DIE klein ronde potjies staan goudblink op die lang tafel \u2013 wit lepeltjies in perfekte gelid.<\/p>\n
Neffens drup rou heuning uit \u2019n korf…elke sel boepens-vol.<\/p>\n
Vandag gaan hier geproe word. En heerlik geraai word \u2013 van brandrissies tot marmalade en hoesstroop. Asook fynbos en aalwyn.<\/p>\n
Want, in die Gamtoosvallei is daar veel meer as net groente, top- akkommodasie, bekroonde padstalle en koningin Victoria. Hier is nou ook heuning-proe.<\/p>\n
Van die atmosfeer tot die uitsig oor die Cockscomb-berge en fynbos-landskap \u2013 alles dra by tot hierdie unieke ervaring by Pabala Privat Natuurreservaat, gele\u00eb in die hartjie van Kouga.<\/p>\n
Eienaar en natuurliefhebber, Wernich Cronje, en afgetrede byeboer, Piet Bezuidenhout, kom aangestap om te groet.<\/p>\n
Ek vra hulle oor die inspirasie agter die heu-ning-proe \u2013 die nuutse toevoeging tot die arsenaal van aktiwiteite by die gewilde natuurreservaat.<\/p>\n
Cronje glimlag: \u201cDie gezoem van die bye. Of eerder, die gebrek daaraan.<\/p>\n
\u201cOns wil help om heuningbye van uitwissing te red \u2013 veral na honderde bykolonies tydens die verwoestende brande van Junie 2017 uitgewis is \u2013 en sodoende plaaslike voedselproduksie bevorder.<\/p>\n
\u201cEn bewaring, veral bewaring. Ons wil \u2019n onblusbare liefde vir bewaring, ook van bye, by die algemene publiek kweek.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hulle spog reeds met honderde mensgemaakte byekorwe in die veld – \u2019n jaar na die eerste korf in November verlede jaar opgerig is \u2013 en hoop om teen einde 2021 di\u00e9 getal deur die gebruik van vyf-ster vangkaste in die natuur te verdubbel.<\/p>\n
Cronje se gesig straal van trots. \u201cOns het vier weke terug ons eerste heuning geoes. <\/p>\n
\u201cEn as die lewe jou heuning gee, dan deel jy di\u00e9 soete-ervaring met ander.\u201d<\/p>\n
Soete verleiding<\/p>\n
Hoe werk dit?<\/p>\n
Bezuidenhout verduidelik: \u201cHeuningliefhebbers ontvang elk proe-botteltjies met 40g verskillende soorte heuning in \u2013 dit is baie soos wynproe, maar minder ingewikkeld en lekkerder.<\/p>\n
\u201cDie heuning moet deur die hele mond versprei…en jy spoeg dit nie uit nie. Elkeen se proe-ervaring kan verskil, almal kan iets anders proe. Die rede: almal se smaakkliere verskil.<\/p>\n
\u201cNa elke potjie heuning wat jy proe, kan jy jou mond met water uitspoel, maar dit is egter nie noodsaaklik nie. En moet nie elke keer dieselfde proe-lepel gebruik nie.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dan is dit tyd vir heuning-proe.<\/p>\n
Eerste aan die beurt is die laventel-heuning.<\/p>\n
Dit is soet. Baie soet, met \u2019n ondertoon van fynbos, roosmaryn en heide.<\/p>\n
Die tweede potjie – \u2019n ligte fynbos-heuning \u2013 is effens minder soet met \u2019n meer pertinente fynbos smaak.<\/p>\n
Jy proe ook spekboom. S\u00f3 s\u00ea die meer-fyn-van-palet.<\/p>\n
Dan vir die meer donker fynbos.<\/p>\n
Ek proe…en proe \u2013 nie heeltemal seker wat ek moet proe nie.<\/p>\n
My proe-buurvrou help my uit: karamel. Ja, sy is reg. Ek proe dit ook. Bezuidenhout s\u00ea die karamel-smaak kan toegeskryf word aan die feit dat die bye die heuning twee keer gebruik het.<\/p>\n
Behalwe vir di\u00e9 smaak, is daar ook \u2019n nuanse van proteas, terwyl aalwyn vir die bitter smaak verantwoordelik is.<\/p>\n
Iemand proe selfs marmalade. En medisyne van haar kinderjare.<\/p>\n
Die laaste potjie het nie \u2019n naam op nie. Ons moet raai wat dit is, maar geen definitiewe smaak staan uit nie.<\/p>\n
Brandrissies? Hoesstroop?<\/p>\n
Nee, aalwyne.<\/p>\n
Ons kry ook die geleentheid om rou heuning uit \u2019n korf te proe. Die was raak soos kougom in jou mond, maar jy kan dit eet.<\/p>\n
N\u00f3g bederf<\/p>\n
Klaar geproe, is dit tyd vir \u2019n heerlike middagete: taai heuning-gedoopte hoendervlerkies, heuning-varktjops en melkterk.<\/p>\n
\u2019n Onvergeetlike ervaring.<\/p>\n
Besoekers neem hul botteltjies heuning huis toe waar hulle verder aan di\u00e9 lekkerny kan smul.<\/p>\n
Heuning is ook by Pabala te koop.<\/p>\n
Vorentoe<\/p>\n
Die soet stop egter nie hier nie.<\/p>\n
Di\u00e9 tweemanskap bied binnekort \u2019n unieke by-ervaring by die reservaat aan. Bezuidenhout vertel: \u201cGeklee in handskoene, stewels, \u2019n wit oorpak en gesluierde wye-randhoed kan belangstellendes saam met \u2019n byeboer veld toe gaan. Hier kan hulle sien hoe heuning uit die korf verwyder word.<\/p>\n
\u201cTerug by die aanleg word die vars heuning uit die korf verwyder, gesif en gebottel. Elke besoeker neem \u2019n bottel heuning huis toe \u2013 heu-ning wat jy self gemaak het.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hulle beplan ook om in die nabye toekoms plaaslike boere van byekorwe vir bestuiwingsdoeleindes te voorsien, asook om met bye te teel.<\/p>\n
Die vervaardiging van byewasprodukte – insluitende velsorgprodukte, seep, rome en mediese produkte \u2013 is verder in hul versier. Maar eers oor \u2019n paar jaar.<\/p>\n
Meer inligting<\/p>\n
Pabala Privaat Natuurreservaat is gele\u00eb op die R330 tussen Loerie en Hankey.<\/p>\n
Vir meer inligting, skakel Cronje by 042 296 2950 of stuur \u2019n epos na info@pabalaprivatenaturereserve.co.za . 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