Comments on: Early Saturday Morning at the Pretoria Boeremark https://2summers.net/2024/02/01/early-saturday-morning-at-the-pretoria-boeremark/ An American in Quirky Johannesburg Sat, 03 Feb 2024 13:05:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: soraya choonara https://2summers.net/2024/02/01/early-saturday-morning-at-the-pretoria-boeremark/#comment-176849 Sat, 03 Feb 2024 13:05:29 +0000 https://2summers.net/?p=44374#comment-176849 In reply to GP410.

Of course, my type of people n place
Lekker kos.

]]> By: soraya choonara https://2summers.net/2024/02/01/early-saturday-morning-at-the-pretoria-boeremark/#comment-176844 Sat, 03 Feb 2024 13:01:07 +0000 https://2summers.net/?p=44374#comment-176844 In reply to Maarten.

Love u Maarten,as i love the afrikaans language.
Geniet die naweek, totsiens
Sue

]]> By: 2summers https://2summers.net/2024/02/01/early-saturday-morning-at-the-pretoria-boeremark/#comment-176839 Sat, 03 Feb 2024 10:04:53 +0000 https://2summers.net/?p=44374#comment-176839 In reply to Les.

Hi Les, thanks very much for the comment. Before I published this post, a friend of color actually messaged me to ask if I thought they would feel comfortable and welcome at the market. I told them honestly that 90% of the people I saw there (customers and vendors) were white, and I invited the person to come with me next time I go (still hoping they’ll take me up on that but not sure yet). I thought long and hard about addressing this topic when I wrote my post, but ultimately decided that as a white person it would be wrong for me to speculate about what the experience for a non-white person at the market would be. I do agree it is a really important topic though and I appreciate you bringing it up. Please feel welcome to share your experience if you’d like to!

]]> By: Les https://2summers.net/2024/02/01/early-saturday-morning-at-the-pretoria-boeremark/#comment-176834 Sat, 03 Feb 2024 09:52:20 +0000 https://2summers.net/?p=44374#comment-176834 Can I also recommend that you also take a friend of colour the next time you attend so that you can also observe and document their experience? I can share with you my experience of how the old racial issues also still remain but for fear of coming across as one-sided rather I bring those issues to your attention to deliberately take note of.

]]> By: 2summers https://2summers.net/2024/02/01/early-saturday-morning-at-the-pretoria-boeremark/#comment-176824 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 17:23:23 +0000 https://2summers.net/?p=44374#comment-176824 In reply to Dirk.

I can definitely see how an environment like that is not for everyone!

]]> By: Dirk https://2summers.net/2024/02/01/early-saturday-morning-at-the-pretoria-boeremark/#comment-176819 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 17:22:22 +0000 https://2summers.net/?p=44374#comment-176819 In reply to dizzylexa.

Agree. The crowd is intense and makes me nervous…

]]> By: 2summers https://2summers.net/2024/02/01/early-saturday-morning-at-the-pretoria-boeremark/#comment-176814 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 17:03:43 +0000 https://2summers.net/?p=44374#comment-176814 In reply to AutumnAshbough.

Hahahahaaaaa. Noe I feel I definitely have to write a post that is just called “Deep Fried Fat”. I still miss the farmer’s markets in DC! We had great ones back in the day but I guess the last time I attended one was around 2011. So who knows.

]]> By: AutumnAshbough https://2summers.net/2024/02/01/early-saturday-morning-at-the-pretoria-boeremark/#comment-176809 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 16:53:19 +0000 https://2summers.net/?p=44374#comment-176809 Yes, a lot of Farmers Markets around here have also gone the way of food stalls and crafts. But we’re fortunate that there’s a pretty big one that food growers head to on Saturday. They have the best produce…and they open at the very reasonable hour of 8 AM. I await the deep fried fat blog, LOL.

]]> By: 2summers https://2summers.net/2024/02/01/early-saturday-morning-at-the-pretoria-boeremark/#comment-176804 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 15:53:20 +0000 https://2summers.net/?p=44374#comment-176804 In reply to dizzylexa.

Well then, mystery solved. Thanks!

]]> By: dizzylexa https://2summers.net/2024/02/01/early-saturday-morning-at-the-pretoria-boeremark/#comment-176799 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 15:51:49 +0000 https://2summers.net/?p=44374#comment-176799 In reply to 2summers.

Yes we also had them made both with lamb and pork. However I have only found pork ones lately.

]]> By: 2summers https://2summers.net/2024/02/01/early-saturday-morning-at-the-pretoria-boeremark/#comment-176789 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 06:56:14 +0000 https://2summers.net/?p=44374#comment-176789 In reply to GP410.

Ah, that is good to know — thanks. I think the next time I’ll just go slightly later as it seemed like there was still plenty to choose from.

]]> By: 2summers https://2summers.net/2024/02/01/early-saturday-morning-at-the-pretoria-boeremark/#comment-176784 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 06:53:50 +0000 https://2summers.net/?p=44374#comment-176784 In reply to Andrey Pavel (Andy) Grudko.

The pens are absolutely worth a trip. I love mine and will definitely buy another the next time I go.

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