What is a bredie?

For Cloudy:

As Dense rightly says, a bredie is a kind of stew with a malay influence. Tomato Bredie is the best known but Waterblommetjie Bredie is the most interesting flavour of all the Bredies.

I really enjoy cooking and will discuss with you or anyone else, but let's do it here rather than on the Rugby forum. Just click on New Topic to start a thread.

Here is an authentic South African recipe for a Waterblommetjie Bredie.

I would normally have done this dish in what we call a "potjie" (similar to what you would do a "mean boil" in) but I've recently become a bit of a convert to pressure cooking. Slow cooking in minutes rather than hours.

 Slow cooking is the key, it's been my experience as well, also slow cook my curries.

A malva pudding is of Cape Dutch origin. An authentic malva pudding will have apricot in it. Much too sweet and heavy for my taste but yes, a classic South African dish.

A waterblommetjie is a kind of pond weed, directly translated it's a water flower.

I know you can get waterblommetjies in Australia. Not sure about NZ. Not sure what you could substitute.

Cloudy, talk us through a "mean boil". Equipment, ingredients, method etc.

Sounds like a potjie.

We use a three legged pot that we put over the fire and we just keep adding coals. It looks like this:



So I'm guessing your boil-up is our potjie. What about a hangi?

Hangi is a traditional Maori dish I believe. Is it something just Maori cook or pakeha as well?

From what I can tell it's mainly for feasts catering for lots of people. Not really a weekend thing like a braai.

Cajun is my favourite . . . gumbos, jambalayas, blackened steaks, blackened fish etc.

I also like cooking Greek food . . . a meze platter with souvlaki, dolmados, falafel, spanakopita (sp?), keftiko etc.

Chinese . . . Japanese (make my own sushi) . . . all Oriental cuisines . . .

Curries . . . any kind of fish or shellfish . . . Paella!

You?

 Waterblommetjies is also known as Cape Pond Weed or Water Hawthorn. They seem to be available, tinned, in SA shops in NZ http://www.southafricanshop.co.nz/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=93

Ceradunce is right, try something like this Cloudy:

 Cloudy
http://www.food.com/recipe/sunday-stew-for-the-slow-cooker-crock-pot-139909