Food Help

[seahawkshawn]

I am currently doing a report on South African Food. I was wondering if anyone can give me some ideas as to what is a cultural dish. I have found lots of info about resturaunts and what they serve, but not much on what is served in the home. Can anyone shed some light on this subject?

[yellowdanger]

Originally Posted by seahawkshawn

I am currently doing a report on South African Food. I was wondering if anyone can give me some ideas as to what is a cultural dish. I have found lots of info about resturaunts and what they serve, but not much on what is served in the home. Can anyone shed some light on this subject?

Depends on the culture of the home, bro. I think Pap & sous is pretty standard fare for lots of people. In my house se ate: pizza, pasta, porkchops, peas, patatoes, pears, peaches, papaya and other foods that begin with a p. Also foods that begin with other letters of the alphabet.

[seahawkshawn]

Is there some dish you serve that has meaning to your family. My grandmother has been making turkey noodle soup for 40 years, and her mother used it for just as long. Thank you for all your help.

[ches]

Boerewors, biltong and braaivleis are pretty much standard fare. Then there's the Vleis-Rys-en-Aardappels (meat, rice and potatoes) people. Traditional African food is "pap" or "putu-pap", a stiff porridge made from ground corn rolled into balls and eaten with the hands, usually dipped into some kind of sauce, be it tomato-based (chakalaka) or meat drippings. (This is the "pap en sous" that yellowdanger was talking about.)

South Africa has a diverse climate, which leads to a great variety of fruits and fruit juices; papaya (pawpaw), grenadilla (passion fruit), lietjie/lychee, peach, pear, apricot, mango, orange, grapefruit, naartjie (clementine), tangerine, guava, etc, etc, etc...