potbrood, noun

/ˈpɔtbrʊət//ˈpɔtbruət/
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, pot pot + brood bread.
pot-bread. Also attributive.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 382Potbrood,..Bread baked in a pot.
1980 Argus 28 Aug. 12‘Potbrood’..is cooked in a hole in the ground in which the fire is made and then raked out to provide an oven. It is a method used by frontier people in many parts of the world and which is still used by keen scouters and other outdoor enthusiasts.
1983 F. Matthée in Sunday Times 18 Sept. (Mag. Sect.) 8We want to bake ‘potbrood’ on the premises, churn our own butter, make konfyt and pickles.
1985 Fair Lady 18 Sept. (Suppl.) 29The sosaties..served with crumbly mealie porridge or potbrood.
1986 C. Kirstein Best S. Afr. Braai Recipes 80Bread..can be a traditionally South African ‘cook-over-the-coals’ bread such as ‘roosterkoek’ or ‘potbrood’.
1986 C. Kirstein Best S. Afr. Braai Recipes 82Potbrood...Knead the dough again, shape it into a round and place it in a well-greased flat cast-iron pot.
1989 Sunday Times 22 Jan. (Mag. Sect.) 49Ester’s Potbrood...Place dough directly into well-greased, flat-bottomed potjie. Brush lid with oil and cover potjie...Place potjie on a few well-burnt-down coals. Push some coals around potjie and place a few on the lid.
pot-bread. Also attributive.
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pot-bread, nounn.Potch, nounn.
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