What’s for supper, Mom?

If they don’t mind eating bully beef on Cream Crackers morning, noon and night, it’s easy feeding a group of people on safari. But if they have a more sophisticated palate, or are simply fussy eaters, then you’ve got your work cut out for you.

Hopefully this menu for 10 days in the bundu – with an accompanying food packing list – can help.

Not only will the menu and its packing list save you from cooking embarrassment in the bundu, henceforth you’ll also be mentioned in the same breath as Auguste Escoffier and Nigella Lawson.

We’re handing it to you on a platter, but remember this is not the be-all and end-all; add a good dash of common sense and adapt it to your needs.

For example, there’s meat on the packing list, but if you’re travelling to a neighbouring country that doesn’t allow meat to be brought in, you’ll need to make a separate list and buy the meat there.

Or, say, if you need to drive really far on the fourth day of your holiday and you’ll only arrive at your destination quite late, you need to ensure that the menu for that day has a supper that can be whipped up in a jiffy.
It’s definitely not a night for a potjie.

It’s often possible to buy fresh bread, veggies and fruit out in the sticks, but the golden rule is always to be self-sufficient.

If you’re unsure whether you’ll find certain foodstuffs at your destination, rather make provision and take it along, or take the ingredients to make it.

Whatever the case may be, the ten pantry items without which you shouldn’t even think of going on safari, are standard:

• Salt
• Oil
• Flour (cake flour for bread and vet¬koek, and mielie meal for porridge
• Milk (preferably long-life milk, otherwise powdered milk)
• Onions
• Potatoes
• Tomatoes
• Eggs
• Pasta
• Sugar