I remember the portions being really generous and it was a hearty meal. I kick myself every time I think back to my varsity years in Cape Town (a coastal region) when I had an opportunity to explore sea food and just didn't. It took me being back in my own landlocked backyard at home to realise I let an amazing chance slip though my fingers. I could have tried crab, lobster, even snoek, but instead I always played it safe and only had seafood at one of the very franchises (name withheld) we too have here at home, ordering a seafood platter with calamari, prawns, hake and rice ALL THE TIME, mo eleng gore motho ne a ka nna a nthaya a re HEY!! O Motswana tota, o ja tsone tse o di itseng fela. Landlocked as we are, there is quite the fishing community here at home. I know a couple of avid fishermen; Owen Rampha, Ak Segopa and Bob Hirschfeld to name but a few, that share their hook line and sinker lifestyles online for us to live vicariously through. I would love to pick their brains about the different edible types/species one can get fishing in our dams, streams and rivers. I can imagine quite a variety is available as some rivers flow from our neighbouring countries and we share quite a number of flora, fauna and marine life. Come to think of it, lona bo mme, where are you in this community? My Aunty Happy and her husband Billy are in town visiting from the UK and it reminds me of our Manchester visit to their wedding with mom and my sisters. I prepared a Fish and Chips for lunch the other day, coincidentally just before visiting them. I should have taken some for them to taste and get a rating, especially from Billy who is a Briton originally from Scotland. Generally I am not a fan of canned or frozen food stuff, but I can confidently say Natures Garden Frozen Chips and Vegetables are quite a fresh tasting product that has managed to convince me otherwise, and they pair so well with any fried fish.
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