PIONIER MUSEUM Demonstrations


	Bake bread	The entire original process can be seen. Visitors may take part if they so wish. The bread is baked in the old clay oven near the pioneer homestead. The experience is not complete unless a slice of bread is eaten with real homemade butter. The butter at the Pioneer Museum tastes even better because it is churned by a charming woman dressed in pioneer costume.
	Traditional food	Vetkoek, a kind of deep-fried fritter, and kaiings, a snack resembling pork crackling are prepared over an open fire.
	Roast coffee beans	Taste coffee made from beans roasted at the museum and placed in a bag in the coffee pot.
	Make candles	Make candles with animal fat.
	Grind wheat	See the old water-driven mill grind wheat to bake bread.
	Cure hides	The precious animal hides are cured and carefully made into thongs (ropes), whips and riempies.
	Milking	Visitors can try it themselves!
	Muzzle loader	See the old voorlaaier, the Boer rifle - so necessary in the pioneer struggle to survive tough times - fired.
	Farm animals	Cows, goats, donkeys, chickens, ducks and peacocks roam freely about the farmyard.
	Refreshments	By prior arrangement, the tour ends with a lovely time under the trees where a mug of boeretroos (coffee) or tea and a slice of warm fresh bread and jam are enjoyed. Biltong can be served on the bread. Ginger beer and ginger biscuits can also be requested.