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by Amanda on Apr 10th, 2012
Pieter-Dirk Uys’ alter ego, Evita Bezuidenhout, has been cooking up delicious humour and political satire for decades. Who knew she could cook proper South African kos as well? In this excerpt from Evita’s Kossie Sikelela, we find out just how dear to Evita’s heart melktert is, in a memory she shares:
When I was a little girl at school in Bethlehem in the Orange Free State, I remember how traumatised I was by that picture of the Battle of Blood River that hung on the wall next to my table (I was in Standard Four for 2 years because I’d broken my leg and a snake bit me – twice). Those images of violence and bloodletting were enough to drive me, as a young Christian Afrikaans girl, quite insane. I voted for the NP! No wonder so many of us Afrikaners are so deeply disturbed. And then I was introduced to melktert. It was soft on my pain, candy floss against my fears. Melktert is more than milk and less of a tart. It is that kiss of life from one who knows life to one who needs love. Melktert is the cushion after the traumatic fall from Hell, the duvet of warmth after the avalanche of guilt has frozen your soul. Melktert is the ultimate weapon of sweet destruction. Hand a piece of melktert to the person who confronts you with a gun. You will end up with that gun, leaving the antagonist with another few kilos on his hips.
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by Amanda on May 30th, 2011
Daar is nou wel wonderlike resepte in Tannie Evita Bezuidenhout se kookboek, Evita se Kossie Sikelela (ook beskikbaar in Engels as Evita’s Kossie Sikelela), maar Bezuidenhout het aan Beeld se Leefstyl-bylaag gesê die eintlike sleutel tot sukses in die kombuis is jy!
“Soek die stoof. Skink ’n glasie wyn. Skop af die skoene. Voer die kat in die ander kamer. Kies ’n resep en begin,” stel sy voor. Haar lighartige kookboek is perfek vir hierdie eenvoudige, ontspanne benadering tot kosmaak:
Vertel ons so ’n bietjie van jou kookboek – wat is die kosfilosofie van Evita se Kossie Sikelela?
My kookboek is nie ’n moeilike tesis nie – almal sal dit verstaan al kan hulle nie kook nie, of dink hulle kan nie. Almal kan.
Daar is nie prente van die kos in die boek nie, want wie se kos gaan buitendien so lyk?
Die boek is vol lekker goed wat ’n glimlag sal bring en die kos is alles getoets en die duim-op gegee. Die filosofie is eenvoudig: Kook en geniet!
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by Amanda on Jan 19th, 2011
Today we cook up a lovely recipe from Evita’s Kossie Sikelela, an award-winning recipe book from the domestic goddess with the Boere-chutzpah, Evita Bezuidenhout. Evita’s book caters for every palate, with an array of local dishes (curry frikkadels and brandewynkoek) as well as a variety of international and select dishes especially for vegeterians, diabetics, Jewish and Muslim guests. Enjoy!
Ingredients
For the meatballs: 2 slices of white bread; 500g minced beef or lamb; 1 tbsp ground cumin; 1 egg, lightly beaten; 2 cloves of garlic, crushed; flour for dusting
For the tomato sauce: 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp fennel seeds; 400g tinned tomatoes, chopped; 1 tbsp tomato puree; 1/2 cup water; a pinch of oregano; 1 tsp sugar
Method
For the meatballs: Soak bread in water. Drain and squeeze dry. Put mince in a large bowl with cumin, egg and garlic. Add the bread. Season and mix well. Roll small handfuls into short, thin sausage shapes. Dust lightly with flour. Heat oil in a nonstick pan and fry meatballs in batches until golden all round. Drain on kitchen paper. The meatballs can also be cooked by simmering in the tomato sauce.
For the tomato sauce: Heat olive oil in a large pan. Add cumin and fennel seeds and allow to sizzle for a minute, until quite aromatic. Add tomatoes and water and stir. Add tomato puree, oregano, sugar, salt and pepper and simmer for 10 minutes.
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by Amanda on Jan 10th, 2011
Having just won the Gourmand world cookbook award for the “Best Easy Recipe Book”, it seems that our favourite Tannie, Evita Bezuidenhout, is just going to get better with age. Says Evita, “I am thrilled and delighted at this news and pay a special tribute to Linda Vicquery, who did most of the work while I picked up most of the weight!” Clayton Swanepoel takes a look at Evita’s Kossie Sikelela
Evita Bezuidenhout just gets better and better with age. Her first cookbook, Evita’s Kossie Sikelela, has been announced as the South African winner in the category “Best Easy Recipes Book” at the Gourmand world cookbooks awards for 2010.
The award qualifies Bezuidenhout for the next round and for the “Gourmand Best in the World” award, which will take place in Paris on March 3 on the first day of the Paris Cookbook Fair.
The book was co-written by Linda Vicquery and has sold more than 40 000 copies since its release in March. Of the recognition, Evita said: “I am thrilled and delighted at this news and pay a special tribute to Linda Vicquery, who did most of the work while I picked up most of the weight! Best in South Africa is better than best in the world!”
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by Amanda on Dec 17th, 2010
Evita Bezuidenhout has done it again. Her very first cookbook, Evita’s Kossie Sikelela, of which over 40,000 copies have been sold since the release in March 2010, has just been named the South African winner of the Gourmand World Cookbooks Awards 2010, in the category “Best Easy Recipes Book.”
