Meanings
plural frikkadels
- uncountableA traditional Afrikaner dish of baked (or sometimes deep-fried) meatballs prepared with onion, bread, eggs, vinegar, and spices.
Lamprais is a Dutch-influenced Sri Lankan original, a banana-leaf package of rice, meat curry, eggplant, frikkadel (a kind of meatball) and shrimp paste.
2013 December 15, Nell McShane Wulfhart, “36 Hours in Colombo, Sri Lanka”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC - countableOne of the meatballs from this dish.
Their passion for food saw them bringing bunny chow and frikkadels to the streets of San Francisco.
2024 February 9, Maxine Peters, “Meat or plant-based? These SA twins joined a Netflix series to test which is better for the body”, in News24, Cape Town: Media24, →OCLC2 more examples
On the brunch menu, that can mean anything from scones or toast coated with Marmite yeast extract to burgers in (monkey-free) monkey gland sauce, or frikkadels, South African meatballs.
2007 March 18, Seth Kugel, “Sampling a Continent at Home”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLCPeople clinked wine glasses with Du Preez as waiters carried plates of South African cuisine like curried frikkadels and lamb sosatie to hungry diners.
2013 December 6, Tom McCarthy, quoting Amanda Holpuch, “Nelson Mandela dies aged 95 – 5 December 2013”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC
Origin
- Dutchfrikadel
- Afrikaansfrikkadel
- Englishfrikkadel
From Afrikaans frikkadel, from Dutch frikadel. Doublet of fricadelle, fricandeau, and frikadelle.
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