Jolan Neni - photo by Nigel A JAMES
Salad Protection
Living within the framework of a life in the country can sometimes be more than our minds can imagine. There are the smells, the noises, and, worst of all, there are the flies and their buzzing. But insects of wing are no match for Jolan, for she can keep them at bay!
Jolan Neni has been living in the depths of the Hungarian countryside for as long as she can remember; and now, with a series of children, grandchildren and now even great grandchildren to her name, she has one or two things that would be good to pass on, and her method for keeping the flies well away is one of the best.
It’s all to do with tomatoes. A long time ago she discovered that her favourite salad component was the one that flies hate the most, and she’s been putting it to good use ever since.
And she began with her pigsty. Jolan Neni discovered that a sprig of tomato, if hung above the entrance to the sty, would, as if by magic, stop the flies flying by and upsetting her pigs. And the results were amazing, lots of very happy pigs!
And happy pigs mean very tasty meat and the same goes for her chickens as well – but it doesn’t stop there. Her eggs are the best that anyone knows, and her fried chicken and chips are simply divine. The smells and the noises of countryside living are one thing, but the solid way of life is exactly the way it should be; our imagination isn’t too wrong.
Jolan Neni is happy, her family is happy, and her animals live happily, too! Tomatoes, it seems, are more than we think!
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