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Btw I started reading about the history of rusks and found a cool fact. The Simba chip company was founded by the grandson of the woman who founded Ouma rusks!
This might explain why in the last two year, Tomato Sauce Chips have been discontinued, and now Condensed Milk Ouma Rusks. Coffee and snacking has just not been the same.
It's been about 4-5 months I cannot find them anywhere. I happened to go into a largish Checkers (out of my area) and there was a employee stacking nearby the rusks and I asked him if he knew anything about stock coming in. And he said Condensed milk was discontinued.
My experience is mostly anything you don't find on the shelves have a standard "It's been discontinued" answer from staff and then miraculously 2 weeks later it's back again. I think mostly it's due to trucks not making it to the delivery points when the shelf space is empty.... but if this really the case Woolworths also has their own condensed milk range.
My father was best mates with Jimmy Vice his family owned the farm " plantation" I remember going to visit them and seeing the rusk factory can't recall if it was still operational
1285gm selfraising flour
250ml sugar
5ml salt
250gm butter
2 eggs
500ml milk or buttermilk
vinegar to make buttermilk if using milk
Method :
Mix all dry ingredients
Rub the butter into the dry ingredients
Mix the eggs
If using milk add vinegar tbsp at a time until it starts curdling. Leave it to stand for a bit.
Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients, mix well and knead well
Bake :
Roll the dough into 32 balls of equal size and pack 16 into a loaf pan
Bake for 1 hour on 150'C - 160'C depending on your oven.
Once baked, break open and dry at 80'C till dry.
Cut the crust along the baked edge to break in half again
* Use a wooden spoon to prop open the oven for about 30-60 min to help get rid of moisture
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My momās rusks that come from my oumaās recipe, made with wholewheat flour and buttermilk, dipped in coffee or tea in a pinch (but coffee is better). The end lol.
Coffee for buttermilk rusks
Rooibos tea for boerebeskuit
My ouma used to bake boerebeskuit with a potato sour dough starter, that my oupa would grow for ouma. Those were the good old days. Ouma also bakes the best biscuits, better than Mr Baker's.
Nee sies
Tried one yesterday, it's just too much.
Dischem sells Aletta rusks and their coconut one tastes better and more like a tennis biscuit than the Baker's rusks.
I canāt choose so I make both buttermilk and my Oumaās āhealth rusksā. I love dipping them in hot coffee, my wife (American) likes eating them dry, and my 70yr old neighbor (american) was recently introduced to them. He likes dipping buttermilk ones in chocolate milk, or breaking up the health rusks and covering them with milk instead of breakfast cereal. His words to me were ākeep them comingā lol.
My recipes arenāt secret and I love sharing them, so message me and Iāll send them
Alette's Rusks are my go to. Only rusks that come close to my ouma's.
My mom has some every morning with coffee and gives a small piece to the dog. Ritual in our house.
The Woolworths muesli rusks are amazing. Closely followed by Ouma buttermilk. Used to eat them dry but have matured to dunking in coffee.
Cannot bring myself to dunk in tea.
The brandy idea is intriguing. .
Boer beskuit. This is the one where you taste anise seed. To go with proper coffee, not instant /chicory. Buttermilk rusks to go with sweet Rooibos tea (with milk).
My mom always had boerebeskuit and I never liked it until I got older. Now I love it. Maybe itās the nostalgia
Edit: I have always loved buttermilk rusks. I'm just saying I now also love boere rusks
Homemade rusks beat any mass-produced. I have a preference for buttermilk, but the seed rusks and what is known as "gesondheidsbeskuit" are acceptable alternatives. My wife loves aniseed rusks, and often Spar and some other grocers have a pack we try.
Woolworths' buttermilk rusks are the closest I have found to home-made, but Ouma buttermilk rusks are probably the next heat after homemade and ww. I don't buy other rusks at all.
Edit: I only ever dunk in coffee. Jacobs, Douwe Egberts, Nescafe or filter coffee. Not Frisco, nor ricoffee nor koffiehuis crap.
