Cleaning out all the cupboards in Granny's house, I came upon a few books dating back to when she became a Boervrou .That was in 1958. She never needed to cook before, as there always were either a cook and kinderwagter or a houseboy and cleaner when we were living in the 'dorp'. Arriving on the farm with 3 kids and a 3 months old baby was rough . Add to that , that her 'skoonouers' was living in the same house, having arrived there 3 months earlier, and it was a situation ripe for catastrophies.
