frikkadel S. Afr.
(ˈfrɪkəˌdɛl)
Also fricadel, frickadel, frik(k)adel, frikkadelle, frikkedel.
[Afrikaans. Cf. fricandel, -elle.]
A ball of minced meat, fried or baked; a rissole.
| 1870 [see bobotie]. 1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 178 Frikadels or Frikadeletjes, balls of minced meat and vegetables either fried or baked. 1926 O. Schreiner From Man to Man 330 He bent low over his plate, shovelling in the frikkedel and gravy with his knife. 1946 Cape Times 5 Oct. (Week-end Mag.) 2/5 Fish frikkadel. 1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo vii. 122 Eating frikkadelle laced with rosemary and drinking coffee. |