Amphitheatre - 18 June 2011

Some friends from Gauteng came to visit me and we went hiking to the top of the Tugela Falls, the world's second highest waterfall.

We had some snow a week ago (8 June 2011) 

The route begins at the car park about 7km from the Witsieshoek Mountain Resort. The path winds up the mountain and around Sentinel Peak. We took the Beacon Buttress Gully to reach the escarpment.

On the escarpment was lots of snow and the Tugela River was frozen over.

We took the chain ladders to get down from the escarpment and started the long walk back tot the car park.

Eggnog

Living in a very cold place I decided to try out the beverages that people in cold places drink. Gluwein turned out to be a big success, so I tried my hand at eggnog.

Ingredients

• 12 egg yolks
• 1 ½ cups of sugar
• 1 litre of milk
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 6 cloves
• 1 cup of cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups of rum

Wash the eggs and separate the whites from the yolks. The whites can be frozen and used for baking at a later time. Beat the sugar, salt and egg yolks together until creamy.

Heat the milk, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves and bring to the boil. Let it cool down for 1 minute or until it forms a layer on the top. Scoop it off and remove remaining spices.

Wisk the warm milk into the egg yolk mixture. Place the mixture in a double boiler and bring it to just below boiling point for 5 minutes.

Remove from the heat and allow to cool down. Add vanilla, rum and cream to the cold mixture. Refrigerate and serve cold.