Uncle Harry's Roadhouse

Today we decided to have traditional Sunday lunch at Uncle Harry’s Roadhouse outside Randfontein. Sunday lunch at Uncle Harrys comprises of a slice of roast beef, a chicken thigh, served on a bed of rice, roast potatoes, all smothered with gravy, along with side 3 vegetables. Afterwards malva pudding with ice-cream, cream, and custard is served. All this for only R59.90, not bad I must say.

Storm clouds were threatening while we sat at the outside dining area and sadly one of our meals arrived cold which we had to struggle to get our waitresses’ attention so that she could take back and reheat. Here is our waitress serving the puds with an umbrella as by that time it was raining hard. Other than the cold, the food was enjoyable especially for the price that we paid.

Monster Skof Tins

Looking at the fridge at work packed with lunch boxes and Monster energy drinks I start to wonder where the word Skof Tin comes from does? Way back in my memories the word Skof Tins synonymous with railway and mine workers lunch boxes made out of metal.

At first I thought Skof was a slang word for eating food in a hungry manner but after asking around and doing some digging back into time I found out that Skof is the Afrikaans word for shift. Railway workers and miners worked in shifts and their lunch or dinner was packed into Shift Tins. Later they were made out of polish steel and with brass fittings. As the saying goes “no man deserves a Skof Tin if he refuses to polish it”. Now days as you can see our Skof Tins are made from plastic.

Will we ever see the likes of Skof Tins again?