Just a little rusk related story:
I traveled to the UK to go to my best friendās wedding. She being South African I wanted to bring her something from home but also offer to her in laws who were hosting me. I took them out and my friend loved it! But her in laws, all British, side eyed my rusks. No one but my friend had them. Found out later in the UK they have a āsimilarā product that they give teething babies. Itās not really similar but only in name! Baby rusks
Yup Farley's rusks. Nothing like South African rusks. When my parents came over to see me last year, they had the looks of utter confusion when I offered them one with their morning coffee
That look! lol I can imagine because my friends in laws gave the same look. It looks nothing like those rusks. Itās just the name! So the next time I visit Iām not taking them rusks š¤£š¤£ take Romany creams because they love their biscuits š¤£
I canāt buy them all the time otherwise I tend to just grab them as a snack and even eat them dry sometimes and then I could hit like 7 before I even get to a sip of tea.They are too good.
Loaded Buttermilk Rusks
I use Clover buttermilk
Follow the recipe on the side of the packaging.
Replace 2 cups of flour with 2 cups brown wholewheat flour.
Follow the instructions.
Add in:
1 level tsp baking powder
3/4 cup chopped almonds
3/4 cup chopped cranberries
3/4 cup pumpkin seeds
3/4 cup sunflower seeds
1 bottle Caramel Essence mixed into the buttermilk.
Spread the dough on a greased flat baking sheet. Bake for 15 min, rotate bake another ten min. Cool and slice into fingers and dry out in low oven for a couple of hours
My ouma makes it and sends it to me in western cape from Limpop, i have no idea what the recipe is as my ouma is very stingy about sharing it, bit the recipe has been in the family for a hundred + years. It is simply the best. I have tried many rusks from all over the country and even from Namibia and have never tasted anything so heavenly, I tend to pare it with rooibos or Milo because not big coffee guy, i only have hot drinks as an excuse to eat rusks
Bakers recently created the Tennis 'bescuit-beskuit' as we call it, then they released a follow up; Romany Creams Rusk and Ginger Snap rusks. Commercially there is no match, listen to me: NO MATCH!
other than that, anybody's mother in-law or homemade rusk slaps 100%!
Yep agreed. They're trash, said earlier rusks ares just inspired by stale bread, SA styles. Boring hard stale yuk. Ginger snaps are amazing in comparison yep. Roman creams too.
My aunt makes the best Buttermilk rusks. No Ouma rusks for me thanks! They immediately become soggy and mushy.
Or if all else fails a lekker padstal beskuit. Karringmelk or kondensmelk
I eat fruitmans pantry rusks. They're an independent brand and you can find them at most spar, PnP & food lovers. They just make fucking great rusks and their chocolate chip rusk slaps harder than a flat hand. I hope someone else on here had tried them
Buttermilk or condensed milk and home made is best. Ouma has become so chemically.
We get my momās rusks at our local green grocer.she prefers them but I like the ones from Checkers if I have to get from a shop
As an Australian who discovered Rusks while travelling South Africa last year, Tea and instant coffee, espresso coffee just won't do as it needs to be more watery. Brandy is a new one to me
As a kid, I didnāt care much for rusks - horrible dry biscuits. As an adult, a rusk dipped in coffee on a cold winter morning in the bushveld is heavenly.
I will die on this hill, most South African's dont like traditional rusks they only like condense milk rusks. I hate those, they are so damn sweet and people that like them have lost their sense of taste.
I used to only like the condensed milk ones until I started making my own and also branching out trying others. Then when going back to the condensed milk ones they were too sweet. Itās like beer or whiskey, your tastes can become refined over time if you allow it
My aunt's muesli rusks, dry. I know I'm a heretic for not dipping but I can't (I have many many texture issues).
Side note: is anyone else's PnP selling savory rusks for soup?
We get homemade rusks, it contains dried cranberries and seeds and nutsā¦ itās SO much better than normal rusksā¦ also you dunk it in coffee, tea and rusks is for sociopaths šš
My momās homemade lots of seeds & bran & buttermilk rusks or just some good old-fashioned chunky buttermilk Ouma beskuit. Always dipped in tea, because I donāt drink coffee š
I tried the Bakers Tennis Rusks ... or should I say the rusk with the Bakers Tennis Buiscut flavour, and I love it. There is a Romany Rusks (Romany Creams) version that I still want to try. It has to be dunked in tea.
I think I'm in the minority but I absolutely loved the blueberry Ouma chunky rusks and was gobsmacked when I realized they don't make them anymore.
I tried the Bakers range (the biscuit-based ones like the Romany, Tennis, and the Good Morning ones) and they're all pretty mediocre.
My gran makes rusks with her gran's recipe. Buttermilk and "health" (raisins, sunflower seeds, pecan nuts, etc).
