The first person I thought of when I heard about Nelson Mandela was ita. I hope she's doing OK today. I'm pretty sad.
I may have shared this here before, but when I was living in Cape Town in 2002, some friends and I went to hear Chinua Achebe speak on campus (University of Cape Town) one night. It was a big but not huge hall, tickets were free to students, and the place was pretty packed. We were in our seats and waiting for the event to start when we became aware of something happening up at the front of the hall and a ripple going through the crowd. Nelson Mandela had entered the hall and was taking a seat in the front row, and people in the hall just went crazy. Clapping, crying, shouting, gasping, standing on chairs, stomping -- everyone in that place just loved him and admired him so much. It was an amazing moment, to be in the presence of greatness and to be caught up in the emotion of all the people there. He meant so much to so many.
Keep an eye out for me on the BBCA social media sites making a face - I was just photographed as part of an "Americans eating Marmite" project they're doing in the kitchen. At least, they told me it was for the blog...
It was an amazing moment, to be in the presence of greatness and to be caught up in the emotion of all the people there. He meant so much to so many.
That's incredible. Plus, Chinua Achebe is no slouch, either.
Keep an eye out for me on the BBCA social media sites making a face - I was just photographed as part of an "Americans eating Marmite" project they're doing in the kitchen
...you mean you ate it voluntarily??
It was for a good cause! Ok, it was for the amusement of the Brits who were laughing at us. But yeah, why not?
But Marmite is TASTY!
I was introduced to it by (to tie so many discussions together with geography) a South African woman decades ago, and have not looked back.
Vegemite, I go back and forth on. Too smooth, less of a good soup base.
It wasn't terrible, just...salty. I can see it being a useful ingredient for umami, like anchovy paste or soy sauce, but I think in order to enjoy it on toast you probably had to grow up with it.
I am onerous tasking it up. Called to make a dentist appointment, but they can't squeak me in until the 30th. Now I must call my doctor and my optometrist.
