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| So this is why <s>we</s> (some of us) can cook !
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| [[Augustus Nebel]] was a very accomplished chef. He was the Head Chef at Polly's Hotel in South Africa, which was one of the top hotels in its time.
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| He was also selected to tour South Africa as the chef for the Royal party in 1947 ... see [[Nebel Royalty]]
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| (fix: dads granny) said she once went to visit him at the hotel to give him an urgent message, and saw a table full of drinks in the kitchen - apparently that was the common way of tipping the chef in those days - send him a good drink! Unfortunately it didn't do him well in later life, as he started enjoying them too much !
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