NOT doing any of the things I wanted to do for this weekend. We could have gone camping, but the crazy lady wanted to ask me PEAK season December holiday prices!! So, in principal, I declined her polite offer to exploit me.
Instead, we will be having a lovely potjiekos at Lee-Anne's house this weekend for the rugby. To anyone reading this, NOT from South Africa, I will explain what potjiekos is:
Potjiekos (Poi-chi-caus) In the pronounciation of our lovely 'Capie' accent, directly translated, means Pot Food. The name very much describes the type of cuisine this is. But Potjiekos should not be understood as Pot Food. It should be accepted as Potjiekos. Just like Spaghetti Bolognase is not Spaghetti. Or Bolognase. It IS Spaghetti Bolognase. Its one concept. Right, movin' along...
Potjiekos can really be anything. Seepotpotjie is calamari, baby squid, prawn, mussels, cream, herbs and whatever else you like to drop in there. Lambpotjie, beefpotjie, biltongpotjie, all of which is self explanatory. Now the difference between our Suffafrikans' beloved potjiekos and normal casserole in the oven is the following:
TIME
THE POT
Potjie gets prepared, fire gets packed (outside please), ingredients are dumped very ceremoniously in a certain order into the cast iron Pot, lid gets put on and then left. For hoooours. It really is a whole day of steaming, and cooking, and drinking. See, thats our perfect excuse for having a potjie... the drinking and catching up with your friends... The whole. day. long. So, at the end of the evening when all are quite sloshed and ravenous, we dive into the pot, slather the food onto a plate and devour with intent. Lovely.
I luuuurve being a Suffafrikan girl!!!
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