#bredie

“What on earth?”  I hear my non-indigenous (South African) readers ask.

Little water flowers is the literal translation.  The botanical name is Aponogeton distachyos and they are indigenous to the natural freshwater ponds of the Western Cape Province of South Africa.  Often considered a weed, the leaves float on the water and then, in winter and spring, the buds and flowers pop above the surface.

D6 Eatery

Do yourself a favour and book a table at the D6 eatery in Emmarentia. I was lucky enough to eat there this week with my supper club. They do authentic malay cooking, and they do it really well. I seem to recall hearing that the owners hail from Cape Town, which makes sense, but I was too busy catching up with my girlfriends to ask questions.

D6 Menu

Yum!

It’s wonderful to have friends…

African Slow Cooking: North and South

It was cold this weekend – perfect weather for a slow cooked stew.  Stews are a fantastic, nutritious way to use inexpensive cuts of meat – and they are usually the most flavoursome.

On Saturday, after the market, I decided to make a traditional South African bredie.  A bredie is, essentially, a stew that was made by the Boer folk, and depending on the variation you make, also includes some Malay…

cabbage and lamb bredie for six for under R50

If there ever was a man who could work with a small amount of money and still eat like a king, it was my father, Coen Potgieter. Dad taught us all how to count our pennies without being stingy and taught us the valuable lesson of how to eat like a king on a cash-strapped budget.

Yes, my parents were very smart – they bought their meat in bulk, we packed, marked it with one of those big fat…