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John Kepe, the Bandit of the Boschberg
During the late 1940s and early 1950s a notorious vagabond called John Kepe had the town of Somerset East up in arms with a series of petty...
Spiced cauliflower with chickpeas, herbs & pine nuts
The Karoo Heartland may be famous for its Karoo lamb, but there are more and more travellers with dietary requests. Vegetarians and vegans who don't...
Robert Hart – Father of Somerset East
The early history of Somerset East and Glen Avon Farm is tied to the history of Robert Hart. When Robert Hart stepped off a boat at the Cape of Good...
CUSTARD PUDDING
What is dinner at a Karoo guest farm without a lekker dessert? CUSTARD PUDDING 1 packet of Tennis Biscuits 1 tin Condensed milk 1 small tin of...
Quick and Easy Macaroni Cheese
Sunday lunch in the Karoo. Melt-in-the-mouth tender Karoo lamb roast and veggies with malva for pudding and chocolate cake for afternoon tea. Yeah,...
Pecan Pie
One of the desert favourites on a Karoo farm stay is Pecan Pie. Especially if nuts are grown on the farm. Bakers have been asked, actually begged,...
Anne’s Cupcakes
Tea time at a Karoo guest farm isn't tea time without some cake or tart on offer with your afternoon coffee or tea. One of Anne Bowker's most...
Anne’s Easy Cheese Puffs
Anne Bowker often made these Cheese Puffs as part of their breakfast when they ran a guest farm outside Cradock. There were usually nothing left...
Sylvester the Lion – the Karoo escape artist
The Karoo National Park is famous for many wonderful reasons, however in 2015 the most famous reason would be the grand escape of Sylvester the...
John Sweet Distin – he who erected the first stock fences in South Africa
The story of SA’s first stock fence There is a modest white gravestone in the old cemetery of the Eastern Cape town of Middelburg. This is the...
Herbert Hayton Castens – South African only national rugby and cricket captain
Did you know that Pearston in the Karoo Heartland is the birthplace of the only person who was captain of both the South African national rugby as...
Thornsprings’ Slow Cooked Leg of Lamb
When you ask people to think about food from the Karoo, the first thing most would come up with is Karoo lamb. It's because of this that we share...
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