I popped into Silver Mamma Chef's Kitchen, everything was in darkness...a candle on the stove flickered and danced to the spicy aroma which filled the room from her cooking.
Oh yes... they were having load shedding (power outages), something which happens quite often throughout the day.
Eskom, the Government Electricity Suppliers are at it again, due to corruption and sabotage, South Africa is left in darkness.
But!...that didn't stop Silver Mamma Chef from cooking, as she has a gas stove.
Oh boy!...she was going for her badge there...making pan-cakes and cooking mutton curry and rice.
I don't know if she thought no-one was watching making pan-cakes, she knows she isn't suppose to eat them, and as for the white rice and potatoes in the curry....Omg, Silver Mamma Chef is up to no good in the dark.
She told me that the pan-cakes were for Papa Chef, but, I could see someone had already taken a bite of one of them and it wasn't Papa Chef, he was faraway from the kitchen.
Then she told me she wasn't going to eat the curry and rice, and that too was for Papa Chef.
Oh my goodness...I think poor old Silver Mamma Chef is having a hard time sticking to her diet...or shall I say, her new way of eating.
It's only for her own good you know...direct Doctors orders.
I had a peep outside, the whole neighbourhood was in darkness, everything was quiet except the drone of the neighbours generator that could be heard in the distance.
Oh my word!....did Silver Mamma Chef take off about that bloody noisy apparatus, that's been driving her insane the last few months.
She ranted on about the irritating sound that kept her awake at night...dramatically demonstrating the revving sounds of the engine with her voice and hands, explaining how it revs it's nuts off.
I really thought Silver Mamma Chef was going to blow a gasket, never mind rev her nuts off.
Omg!...the noise is really annoying her to a point were I'm afraid she might do something drastic...you know, something she might just regret.
She told me she would like to take a pot shot at it and blow the bloody apparatus up.
I won't elaborate on what creative language she used describing this lot.
I never knew she could get so "verbally creative".
Naaah!....I don't think she'd do something like that....or would she?, I mean...blow someone's generator up?.
She told me they leave the thing running an hour after the lights have come back on...I mean really now...that's insane man...I don't blame her at all for getting all revved up.
Silver Mamma Chef "put your gun away sister, it'll get you in trouble", I told her politely.
Silver Mamma Chef went off in a bit of a "huff", closing doors and windows to shut the annoying noise out, mumbling under her breath, yes and using her creative language again.
Poor Papa Chef just shook his head at this lot, he's a little deaf so the noise doesn't really bother him...so he says.
Silver Mamma Chef continued with the making of pan-cakes and coffee...for Papa Chef...Mmmm!....so she said.
The mutton curry and rice was still on the brew, so the pan-cakes (meant for Papa Chef) was just a snack...or shall I say...the starter Lol!.
I don't know what to do with Silver Mamma Chef and her eating habits...it's just not good for her.
She was so good for a whole week, eating salads with chicken or fish.
Sigh!...she keeps telling me that she's craving for pastry and pasta...what do I tell her?...I mean... I love those foods too.
I think the noise from the neighbours generator, is making Silver Mamma Chef loose some marbles, she's become so anxious...I don't know what to do with her.
Maybe she should visit her daughter in Australia, she's been missing them a lot lately, even Ange and the boys in Cape Town.
Her daughter Celeste wants her and Papa Chef to move into her cottage in Umhlanga Rocks....I must say, Silver Mamma Chef has a lot on her mind at the moment...so many decisions to make.
On top of it all, her two fur children aren't well at all, they're getting old.
The one has hip problems and the other has a lump on the leg...it's been making Silver Mamma Chef's heart very sore in making the right choice for them...you know what I mean.
Well!...that's another story to be told.
OK...the lights came back on and dinner is served.
And that annoying generator is still running....what is it with those crazy neighbours?.
It's bloody Eskom's fault.
Well...that's another day in the life of Silver Mamma Chef's Kitchen.
Until next time, have fun and stay safe.
Greetings from Silver Mamma Chef's Kitchen
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