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Potjie
A lidded, rounded cast-iron pot with three legs, used over open fires and embers across southern Africa. Its African history belongs to the vessel's adoption and use, not a claim of European invention.
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A lidded, rounded cast-iron pot with three legs, used over open fires and embers across southern Africa. Its African history belongs to the vessel's adoption and use, not a claim of European invention.

A closed cast-iron pot used to bake potbrood with heat from the hearth or embers; documented in South African English by 1883 and in a contemporary Namibian recipe.