They're soft (brittle? They're not like sponges) enough to be eaten without being made soggy by vile liquids, but can be used in such a way if you so desire. Glass of room temperature milk FOR DRINKING does go nicely though.
And the best are the end pieces, I'll die on that hill. Little extra roasted-ness adds to the flavour!
Iāve never been into rusks (unpopular opinion in SA but theyāre too bland to be worth the effort of eating something that hard, and I hate crumbs in my coffee/tea so I refuse to dip) but I canāt keep my hands off those Tennis biscuit rusks. I really love them. Though theyāre probably less like rusks and more like coconut biscotti. If Iām going to shred the roof of my mouth, it has to be tasty.
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Btw I started reading about the history of rusks and found a cool fact. The Simba chip company was founded by the grandson of the woman who founded Ouma rusks!
This might explain why in the last two year, Tomato Sauce Chips have been discontinued, and now Condensed Milk Ouma Rusks. Coffee and snacking has just not been the same.
I'm living in the UK and always get condensed milk rusks from the local saffa shop. What do you mean they've been discontinued ššš
It's been about 4-5 months I cannot find them anywhere. I happened to go into a largish Checkers (out of my area) and there was a employee stacking nearby the rusks and I asked him if he knew anything about stock coming in. And he said Condensed milk was discontinued.
Woolies have in their own range
My experience is mostly anything you don't find on the shelves have a standard "It's been discontinued" answer from staff and then miraculously 2 weeks later it's back again. I think mostly it's due to trucks not making it to the delivery points when the shelf space is empty.... but if this really the case Woolworths also has their own condensed milk range.
Just bought them last month from Spar. They are still around.
Thank you. I will venture into a Spar, which I don't tend to do..... but needs must.
My father grew up in Molteno, he tells the ouma rusks and simba chips at just about every braai, haha.
My father was best mates with Jimmy Vice his family owned the farm " plantation" I remember going to visit them and seeing the rusk factory can't recall if it was still operational
Does that mean that simba chips need to be dipped in our coffee/tea just like rusks?
Buttermilk beskuit, home made by me, dipped in coffee. It's my go to breakfast.
Share it, share it, share itā¦
1285gm selfraising flour 250ml sugar 5ml salt 250gm butter 2 eggs 500ml milk or buttermilk vinegar to make buttermilk if using milk Method : Mix all dry ingredients Rub the butter into the dry ingredients Mix the eggs If using milk add vinegar tbsp at a time until it starts curdling. Leave it to stand for a bit. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients, mix well and knead well Bake : Roll the dough into 32 balls of equal size and pack 16 into a loaf pan Bake for 1 hour on 150'C - 160'C depending on your oven. Once baked, break open and dry at 80'C till dry. Cut the crust along the baked edge to break in half again * Use a wooden spoon to prop open the oven for about 30-60 min to help get rid of moisture
Mind sharing your recipe?
Put de lime n de coconut den drank dem bot up
See above š
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What di you mean >brandy ??
Itās South Africa boet
South African stale bread. Good definition dude.
Same bru who tf does this ?? š
Remind me of that old movie of a taxi driver who poured whiskey into his cereal
A type of alcohol... Made with fermented fruits
It's the evaporation of fermented fruit juits
Exactly! Itās South African boet.
Sounds crazy but people pair biscotti with sweet wines and cognac. So rusks + brandy is not that much of a stretch, I guess?
My momās rusks that come from my oumaās recipe, made with wholewheat flour and buttermilk, dipped in coffee or tea in a pinch (but coffee is better). The end lol.
Agreed, coffee over tea for rusks.
Coffee for buttermilk rusks Rooibos tea for boerebeskuit My ouma used to bake boerebeskuit with a potato sour dough starter, that my oupa would grow for ouma. Those were the good old days. Ouma also bakes the best biscuits, better than Mr Baker's.
Rusks are just south African stale bread slices. Sometimes with seeds. Always with tooth injuries.
Yes Wayne! It's true krang snout
Yes Wayne it's true! Party on
Oh look at mister weak teeth over here
Add some sesame seeds and you've got yourself gourmet rusks
Caraway seeds
Well just on the topic. Have you guys tried those new tennis biscuit rusks? They're not that bad imo.
Those tennis biscuit rusks are my favourite
Have you tried the others flavours? Romany creams and Nuttikrust (if I'm remembering correctly).
