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boerewors en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans boerewors.

Meanings

  1. (South-Africa, countable, uncountable) A type of sausage, usually flavoured with coriander seed, black pepper, nutmeg, cloves and allspice.
    • 2019, Gregory Mthembu-Salter, Wanted Dead and Alive: The Case for South Africa's Cattle, Cover2Cover (face2face), page 48, The poet Antjie Krog has written evocatively about boerewors as the physical manifestation of a well-run farm, with the patriarch and his men raising and providing good-quality meat and the matriarch, armed with a prized, secret family recipe, organising her kitchen staff into the production line required to make the perfect wors.
    • In the halcyon^([sic]) of sausages, if there were such a thing, boerewors would likely be crown prince. 2016, Michael Reid, M: A 24 Hour Cookbook, Bloomsbury Publishing (Absolute Press), page 175:
    • To make truly authentic boerewors you'll need a sausage stuffer and casings. 2010, Steven Raichlen, Planet Barbecue!, Workman Publishing, page 350:

Forms

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Relateds

droewors

Synonyms

boerie · wors