Are fruit sticks a South African thing?

Question

I took some fruit sticks to work, and a dried, rolled mango! The limeys had never seen them before but they went down well. Is this a particularly SA thing? I must admit I have only seen them for sale in the SA shop.... my lifeline here in London....! LOL!!!

Answer 1

Lol Honey I know my Granny use to make them....yummy.xxxx

Answer 2

Ive seen fruit sticks before, meat sticks (bill tong is it ?) is defiantly a south African thing!!!

Answer 3

It is also popular in the Middle Eastern and North African cultures. I have seen Safari dried fruit in the markets here. It must be popular in California too, because I buy a lot of the imported dried fruit from there as well.

Answer 4

Crappies that sounds so Lovely,can I have some pls???

Answer 5

Yes the same as biltong(dried meat) it was mostly for preservation,But the kakies (British soldiers in the Anglo bore war ) also had a sort of dried fruit ,I remember my mom use to make dried fruit rolls and it kept long

Answer 6

you get them all over the world

regards x kitti x

Answer 7

Not sure but h**l you can't beat an Apricot Roll - we should get our kids to eat more of those instead of chocolates - I have enjoyed them my whole life!!!