After Mrs Balls, 15 Foods South Africans Miss Overseas
Many of us hanker after South African food when we are abroad – Mrs. Balls Chutney and biltong immediately come to mind. But there are loads of other foods too, some that make foreigners cringe, either because of the taste (Peppermint Crisp) or the name (pickled fish). Some are very hard to explain (waterblommetjie bredie, bobotie), while others foreigners get just as […]
Many of us hanker after South African food when we are abroad – Mrs. Balls Chutney and biltong immediately come to mind. But there are loads of other foods too, some that make foreigners cringe, either because of the taste (Peppermint Crisp) or the name (pickled fish). Some are very hard to explain (waterblommetjie bredie, bobotie), while others foreigners get just as addicted to as we do (crunchies and Malva Pudding, to name a few). Here are 15 of the foods we miss most (or at least the idea of them).
1. Fish paste.
2. Aromat.
3. Melrose Cheese Spread.
4. Sparletta Pine Nut cold drink.
4. Any kind of food with an Afrikaans or African word in it, like…
or pap/putu/sadza.
5. Rusks.
Make your own – home-made buttermilk rusks recipe.
6. Chili bites.
Make your own – chilli bites recipe.
7. Gem squash.
8. Tennis biscuits.
9. A Don Pedro (or Dom Pedro).
10. Snoek.
Make your own snoek pate (recipe)!
11. Any kind of coffee with chicory in it.
12. Crunchies.
13. Anything with the words “monkey gland” in the name.
14. Koeksusters.
Make your own – traditional Malay koeksisters recipe.
15. Pickled fish.
Make your own – pickled fish recipe.