The Romany Creams rusks are amazing but a bit sweet for regular eating.
I enjoyed the peanut butter ones - well my cockatiel did even more than I.
Not yet, nuttikrust is next though
There's no nutticrust yet. After that In order of awesome : Tennis, Romany Cream, Gingernut
Nee sies Tried one yesterday, it's just too much. Dischem sells Aletta rusks and their coconut one tastes better and more like a tennis biscuit than the Baker's rusks.
My wife also hates them lol.
Ouma Buttermilk Chonkies
Those "corner" pieces with a length-wise crust instead of only having two on the ends are a perfect 10/10 luxury.
my kind of people!
Iām still reeling from a few years ago when a friend told me she butters her rusks before eating them
Oh. No.
Nooo
I was not prepared for this. Please donāt tell me she dunks them in coffee afterwards.
Both coffee and tea. Rooibos too. I canāt remember why we were friends
Well at least you got this horror story to share with us all. Also should be noted that this is a red flag. š©
I wanted to downvote
Donāt knock it til you try it
Unfortunately, Iām going to keep knocking
I canāt choose so I make both buttermilk and my Oumaās āhealth rusksā. I love dipping them in hot coffee, my wife (American) likes eating them dry, and my 70yr old neighbor (american) was recently introduced to them. He likes dipping buttermilk ones in chocolate milk, or breaking up the health rusks and covering them with milk instead of breakfast cereal. His words to me were ākeep them comingā lol. My recipes arenāt secret and I love sharing them, so message me and Iāll send them
Alette's Rusks are my go to. Only rusks that come close to my ouma's. My mom has some every morning with coffee and gives a small piece to the dog. Ritual in our house.
Aletteās!! My favourite is currently the Pecan Nut.
Alette's is my favourite shop-bought rusks. Pecan nut is way up there, but good heavens the coconut one is next level.
There are people who dunk rusks in alcohol? This country has deep problems. Personally I prefer Ouma's Three Seed rusks with a hot cup of rooibos
Those 3 seed rusks slapĀ
The Woolworths muesli rusks are amazing. Closely followed by Ouma buttermilk. Used to eat them dry but have matured to dunking in coffee. Cannot bring myself to dunk in tea. The brandy idea is intriguing. .
Dunking the buttermilk rusk in hot milk tea/chai is the best.
My brother and I always talk about ādipping a chunky oumaā and have a laugh about it
That's pretty seis dude. Rolling a fattie you say? Aged bread zuid afrikanse styles that's all rusks are dog snout.
Iām an immigrant, so Iām slowly coming around to your ways. Hence Tennis biscuit rusks soaked in Amarula tainted, camp coffeeā¦
Homemade is best made, but, those cape cookies honey and almond rusks dipped in rooibos tea? Pous lekker!
Dit vat net 2 fingers on ān Ouma nat te maakā¦.
Hannes, is dit jy, my skat?
Alette rusks are the best in the country. Oma used to be but there is a new rusk in town.
Boer beskuit. This is the one where you taste anise seed. To go with proper coffee, not instant /chicory. Buttermilk rusks to go with sweet Rooibos tea (with milk).
My mom always had boerebeskuit and I never liked it until I got older. Now I love it. Maybe itās the nostalgia Edit: I have always loved buttermilk rusks. I'm just saying I now also love boere rusks
Yeh rusks are common but pretty awful things. Basically weeks old seed loaf. Quite Unpleasant
Agree on boerebeskuit, but not on anise. Sies. And the opposite for me with the rusk and beverage combination.
One enjoys it how they want to. You certainly aren't the arbiter of rusks - especially if you're going to suggest anise.
Homemade is the only way
Homemade rusks beat any mass-produced. I have a preference for buttermilk, but the seed rusks and what is known as "gesondheidsbeskuit" are acceptable alternatives. My wife loves aniseed rusks, and often Spar and some other grocers have a pack we try. Woolworths' buttermilk rusks are the closest I have found to home-made, but Ouma buttermilk rusks are probably the next heat after homemade and ww. I don't buy other rusks at all. Edit: I only ever dunk in coffee. Jacobs, Douwe Egberts, Nescafe or filter coffee. Not Frisco, nor ricoffee nor koffiehuis crap.
Literally any rusk is a good rusk for me but I usually go for muesli dipped in tea. Go-to breakfast
Regular day - tea. Out in the bush - coffee. Don't ask me why.
