Hi Hivers! Yesterday it was an extreme temperature here in Belgium. 35 C is really somewhat here. Now I know that in certain countries it is quite pleasant to have such a temperature, and that people are more used to it there, but here it was a bit too much of a good thing.
I was sitting inside with the air conditioning on, when I received a message from a friend that she was driving to De Spekhoeve, where a summer bar had been opened since yesterday, in the middle of the cornfield.
De Spekhoeve supplies meat from its own pigs, not to wholesalers, but to private individuals. The prices they get from the retail chains are not enough to cover the costs, so they have been selling packages to private individuals for a few months now.
A couple of months ago they also opened a farm shop where you can buy meat, so you don't necessarily have to buy a package of 5 or 10 kilos.
However, everything is nicely vacuum packed, so that it can go straight into the freezer. I have already purchased a few packages of their meat, and then you taste real meat, and not just a processed piece of meat from the supermarket.
That's why the summer bar appealed to me so much, because you can eat a piece of meat from the grill and of course, you can have a refreshing drink. So I went anyway, and it was great!
Started with a nice Belgian beer, and a sandwich with a freshly baked sausage. And yes! You can taste that quality! My friend went for a bacon sandwich, also tasty.
After a while we still wanted something and so my friend had a hamburger with bacon and cheese. I chose the black tripe with some onion in a bun.
Then the farmer himself came to sit with us, by the way, he is the brother of my friend from whom I had received the invitation.
And it turned out to be a bull's eye, because it didn't have to get any busier for them, and they had more than enough people interested in their meat and a drink. Many cyclists also stopped for a drink and they also satisfied the small hunger.
The summer bar will be open every Saturday and Sunday until the beginning of September, of course only when the weather is good.
So when the weather is summery, you now know where to find me during the weekends!
Have a nice Sunday everyone!
The photos were taken by De Spekhoeve and are their property.
[source](https://www.facebook.com/De-Spekhoeve-103782805460419