Rhosarian 2019

The Rhosarian 1/19
Special Meeting of the Cape Peninsula
Branch of Flame Lily Foundation, held on
17 September
In common with a number of other organisations
our branch faces the problem of diminishing
finances and lack of active involvement by
members.
With the aim of finding solutions to remedy the
situation and making decisions as to the future of
the branch, a special meeting was called on 17
September at the Moth Hall in Fish Hoek, in
conjunction with the monthly tea.
FISH EAGLE
October 2019
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Editor’s Note: Our current committee, largely in
their 80’s, work tirelessly to find
better ways to do things, raise
funds, save on costs, answer
needs, recruit volunteers, make
connections and mend bridges. All help, in any
form, is requested and will be most welcome.
Thank you so much to the loyal group of
members who attended this fruitful meeting.
RECIPE
With summer on our doorstep, cool delicious
drinks come to mind.
The key question was, do we carry on doing our
best to continue assisting our needy elderly by
giving them help? Or do we discontinue the
payments to the elderly and carry on only as a
social and cultural group that enjoys self-funding
teas, outings and meetings?
After substantial discussion, the members
unanimously agreed that we should continue to
assist our elderly folk by whatever means we can.
It was resolved that the branch should try to
increase membership, urgently source funding
and recruit assistance in the day-to-day function
of visiting and calling on the elderly folk, running
boot sales, selling raffle tickets and finding
sponsors. It was agreed that our communications
need to be stronger and more affective.
We will continue to run our monthly teas, on the
third Tuesday of every month, both as a social
event and as a fund-raiser and urge as many
members as possible, old and new, to join us.
In the course of the meeting, a member, Tony Gray,
offered his services in various of the essential
functions and was invited to be co-opted onto the
committee, which he graciously accepted. The
meeting closed on a positive note and a
welcoming resolve. We request Cape Town
Rhodesians and Zimbabweans, please come and
re-join us so that we can continue to give our very
best in love and comfort to our elderly folk.
Good old-fashioned ginger beer
You will need some 2 litre drink
bottles, preferably dark ones, to
minimise light penetration.
Ingredients:
8 tablespoons white sugar per 2l bottle, dissolved
in 3 cups boiling water
1 tsp yeast dissolved in a cup of warm water
½ cup ginger syrup (Mixadrink or similar) per 2l
bottle. Fresh ginger root, chopped up, optional
Warm water to fill 2l bottles
Thoroughly wash bottles and lids and, using a
funnel, pour in the ginger syrup and add the sugar
solution. Allow to cool to tepid. Add yeast solution
and optional chopped ginger root. Top up the
bottles to normal level and fasten lids. Vigorously
shake to dissolve sugar residue. NB - This is the
first, last and only time that the bottle is shaken.
Store in a cool dark place for 24 hours. For the
next two days, check the bottles. They should be
turgid with pressure. If they become misshapen,
take outside and slowly open to release pressure,
then refasten. On fourth day, refrigerate. When
chilled, drink and enjoy!
BEWARE - bottles sometimes explode which can
be messy and noisy. Best stored on a veranda.
DO NOT SHAKE