Weekends away: Riebeck Valley morning markets Posted on 7 August 2010 If you’re taking a weekend break in the Riebeeck Valley on either the first or last Saturday of the month, you’re in luck, cos there’s bound to be a morning market in either Riebeck Kasteel or Riebeck West (they’re about five minutes’ drive from one another). We were there on the first Saturday of the month, so the market was in Riebeck West. The three men with us were a little apprehensive – there’s nothing a guy hates more than hours of shopping – but they were in luck. The market only has about 20 stalls, but all of them are really good and most of them sell scrummy home-made food. I first tasted some yoghurt cheese (balls of soft white cheese, covered in herbs in jars of olive oil). The lady insisted I try it with her sun-dried tomatoes in port vinaigrette and she was right, the combination was irresistible. I bought a soft ciabatta to go with it at another stall. Lunch ingredients taken care of, I snacked on a fresh pork pie and bought eight fresh duck and chicken eggs to bake scones with on Sunday morning (Apparently, although duck eggs do taste a little different – and are green on the outside – they’re still fine to bake with). As I was leaving, I spent my last R10 on a large jar of dried peach jam. The man assured me it was good ‘because I made it’. It was an hour and R100 most enjoyably spent. My only regret is that I missed out on the last mini chocolate milk tart What my friends bought: Chicken liver, mushroom and smoked salmon pates Cheese, onion and pesto bread Olives Old comic books Second-hand books Rye bread (this was too solid to be used as anything but a doorstop) Chicken kebabs Chorizo Oyster mushrooms Marinated peppers Related Posts #SaveOurBeachHuts with a Steenberg Hotel picnic and Craig Hinds 4 November 2022 Steenberg Hotel and Craig Hinds are teaming up to bring you a picnic and a... read more SANParks to host Women’s Day event at Rietvlei Nature Reserve 20 July 2022 The SANParks Honorary Rangers will host a morning of fun at Pretoria's Rietvlei Nature Reserve... read more 10 things to do this Halloween in Joburg and Cape Town 24 October 2017 South Africans have embraced this creepy holiday, here are 10 ways to get spooky in... read more PREV ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE
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