Ho,  great wanders, he cooks... The rumor goes that I can cook, and apparently so it is.

The comment:  "That smells good, what is it?".

My reply: "Well something I did on Sunday, I am still finishing it off"    

So here is the recipe for you guys.

Cooking time: abt 45 minutes

Effort: abt 15 minutes

You will need the following:

• abt 500g of cocktail pork sausages
  Pork sausages and chicken cocktail (or normal) sausages work too but I do prefer the cocktail pork sausages.
• 4 large potatoes (or abt 500g)
  Find potatoes that boils well and reasonably fast.
• 1 can (450g) of whole pealed tomatoes
  I find the canned tomatoes better for this recipe then the fresh kind.
• 1 small bunch (handful) of fresh chopped parsley
  The dried king works too, but is no a vibrant.
• A pinch of Sage
• 330 ml of semi-sweet to dry white wine
  The choice will dramatically change the taste, try both.
• 1 table spoon of tomatoes paste.
• 1/2 a tea spoon of garlic
• salted butter and olive oil
• salt and pepper (to taste)

Optionally:

• Tabasco (to taste)
• 250g of sliced button mushrooms
  

Start by dicing the potatoes in to 1cm blocks, I advice you to "pre" boil the dices for about 10 minutes or until they look half cooked but not soft. Then cut the sausages into 1 cm slices. Put a little butter with olive oil into a large deep pan (ideally one that has a cover) or, if you have, a wok. Add the sausages, stir until they get nice a firm. Add the half cooked potatoes to the mix, let the lot go near golden.

Now add the wine, tomatoes, the parsley, the sage and the optional mushrooms. Stir a little then cover for about 30 minutes, check and stir regularly if it becomes too dry add water or if you prefer (like me) wine.

When ready add the garlic stir it in for a minute or two and serve with a nice glass of white wine, I often use the same than in the recipe to strengthen the taste, you can also garnish with fresh parsley.

Enjoy.

I was reading an article on IOL "Inferno claims 22 lives after smash" and was horrified by the statement: "The government has announced plans to encourage drivers to replace their un-roadworthy minibus taxis with safer vehicles but the programme has been repeatedly delayed." Bring the law back to the roads, educate." Now that will help and by nature solve the "un-roadworthy" issue. I mean I am every day on the South African (mostly Johannesburg)  roads and I see Taxis driving on oncoming traffic, forcing themselves through red robots (or stop signs) and creating new lanes everyday. Let's start there first, but if you call the traffic department, their answer is: "Sorry, but we only take call for emergency situations". I wish the government would wake up to the reality, if you want to control crime, start with the "little" things like road rules, because if you can get away with those why not murder? 

Yes I am temporarily, or at least until I can find a host at a descent price, moving my blog to Live Spaces. I have tried others, WordPress toped but is not what I am after. So time will tell. I'll try to customize this one a bit more soon.