Yesterday I came home from work feeling exhausted and wanted to put up my feet. I made myself a cup of coffee, grabbed my latest read, and took two rusks from the box I had bought over the weekend at the South African store. It has been a while since I have eaten this treat from my homeland and I have been enjoying its crunchy taste since Sunday.
I eat the rusks in the true South African way – by dunking them into my hot coffee. Delicious! The treat and the silent time revived me and I felt the energy needed to go and cut the vegetables for dinner. Eating the rusks brought back the tastes of home and certainly made me smile. I look forward to enjoying the rest of them in the upcoming week.
What do you do to relax when you get home from work?
© Colline Kook-Chun, 2020
(This post is linked to Trent’s Weekly Smile.)
Sounds good – a taste of home.
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Always enjoyable!
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Wonderful Colline! We have to treat ourselves sometimes 🙂
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I agree. And it makes it even more special because I cannot go to the store often to buy them.
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IS a rusk like a Stella Doro anisette cookie? If so, then I am in.
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It is a lot larger and less sweet.
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I used to 😜
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Retirement sounds promising 😆
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I live it 😜
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Well, I’m retired, so there’s no ‘coming home from work’ for me. But on the other hand there always seems to be work to do that is never ending around here! So, to relax when I’m not doing something I should be doing I like to read with my feet up too. And I like to munch on something crunchy. I have never had your treat, but maybe someday I will try it!
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It is perfect to have when reading. You may find it in the international section of a large supermarket
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Is a Rusk biscuit-like? It is a crunchy texture that is proud enough to absorb the coffee? I’m not familiar with it!
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Yes. It is a typical South African biscuit John – not well-known outside of South Africa 🇿🇦
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I love the idea of it! Thanks!
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ah…nothing like a Ouma… 🙂 It is always a highlight for my daughter and her husband when they visit the South African store in Edmonton.
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The treat lasted for a week – now I wait until my next trip 😀
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