Americaner; Chakalaka; Passata; BRAAI BUDDY & Russians, Potjiekos

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Greetings from after a two-supermarket tour of the German Namibian town of Swakopmund.
  Found in the supermarket was Jennifer Lopez on the cover of South African ELLE.  You can't cheat on the wife anywhere.

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AMERICANER

  Found in the bakery, next to the Berliners.  Just a normal cakey thing with glaze on top.

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CHAKALAKA

CHAKALAKA--708 Google hits, 104 Google Groups hits

  This was seen on several food products in both supermarkets.  Not in OED (normally, great on food terminology).


(GOOGLE)
Chakalaka sauce recipe
Try this great Chakalaka sauce recipe! You tongue will never be the same again
after eating this hot and rich sauce. Chakalaka sauce recipe. Ingredients. ...
sdsd.essortment.com/chakalakasauce_oxi.htm - 4k - Cached - Similar pages

FOOD24 : Mushroom boerewors on chakalaka
Mushroom boerewors on chakalaka Ingredients. 1.50 kg beef cubed 1 kg button mushrooms,
saut&eacuteed 500 g spek fat, diced 15 ml salt 5 ml freshly ground black ...
www.food24.co.za/Food24/Components/Recipe_Details/ 0,10439,11963,00.html - 41k - 20 Apr 2004 - Cached - Similar pages

Chakalaka Veg CD ACC South African 30mins plus cooling
Click on a category. Chakalaka Veg CD ACC South African 30mins plus cooling.
Serves 4 Cold Vegetarian Accompaniment S. Africa. Ingredients. 120ml/4fl.oz. ...
www.recipes4us.co.uk/ Accompaniments/Chakalaka%20%20%20%20%20Veg%20%20CD%20%20ACC%20%20South%20African%20%... - 27k - Cached - Similar pages

Amazon.com: Gourmet Food: All Gold Mild & Spicey Chakalaka
... Product Description Product Description Chakalaka is a traditional South
African spicy vegetable side dish or dipping sauce for any meal. ...

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PASSATA

PASSATA--6,070 Google hits, 115,000 Google Groups hits

  Seen on a product here ("Passata--smooth sieved tomatoes") intended for non-Italian speakers.  Not in OED.


(GOOGLE)
What is passata?
icon. Ochef Archive. What is Passata? Advertisement. ... Q. I saw a recipe for
Corsican Beef Stew that calls for 2 Tbsp of Passata. What is passata? ...
www.ochef.com/409.htm - 20k - Cached - Similar pages

Passata is just tomatoes
Passata Passata is just sieved tomato pulp. ... It is easy to make homemade passata:
Any variety of tomato will do, even green if you want tart green sauce. ...
www.hauntedfish.co.uk/~food/recipes/ passata_is_just_tomatoes.htm - 8k - Cached - Similar pages

BBC - Food - Ask the Chef
... Send it to a friend! I have just looked at a recipe which uses passata, but
I have no idea what it is? Please can you help? S Newman, Stevenage, ...
www.bbc.co.uk/food/askthechef/popups/passata.shtml - 39k - Cached - Similar pages

GoodnessDirect - LA Bio Idea Org Passata 700g
LA Bio Idea Org Passata 700g. Passata basically means sieved. ... After sterilization
the passata is bottled, sterilized again in the bottle and then cooled. ...
www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/detail/557463.html - 7k - Cached - Similar pages

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BRAAI BUDDY
by De Waal Davis
illustrated by Colin Daniel
Cape Town: Struik Publishers (www.struik.co.za)
96 pages, paperback
2003

  Get your copy soon at the Bonnie Slotnick cookbook store nearest you (Greenwich Village).

Pg. 60:  Sausages
Bratwurst...
Thuringer...
Bockwurst...
Frankfurter...
Viennas...
Bierwurst...
Russian:  sausage made from coarsely chopped pork and seasoned with salt and paprika
  ("Russians" was spotted at both supermarkets and at least one "hot dog" joint--ed.)

Pg. 64:  POTJIEKOS
  Although typically South African, potjiekos is thought to have originated in Europe during the 80 Year Was (1568-1648), when a shortage of food during the siege of Leiden forced the inhabitants to cook almost anything that they could lay their hands on in one communal pot.   The South African pioneers adopted this method of cooking, not due to a shortage of food, but because it was convenient and it suited their lifestyle of travelling and hunting.