Maybe we can arrange a mini Mechmate get together...?

Why not, I will see Sean sometime after 13:00 at his shop in Woodstock.
I like to go to Snoekies in Houtbay for a piece of fried Snoek and chips when I visit Cape Town, so that is my first priority after I have landed at 10:20 from Johannesburg.

Snoek in The New Yorker

Alan, it sounds as if Kobus' time is not too fixed, but come and join in.

Snoekies ...
 

He he he ....

Does everyone go to snoekies automatically when hitting Cape Town? ... it's usually my first stop as well ... doesn't get fresher I suppose ...

Kobus ... you are welcome to come and see our mess.

Regards

Linus

Thanks Linus, I suppose for our BINNELANDERS any snoek will do.

You can reach me on 0725404446 then we can see when we can get together here in Johannesburg

Gerald, Time in CPT is my own..got two free plane tickets and decided to take the old bag on a short trip..wink wink nodge nodge...after being away for 13 months alone on Marion Island last year.

....and the first thing you do is to take her to a dodgy fish & chip shop on the wrong side of the harbour to eat New Zealand barracouta sold here as snoek? No wonder she let you go away for a looong time! :)

After working in Holland for 5 years, I now am a REAL DUTCHMAN....

You guys having an unoffical MM meeting? Or is it Offical. We need to know so if others should be flying in!

We could always hold an "official training course" with curriculum & certificates, so that your whole trip becomes tax deductible :)

Gerald,

If you are going to have an offical training session, please tape so that the long distance attendees can view and get certified also.

I read the article in the New Yorker. Does the fried Snoek, in your fish and chips, have bones in it? Fish and chips is one of my favorite meals but I don't think I'd care for it with bones.

Standard fish & chips is practically boneless, the fish used is "hake". (cod or "stock fish").

Snoek is by special request only. The bones in snoek are easily pulled out because they are about 3" long.

Gerald,
I have had fish and chips with cod or halibut or ocean perch but I have never seen snoek available in Canada. Do you prefer it over the others I have mentioned?

ps Your power consumption looks high today, does that mean you had outages?

Hake is my family's favorite fish. We practically get in fist fights over it. Great texture and taste. I only know of one source around here so if they sell it at fish and chips joints in SA, we'll be on the next plane over.:p

Linus must be getting tired of the smell in his thread . . . .

Snoek is not a particular favourite of mine - I prefer the freshest fish available on the day.

My factory power is out 12 noon till about 2.15pm every day since last Monday, except for last Friday. We now have battery inverters and a generator to see us through that patch.

Let's give this thoroughly abused thread back to Linus now ;)

Hi Gerald and Alan, I will be a Sean's shop on Wednesday 30 January 2008 at 14:00. Hope to see you there.

Thank you Gerald and Sean for the time at the shop. It was nice to look the beast in the eye. Now I can't wait to get going with my own. Mine will take some time, but I hope I can have it done before the end of this year.

Nice meeting you as well Alan.

Too the rest, we had a niece piece of Snoek and chips at Houtbay... http://www.houtbay.org/ ...on Thursday afternoon. When we left the local fishermen just came ashore with FRESH Snoek...sold them for R 30.00 per fish....BIG ones fresh from the boat.

http://www.houtbay.info/