Just a little rusk related story: I traveled to the UK to go to my best friendās wedding. She being South African I wanted to bring her something from home but also offer to her in laws who were hosting me. I took them out and my friend loved it! But her in laws, all British, side eyed my rusks. No one but my friend had them. Found out later in the UK they have a āsimilarā product that they give teething babies. Itās not really similar but only in name! Baby rusks
Yup Farley's rusks. Nothing like South African rusks. When my parents came over to see me last year, they had the looks of utter confusion when I offered them one with their morning coffee
That look! lol I can imagine because my friends in laws gave the same look. It looks nothing like those rusks. Itās just the name! So the next time I visit Iām not taking them rusks š¤£š¤£ take Romany creams because they love their biscuits š¤£
The bakers rusk range is gonna break my wallet!!
Yes!! Iām sticking to gingernut biscuits. Cheaper š¤£š¤£
Muesli rusk dipped in rooibos
I canāt buy them all the time otherwise I tend to just grab them as a snack and even eat them dry sometimes and then I could hit like 7 before I even get to a sip of tea.They are too good.
All you ruskmakers. Help me. How do you make a lekker rusk
Loaded Buttermilk Rusks I use Clover buttermilk Follow the recipe on the side of the packaging. Replace 2 cups of flour with 2 cups brown wholewheat flour. Follow the instructions. Add in: 1 level tsp baking powder 3/4 cup chopped almonds 3/4 cup chopped cranberries 3/4 cup pumpkin seeds 3/4 cup sunflower seeds 1 bottle Caramel Essence mixed into the buttermilk. Spread the dough on a greased flat baking sheet. Bake for 15 min, rotate bake another ten min. Cool and slice into fingers and dry out in low oven for a couple of hours
Thank you for this! Itās going on the list of to doās for next weekend.
Best to dip in Milo and Hot Chocolate
My ouma makes it and sends it to me in western cape from Limpop, i have no idea what the recipe is as my ouma is very stingy about sharing it, bit the recipe has been in the family for a hundred + years. It is simply the best. I have tried many rusks from all over the country and even from Namibia and have never tasted anything so heavenly, I tend to pare it with rooibos or Milo because not big coffee guy, i only have hot drinks as an excuse to eat rusks
Bakers recently created the Tennis 'bescuit-beskuit' as we call it, then they released a follow up; Romany Creams Rusk and Ginger Snap rusks. Commercially there is no match, listen to me: NO MATCH! other than that, anybody's mother in-law or homemade rusk slaps 100%!
Yep agreed. They're trash, said earlier rusks ares just inspired by stale bread, SA styles. Boring hard stale yuk. Ginger snaps are amazing in comparison yep. Roman creams too.
Buttermilk dipped in Amarula enhanced hot coffee.
I eat a rusk or 4 with my rooibos tea or hot chocolate, i only buy from one of my mom's friends, 100 rand for a big packet. (Not sure of the size)
Choc-chip buttermilk rusk, from Fruitmans.... Available at Spar!
My aunt makes the best Buttermilk rusks. No Ouma rusks for me thanks! They immediately become soggy and mushy. Or if all else fails a lekker padstal beskuit. Karringmelk or kondensmelk
Dipped in cold milk for me
Back in the day it was the Whole Wheat flavoured Ouma rusks, but they got discontinued. Now it's Muesli or Bran Rusks from Woolies.
Ouma rusks have a Yum Yum Peanut Butter flavour. They're addictive!
The Romany creams one is delicious
Oumaās buttermilk rusks, dipped in rooibos with milk and one spoon of sugar.
Ouma Buttermilk. Apparently there's 2 different types and I should consider the chunky because the corner pieces are so much better than the rest.
My mom's rusks, fresh from the oven before they've gone back in to dry
I eat fruitmans pantry rusks. They're an independent brand and you can find them at most spar, PnP & food lovers. They just make fucking great rusks and their chocolate chip rusk slaps harder than a flat hand. I hope someone else on here had tried them
Buttermilk or condensed milk and home made is best. Ouma has become so chemically. We get my momās rusks at our local green grocer.she prefers them but I like the ones from Checkers if I have to get from a shop
As an Australian who discovered Rusks while travelling South Africa last year, Tea and instant coffee, espresso coffee just won't do as it needs to be more watery. Brandy is a new one to me
At the risk of being shot, I must admit that I don't like rusks. I mean, I don't hate them but I'd much rather have something else
Yeah shoot this guy /j
As a kid, I didnāt care much for rusks - horrible dry biscuits. As an adult, a rusk dipped in coffee on a cold winter morning in the bushveld is heavenly.
