Roast duck tasted ok, but wasn't really my kind of thing...I've never been keen on lumps of meat. Roast potatoes done with duck fat, however, were stonkingly good.

Minestrone again yesterday...the taste has really caught my imagination, since we made it at cookery class. It's just a normal, boring soup until you put bacon and garlic in, and then it turns into something magical. Sorry to everyone who has to meet me the day after though - I must reek of garlic for ages afterwards...

Discovered yet more redbush tea (or rooibosch). This one has a nutty kind of taste - really nice with milk in it. Apparently it goes a deep red colour if you make it properly - I'm a bit more of a wuss, and only dunk the teabag in for about 10 seconds.