Song and word usage; SA cookbooks; Namibian Cocktails, Hotdogs

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   Greetings from New York City.  My ear drums are shot.  Maybe I turned up
the volume too much for the airplane selections of MYSTIC RIVER, THE HUMAN
STAIN ("Action is the enemy of thought," declares Nicole Kidman), SHATTERED GLASS,
Best of R.E.M., Best of Sheryl Crow, Best of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Norah
Jones & Alicia Keys.  Hey, it killed 20 hours.
   Thanks to Lynne for the "Madiba shirt on Mannikin Pis" link.  It was from
THE STAR newspaper that I'd read.

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SONG AND WORD USAGE

  In 1998 and other years, I researched song lyrics at the NYPL's Lincoln
Center branch.  See the old ADS-L archives.  The De Marsan song title catalogue
(from about 1863) was useful.  The Library of Congress's American Memory has
many pre-1890 song titles and full lyrics on it.
   I researched for "Big Apple" song lyrics and the usage of "rock and roll."
 I posted tons of swing slang.

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NAMIBIAN HOT DOGS

   From a stand on the street:

   HOTDOGS
VIENNA HOTDOG
BRAAIWORS HOTDOG
HOMEMADE BOEREWORS
RUSSIAN HOTDOG
SHOW BRATWURST

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SOUTHERN AFRICAN COOKBOOKS

   Here's my cookbook haul, mostly South African and not Namibian.  Perhaps
I'll discuss a few later.  I'll show them to cookbook store whiz Bonnie
Slotnick later today.


SUDWESTER KOCHBUCH:
EINE SAMMLUNG ORIGINAL SUDWESTAFRIKANISCHER KOCHREZEPTE
In German, sold at the Swakopmund City Museum
125 pages, paperback
1997

THE COMPLETE SOUTH AFRICAN COOKBOOK
by Magdaleen van Wyk
366 pages, hardcover
Cape Town: Struik Publishers (www.struik.co.za)
First edition 1980
Second edition 1993
Third edition 2002

BRAAI BUDDY
by De Waal Davis
96 pages, paperback
Cape Town: Struik Publishers
2003

MAKE YOUR OWN BILTONG AND DROEWORS:
INCLUDING SAUSAGES, AND CURED AND SMOKE MEATS
In collaboration with the Red Meat Industry
48 pages, paperback
Cape Town: Struik Publishers
First edition 1991
Second edition 1992

WEBER COOKING:
SOUTH AFRICAN STYLE
by Shirley Guy and Marty Klinzman
paperback, about 100 pages (still wrapped in plastic)

THE SAVOY CABBAGE COOKBOOK
by Janet Telian (owner of the Cape Town restaurant, opened in 1998)
112 pages, paperback
Clermont: Spearhead (New Africa Books Ltd.)
2002

CAPE FLAVOUR: A GASTRONOMIC MEANDER THROUGH THE WINELANDS
by Myrna Roberts
160 pages, paperback
Cape Town: Struik Publishers
2003

FIG JAM AND FOXTROT:
TALES OF LIFE, LOVE AND FOOD IN THE KAROO
a cookbook with a difference by
Lynn Bedford Hall
192 pages, paperback
Cape Town: Struik Publishers
2003

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NAIMBIAN COCKTAILS

   Africa is not a big cocktail continent.  (See cocktail reports from
Cancun, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and other places in the ADS-L archives.)
Namibia prefers its Hansa Beer, brewed in the best German style.
   However, many recipes use South African amarula cream.  These were all
offered at the four-star Makuti Lodge, just outside Etosha National Park in
Namibia.

   LEOPARD EYES
1 tot mainstay cane
1 tot blue curacao
4 tots orange juice
Mix and pour over ice, garnish with slice orange and cherry

   NAMIBIAN QUEEN
1 tot bots creme de banana
1 tot bols triple sec
1.5 tots orange juice
Shaken with ice and strained, garnish with cherry and a twist of orange

   BLUE NAMIBIAN SKY
1 tot mainstay cane
1/2 tot bols blue curacao
1/2 tot bols triple sec
2 tot pineapple juice
2 tot sweet and sour mix
Mix and pour over ice, garnish with orange slice and cherry

   BIG ELEPHANT
1 tot bols brandy
1 tot Mocha tia
1 and 1/2 tots half milk and half cream
Shake and strain into glass, garnish with nutmeg

   NAMIBIAN CITY
2 tot amarula cream
1 tot kahlua
crushed ice
Combine all above in a shaker and shake well, pour over the ice in a martini
glass

   ETOSHA NYMPH
1 tot Bacardi rum
1 tot lime cordial
1/2 tot Grenadine
2 tot orange juice
200 ml ginger ale
Shake the compari, rum and lime.  Strain into high ball glass, half filled
with ice.  Top with ginger ale and orange juice, and stir.  Garnish with slice
of orange, cherry and sprig of mint

   CARIBBEAN TWIST
A tropical blend with White Rum, Pena Colade, Pineapple and Lime

   RED SQUARE
Premixed with Red Square Vodka, Loganberry, Blueberry and Lime

SHORTS:

   SPRINGBOKKIE
1/2 tot creme de menthe, 1/2 tot amarula cream

   ORYX
1/2 tot kahlua, 1/2 tot amarula, topped with cream

   ELAND
1/2 tot creme de banana, 1/2 tot amarula