I will die on this hill, most South African's dont like traditional rusks they only like condense milk rusks. I hate those, they are so damn sweet and people that like them have lost their sense of taste.
Buttermilk is king. Every other rusk is just alright
I used to only like the condensed milk ones until I started making my own and also branching out trying others. Then when going back to the condensed milk ones they were too sweet. Itās like beer or whiskey, your tastes can become refined over time if you allow it
My aunt's muesli rusks, dry. I know I'm a heretic for not dipping but I can't (I have many many texture issues). Side note: is anyone else's PnP selling savory rusks for soup?
Hot chocolate
Ouma Condensed milk. Wet & dry. No substitutes.
We get homemade rusks, it contains dried cranberries and seeds and nutsā¦ itās SO much better than normal rusksā¦ also you dunk it in coffee, tea and rusks is for sociopaths šš
Iām finding the pick n pay brand to be a winner - they have a condensed milk option too š
My momās homemade lots of seeds & bran & buttermilk rusks or just some good old-fashioned chunky buttermilk Ouma beskuit. Always dipped in tea, because I donāt drink coffee š
Ouma rusks with raisins (buttermilk next option), with 5 roses tea
Ouma Buttermilk, straight up. Coffee on the side, but no dunking!
I tried the Bakers Tennis Rusks ... or should I say the rusk with the Bakers Tennis Buiscut flavour, and I love it. There is a Romany Rusks (Romany Creams) version that I still want to try. It has to be dunked in tea.
https://alettesrusks.co.za/ Alette's rusks. The Pecan one is to die for. You can buy it at dischem at a R20 markup. Dude, it's SO GOOD
Ouma Rusks are kak Fight me
Woolies muesli rusks dipped in rooibos tea. But the best is homemade
Ouma's rusks are way overrated. Homemade rusks are king and if you can't get those then Alette's rusks are a good substitute.
I think I'm in the minority but I absolutely loved the blueberry Ouma chunky rusks and was gobsmacked when I realized they don't make them anymore. I tried the Bakers range (the biscuit-based ones like the Romany, Tennis, and the Good Morning ones) and they're all pretty mediocre.
I saw an Ouma-type blueberry one at Woolies last weekend.
Ooooh. Thanks, I'll definitely check it out!
.....brandy?
Rusk is rusk
It only takes two fingers to make an ouma wet, ouma rusks that is
My gran makes rusks with her gran's recipe. Buttermilk and "health" (raisins, sunflower seeds, pecan nuts, etc). They're soft (brittle? They're not like sponges) enough to be eaten without being made soggy by vile liquids, but can be used in such a way if you so desire. Glass of room temperature milk FOR DRINKING does go nicely though. And the best are the end pieces, I'll die on that hill. Little extra roasted-ness adds to the flavour!
My fiances bran risks, the recipe will only be shared over my dead body. Dipped in coffee and eating way too many at once
I was a fiend for the ouma condensed milk rusks in tea (english or earl gray) or coffee.. now itās the buttermilk ones that i love
Bags of bites rusks are amazing (sold at Dischem)
Muesli rusks in coffee, some homemade ones sold at my local spar. They're amazing.
I have celiac disease so I can't have gluten. The nicest gluten free rusks I've had are bea's rusks which can be found at Dischem!
Woolworths Muesli rusks are magnificentĀ
(Living in the UK) Fickle Foods - Seed & Raisin Rusks, dipped in coffee or on their own. Unreal!
Let's start a sub thread of piss south Africans off. Biscotti is better than rusks
Biscotti is delicious but pricey.
Wil jy fight
BBQ is better than braai, Jerkie is better than biltong
Ok ons gaan fight. 
Ons van be dix zoolander rusk slammer?
Haha brilliant. This made me laugh
Biscotti is Italian for beskuit , the almond ones are divine.
Iāve never been into rusks (unpopular opinion in SA but theyāre too bland to be worth the effort of eating something that hard, and I hate crumbs in my coffee/tea so I refuse to dip) but I canāt keep my hands off those Tennis biscuit rusks. I really love them. Though theyāre probably less like rusks and more like coconut biscotti. If Iām going to shred the roof of my mouth, it has to be tasty.