Who did not catch the “Knysna Oyster Festival Bug”? I have heard from many people that the rife “Bug”, which spread as fast as a viral flu, was caused from eating local cultivated Oysters… true or false as the statement may be, most people have been so bed ridden that the the only thought available was for the closest bucket or toilet bowl – gippo guts, runny tummies and total nausea were the majority share holders of our lives for 2 or 3 days, sometimes even just 24 hours. So where does the history of the bug begin we are wondering? Was it’s ancestors originated from Gauteng 2 months ago and brought down by a vaalie holidaymaker or was the awful bug moulded and brewed in our homegrown soil? Watch this space for more info as we unfold the mystery of the Knysna Oyster Festival Bug!
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[...] nausea that we thought was thanks to overindulging on the oyster front, but turns out was due to a town-wide stomach bug that left practically everyone who attended with a rather nasty souvenir of the weekend. A bit of a [...]
With two youngsters we pick up just about every bug there is to be picked up in town but thankfully this is one we missed. But then we weren’t doing oysters. Fish cakes, fish, kebabs, paprika and spicy Spanish sausages, yes. Roosterkoek, double ribs, sosaties, potato whirls, pancakes, pop-corn and coke, yes.
Just glad its all over and that we have anther year to go before the ferris wheel and octopus put in for a return appearance!