The Untold Tales of Strangers Jimmy

Brain: Don’t say it, don’t say it, don’t say it!

Me: Ons gaan nou braai!

I am opposed to the word barbeque since South African’s call it a braai! Rolling the rrrr sound and stretching the aai sound! (Like in Hi without the H)

Alicia invited some people over for her meal. She requested roosterkoek (bread on an open fire) and boerewors (South African sausage). Obviously, we did not stop there. She had to hold me back to make sure we don’t end up with chops, steak, sosaties (skewers) and more. So, we settled for peri-peri chicken wings and bread and butter pudding to accompany the meal.

In this episode of the Untold Tales of Strangers we chat about moving to the UK and homesickness.

Carol movie trailer:  https://bit.ly/32Cqqyn

Books: 

The fountainhead: https://bit.ly/31qUEVu

Kane and Abel: https://bit.ly/34xkGZg  

Recipes: 

Roosterkoek: https://bit.ly/31p3Vxa 

Peri-Peri Chicken wings: https://bit.ly/31oDgk9 

Caramel Breand and butter pudding: https://bit.ly/32u8aXU 

Oh my goodness I baked the jollof! Genevieve Bosah and I had a chat about rebranding yourself and a good laugh at my cheeky method of making Nigerian Jollof rice.  I recently became a fan of Yewende Komolafe – a Nigerian lady who was asked by the New York Times to do her take on 10 Essential Nigerian recipes. Jollof was one of them. As she says in the video, she chooses to bake hers since it saves a lot of time. I agree. 

As Genevieve mentions in the podcast she loves writing check out her articles called UP NEPA: The Pavlovian response to mediocrity and Talent is not enough. Genevieve was also recently nomitated by her students for the Student Choice award. Here is her ode to them. 

She also does a mentined her favourite film as Gladiator, where a good read for her was The Alchemist. 

Find the full recipe for the Jollof Rice and Chicken here.
 

With toad in the hole as our dinner my housemate, Steve Walls, told me about his journey on creating his own music and how he overcame some of his fears. Be sure to check out his music. He also mentioned the Godfather, Chinatown and Back to the future as films he would recommend while also mentioning The Leopard being one of his favourite books. Have a listen to Radiohead and Steely Dan as some of his picks for great music. Be sure to also have a look at the recipe. Steve's band Tokyo Green has also dropped in the meantime. Give them a listen. 

In this episode I had a chat with Heinrich Heiriss about his love for South Africa, politics and how to be an informed world-class citizen. This all happened over a nice warm meal of Hungarian Goulash and Spätzle!
Remember to check out the things Heinrich mentioned:
Saffa travel blog: https://tinyurl.com/saffatravel
Diabetes One million step challenge: https://tinyurl.com/y8sfq7yb
School of life: https://tinyurl.com/yc4xud5w
School of life YouTube Channel: https://tinyurl.com/qd95by9
Micro adventure tours: https://tinyurl.com/ybqjw2w6
Queen Sono trailer: https://youtu.be/1zgxDFEifyI
Blood and water trailer: https://youtu.be/2m0Cm2kMOBU
Book suggestion: https://tinyurl.com/yawhv4fj
Movie suggestion: https://tinyurl.com/y8orp93w
Recipe: https://tinyurl.com/yabq4l4k
Wine: https://tinyurl.com/y9qfbpdt

I am really looking forward to this project. This is the trailer. Hopefully it is enough to convince you to give it a listen. Each episode I will have over a guest and cook a meal of their choice. We will have a brief discussion about the recipe and how the food was. However, this show is about them and celebrating their lives. Although there are many celebrities and influencers out there, I believe we have so many people around us who are not the average Joe we make them out to be! So if you like food and good conversation come join in the fun!