A Lazy Sunday And A Rediscovery Of Homemade Garlic Bread.

 Homemade, so much easier.

Bob had a staff party yesterday afternoon and asked me to please make some garlic bread for him to take along. Like the ones I used to make back in South Africa when we went to braais. Thinking of making them is usually harder than making them.

Look, one can easily buy garlic bread, the processed kind that has a long shelve life but like anything else in life, the real thing tastes better. What does one need apart from a baguette, butter (vegan ), garlic, salt and parsley. Mix it all together and fill it into the grooves cut into the bread and bake it or put it onto the grill. Oh, and watch it being eaten in seconds. Yes, garlic bread is always a winner.

When Bob got home I couldn't wait to hear if the bread was a success. Don't want it be said that I can't cook!!! But rest assured, Bob gleefully told me that the first baguette was devoured by one team mate, the second by the other and the third by all and sundry. Yes, they loved it and never questioned the origin of the butter. What they don't know won't kill them.

Why did I forget about this culinary treat? Is there anything nicer than a tasty garlic bread? Somehow the garlic bread is a synonym for life. Homemade, handmade and simple is better. We tend to make life so very complicated and often feel that we need to surround ourselves with stuff that is anything but simple. Be it fancy clothes, furniture, homes  or friends. 

This week has brought home again the message that stuff is just stuff and not our life. Be it the horrid riots and looting in South Africa or the tragic flooding in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. We collect so much stuff and put our heart into it feeling that it defines us but in reality, all of it has nothing to do with who we are because it can be gone in a second. 

Simplifying or if you will, ' homemade ' gives us the chance or dare I say opportunity to develope ourselves further. Without all the trappings of modern living, we can actually expand our wings and be who we truly are. Wonderful and enough, even with little stuff.

Biggi