March 2010

SPRING IS IN THE AIR (You just can't feel it yet !)

March always feels like a transition month when we move gradually – I mean g-r-a-d-u-a-l-l-y – from winter towards spring. We are also getting closer to moving our clocks forward again on 28th and perhaps enjoying slightly longer days. Mother’s Day on the 14th is a great opportunity to spoil Mom – maybe a hamper of SA goodies to remind her of home ?

All of us at Biltong Direct were a-buzz waiting for customers to claim their mystery discount for February, but the buzz ended up in a quiet hum as orders continued to come through without the discount being claimed. Shop customers who quoted the discount code at the counter were pleased to save on their shopping. The discount code will be changing from 1st March to “daffodils”. They should start flowering through the month, bringing a lovely yellow ray of sunshine to the gardens and roadsides around us, using the code to claim your discount should put a spring in your step too.

Easter Eggs are filling the shop shelves and being scooped up by parents trying to satisfy their chocoholic children BUT – what about Mom and Dad – we have just the thing to remind parents of times gone by. We now have our Hen’s Eggs and Marshmallow Eggs in stock. Why not surprise the kids and give them a chocolate ‘boiled egg’ on Easter morning ! Don’t be complacent though, our first delivery have already sold out and the wholesaler has gone through half his stock, so they really may not be here for long. Unfortunately when stocks run out, that’s it until 2011.

Last month we spoke about nurturing our South African roots but quite a few people are also trying to convert their friends and workmates so that they too enjoy our foods. Have you thought of hosting a South African day in your office – a dish of Babotie, wors rolls, biltong and droewors for them to try – you may be surprised at how many British people are getting hooked on our tasty snacks.

REMEMBER THE DISCOUNT CODE ONLINE AND IN-STORE FOR MARCH IS:   DAFFODILS

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Easter Shop Opening Times

The Biltong Shop on Canvey Island will be open for your convenience: Easter Saturday 10am - 4pm  and Easter Monday 10am - 2pm

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SA Place of Beauty

This month should be as easy as last month:

Answer to February 2010: Bourke's Luck Potholes

near Pilgrim's Rest

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Only in SA

This needs to be read aloud in the right accents to be really funny !

 In case you can't read between the gate lines, the sign reads:  I-WOOF-WOOF AMA-EINA u-INCOM!

DIE HOND BYT!  LOOP WYD!

DE BIEK DOG BAAIT!  GO PAAS !!!!!!!                                                              

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REMEMBER THE DISCOUNT CODE FOR MARCH IS: DAFFODILS

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Die Boereworsklub

Verlede week het ek die voorreg gehad om Winchester toe te gaan. Ek ken die plek net van die bekende sixties song wat die New Vaudiville Band gesing het: “Winchester Cathedral....” Indrukwekkende geskiedenis wat die plek het. Een ding wat egter by my vasgesteek het, was die sleutelfigure deur die eeue heen. Mense wie se gesag, inspirasie en naletenskap vandag nog daar te siene is. Maar meer nog, die verganklikheid van daardie eens indrukwekkende persoon. Die persoon self. Stof tot stof. Daai klomp ou grafte wys dat almal maar uiteindelik dieselfde geëindig het of hy nou ‘n man van aansien was of ‘n bedelaar. Vandag trap ons voetspore en maak ons ons merk en veg ons ons gevegte en môre is ons, saam met Koning Alfred (wat ‘n merkwaardige man!) en Dingaan en Tsar Alexander ‘n hopie stof (laasgenoemde twee natuurlik nie van Winchester nie). Wat agterbly, is die merke wat ons gemaak het. Party van daai ouens (en meisies) daar by Winchester se merke is afskuwelik, ander weer bewonderingswaardig. Soos die skryfster Jane Austen wat in die katedraal begrawe is. En die duiker William Walker wat vanaf 1906 tot 1912 elke dag onder die watervlak gewerk het om die katedraal se fondasies te red. Vandag word hy onthou as die man wat die katedraal van ineenstorting gered het.

Ja, so maak ons daagliks ons merk. En ek wonder hoe ons onthou gaan word...

As ek kyk na die hoeveelheid nuwe klante wat die afgelope tyd bygekom het, maak Biltong Direct ‘n goeie merk!

‘n Man kan mos nou nie Super 14 en Sesnasies kyk sonder ‘n ou koudingetjie nie, of wat? Kom kry vir jou (en moenie die kinders se paaseiers vergeet nie).

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Customers' Corner

Send us your news and views, memories and stories.

Last week we heard from Natalie who arranged a South African Day at her office and we can report a number of new converts - but there were complaints because she didn't take any Castle beers along.

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Tailpiece .....

The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture. "Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, 'There's Jennifer; she's a lawyer,' or 'That's Michael, he's a doctor.'"

A small voice at the back of the room rang out, "And there's the teacher; ...she's dead."

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