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- noun South Africa A deep-fried ball of dough, usually unsweetened, cut open and filled with various
fillings .
Etymologies
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Examples
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At night, they make camp with the native Xhosa people; huddled by the fire after a typical dinner of meat stew, pumpkin leaves, wild spinach and a dumpling called vetkoek, they listen to tribal folk tales.
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The local bakery had been unable to provide enough bread and church groups had stepped in with "vetkoek" as a substitute.
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Young blacks spoke of fried chicken, vetkoek, quarters (quarter bread loaf with filling) and pap and meat.
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She admitted "helping" foreigners to obtain passports and visas but said she earned her living from selling vetkoek.
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When he asked us why we were in the police van we replied that we had been walking back from the shops with vetkoek and chips which we had bought when the police van had stopped next to us and we had been told to climb into the van otherwise we would be shot.
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We proceeded to the Supermarket where we bought vetkoek (doughnuts) and chips for Alec.
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Steer clear of deep-fried sweet treats, like doughnuts, vetkoek and koeksisters, and rather grill your calamari than fry it, adding flavour with a spicy Cajun sauce.
unknown title 2009
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Steer clear of deep-fried sweet treats, like doughnuts, vetkoek and koeksisters, and rather grill your calamari than fry it, adding flavour with a spicy Cajun sauce.
unknown title 2009
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Steer clear of deep-fried sweet treats, like doughnuts, vetkoek and koeksisters, and rather grill your calamari than fry it, adding flavour with a spicy Cajun sauce.
unknown title 2009
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Steer clear of deep-fried sweet treats, like doughnuts, vetkoek and koeksisters, and rather grill your calamari than fry it, adding flavour with a spicy Cajun sauce.
unknown title 2009
bilby commented on the word vetkoek
'Fat cake', a South African fried doughnut that can be either sweet or savoury.
June 15, 2010