eaten them before I could board another plane.
You are a brave soul. I haven't taken a plane since covid. Every person I know that has taken a plane has gotten covid when they got home or during their visit. Now, granted, I don't know that many people, but, it does seem coincidental. Yes, we cannot live in a closet. We need to just get on with life, yes?
You go to the most interesting artisan places. You really do. What were those bags made of? Did you give in and get one? I loved the meerkats! Wasn't that fun? :) The boots on the dog! So much here was lovely. Thanks for bringing us along!
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Thank you @dswigle,to be honest, I'm over all this covid, I've had it twice so has hubby. The market was awesome, the community there is awesome and such gentle folk. The bags are handmade with genuine leather, I'm definitely going to get one next time.
Thank you for taking the time to read my post.
Have a great weekend.
Oh, my. That looks absolutely awesome. Seems like you enjoyed yourself no end, lovely ❤️💯🙃💯💯❤️
I always do when I visit the Cape, it's an awesome place.
Thanks for stopping by.
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What a beautiful market and such a great atmosphere @artywink 😊
It’s great you still could enjoy the time there, as it is best to celebrate their lives 🥰
Great products and delicious food everywhere.
It truly looks like an amazing market to see and visit and spend lots of time 😎
Happy Friday!
Thank you so much @littlebee4 it really is an amazing Market.
Thank you for stopping by, have a great Friday.
You are so welcome @artywink 😁
I wouldn’t mind visiting one day 😉
Thanks, enjoy yours!
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You really make me want to go to the Cape for a loooong holiday, there's so much to see and do, it's like going to a different country not so! The market looks great, with so many quaint features and goods on display, that street watch is too cute!
The coconut koeksisters are my absolute favourite, is that not the Cape Malay way of making it?
@fionasfavourites must have made thousands of the old-fashioned koeksisters by now! Hers also looks REALLY good!
yes I think the Cape Malay have a different way of cooking, even their curry is milder than the Durban curry.
I love the Cape, it's like coming home when I'm there.
It's just to beautiful there.
Thanks for passing by my friend.
No, Lizelle and @artywink, koeKsisters are Afrikaans/Dutch - boer. Koesisters are like a spicy doughnut rolled in coconut - an oval shape.
Here's my recipe if you'd like to give it a go. Lizelle, I make about 55 every 3 weeks. You do the maths. I've done it for about 8 and a half years bar the 3 months during lockdown when we couldn't have the market.
Thanks so much @fionasfavourites , I definitely will try your recipe for sure.
Now don't tempt me with recipes Fiona! You can see we don't live in the Cape as we very seldom see Koesisters here, but I love both versions. Someone brought those spicy coconut covered Koesisters to the office a looong time ago, and they were really good.
Some Durbanites cheat by rolling the plaited koeksisters in coconut, not sure what one could call them?
I thought I'd try & do the maths in my head, but gosh Fiona, that must be a record!👌
Wow!!! That is about 3956.33 Koesisters!! No way! That is a lot of them for sure!
That is a ton of work!
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Wow what a market that is, I could end up buying a heck of a lot!
Merlow and his booties hehe they were too darn cute!
Thanks for sharing this market:)
Thank you @tengolotodo I couldn't buy to much, we only had hand luggage on the plane. Merlow is an awesome dog, could've taken him home Lol!
Thank for passing by. Have an awesome weekend.
That is the drawback of only having hand luggage on a plane, give me a boat anyday, Ican take more stuff🤣🤣🤣
Yea he looks a gorgeous pup🐕
I get sea sick, so a boat is out of the question for me Lol.
lol oh dear me 😯
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