Bunny Chow

Some foods are particular to different parts of the world. One food that is peculiar to Durban, especially in Grey Street, is a dish called Bunny Chow. Grey St is - or was when I was there - an Indian area. They sell what is known as Bunny Chow, and Bunny Chow is traditionally accompanied by a bottle of ice cold milk.

To make Bunny Chow, you hollow out half a loaf of bread. Then you fill the hollow with curry.




Then, the bread taken from the loaf is placed on top of the curry, which is eaten with the fingers using the bread to scoop it out.



Michelle and I had a 'duvet day' today and just because of nostalgia, I made us Bunny Chow. We didn't use a whole loaf of course, and the bit I had soon filled me up, but Michelle enjoyed hers to the very last drop. Just as well its a once in a blue moon thing.

I lost a filling this evening so it will be back to the dentist with me shortly. Luckily it doesn't hurt.

One of my friends gave up a baby for adoption 23yrs ago. They have had telephonic contact and he is married with two children. They are meeting this Saturday and she is so excited, full of hope and expectation. I hope it lives up to her dreams, but she had built it up so much in her mind that I fear that it can't. I wish them all the best. She is comforted to know that his adoptive family treated him so well that he never suspected that he was adopted until he saw his birth certificate at 21.

Another friend has been told that the school suspects that her child may have Aspergers Syndrome and that she has been referred to the educational psychologists urgently because they want to push a Statement of Special Educational Needs through. She is overwhelmed and is afraid to continue trying for another baby in case the next one also has problems.

Some people have to bear so much in this life.