This qualifies Mrs Bezuidenhout’s book for the next round, in which its peers from all other countries compete for the “Gourmand Best in the World” award. The award ceremony takes place in Paris (France – not Parys in the Free State) on 3 March 2011 on the first day of the Paris Cookbook Fair.
Evita, who is no stranger to fame and the limelight, says: “I am thrilled and delighted at this news and pay a special tribute to Linda Vicquery who did most of the work, while I picked up most of the weight! Best in South Africa is better than best in the world!”
Publisher Frederik de Jager says: “The delight of having to do with Tannie Evita is like standing in the crowd and cheering her along the red carpet. She is glamour and generosity personified and makes magic of everything she touches. And her partner in this book Linda Vicquery is as bounteous in the arts of cooking and drawing as she is in her love of life. Eating one’s way through this entire book couldn’t give greater pleasure than seeing the two of them thus honoured.”
Author royalties from the sale of this book, matched by the publishers, go to the Darling Trust, founded by Pieter-Dirk Uys to serve the community of Darling in the Western Cape through art and culture, education and health.
Praise for Evita’s Kossie Sikelela:
“Utterly delicious” – Horizons
“Evita is a national treasure … the illustrations are close to brilliant … You can’t help loving the old tart, can you?” – Jenny Crwys-Williams, Food & Home Entertaining
“reliable food that will not explode, collapse or fall over” – Mary Jordan, Business Day
“don’t let the laughter give you indigestion” – Patricia McCracken, Farmers Weekly
“a visual feast of spectacular proportions” – Diane de Beer, Pretoria News
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by Amanda on Nov 29th, 2010
Umuzi and Boekehuis have the pleasure of inviting you to an evening with the one and only Evita Bezuidenhout, former ambassador to the independent black homeland Republic of Bapetikosweti and the most famous white woman in South Africa, now bringing laughs and great recipes to your book shelf.
If the road to reconciliation runs through a country’s belly, Evita’s new book, Evita’s Kossie Sikelela / Evita se Kossie Sikelela is a recipe for peace.
“To eat, to love, to sing and to digest, in truth, these are the four acts in this Opera Bouffe that we call life and which vanishes like the bubbles in a bottle of champagne.”
– Rossini
Come celebrate with Boekehuis and Tannie Evita!
Event Details
- Date: Thursday, 02 December 2010
- Time: 5:30 PM for 6:00 PM
- Venue: Boekehuis, Cnr Lothbury & Fawley Sts
Auckland Park
Johannesburg | Map
- RSVP: boekehuis@boekehuis.co.za, 011 482 3609
About Evita Bezuidenhout
Born:
Evita Bezuidenhout was born in Bethlehem in the Orange Free State on 28 September 1935 as Evangelie Poggenpoel. She became Killarney Film Actress in the mid 50′s in films like “Boggel en die Akkedis”, “Meisie van my drome” and “Duiwelsvallei”.
Married:
She married Dr JJ de V Bezuidenhout (Oom Hasie) in 1958. Their children are De Kock, Izan and Billie-Jeanne.
Political Career:
Associated with Parliamentary life as the wife of MP for Laagerfontein in the 60′s and 70′s, she became an intimate friend to HF Verwoerd, Tini Vorster and Eliza Botha. Present at the momentous happenings such as: Macmillan’s speech, Verwoerd’s assassination, Vorster’s rise to power and PW Botha’s coup. She became SA Ambassador to the Independent Black homeland Republic of Bapetikosweti in 1983. Evita assisted Pik Botha in the Total Diplomatic Onslaught on the world during the 80′s.
Family:
Evita is the grandmother to three black children from Billie-Jeanne who married Leroy Makoeloeli. Her son Izan is an active member of the AWB and her other son De Kock is a with the Gay Liberation movement. Her husband is writing his memoirs and her sister, Bambi Kellermann is shocking the nation with her frank cabarets and confessions.
Today:
At present, Evita is and Ambassador without Portfolio, chief liaison person with President Mandela’s office with regard to Afrikaans Cultural Affairs. She is on the committee looking into what to do with the old Symbols of State. She is the best bobotie maker in South Africa. Evita is known for her TV chat show FUNIGALORE, which was her contribution to the RDP: reconstructuring prejudice and developing compassion.
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by Amanda on Nov 26th, 2010
Join us in honouring the most famous lady in South Africa on Friday the 3rd of December. Evita will be talking about her new book, Evita’s Kossie Sikelela, at 19:00 for 19:30 after which she will then be inducted into the illustrious Foxwood Garden of Fame!
In Evita’s Kossie Sikelela, Tannie Evita invites the world to her table where everybody can feast on dishes like green bean bredie, cumin chicken with sweet potatoes, pampoenkoekies, walnut balls and baked apple clowns. And liewe aarde, you will definitely want to try the orange trifle and Tannie’s melktert. Evita is always well prepared and includes recipes for diabetics and vegetarians, Halaal and Kosher dishes, and even recipes to keep as fit as she does.
With a preface by none other than Sophia Loren and richly illustrated by artist Linda Vicquery, this cookbook is a real treat – it also comes with a free poster of Tannie Evita dining with some of her most famous family members.
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- Date: Friday, 03 December 2010
- Time: 7:00 PM for 7:30 PM
- Venue: Foxwood House,
13 5th Street
Houghton
Johannesburg
Gauteng | Map
- RSVP: 011 486 0935
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by Amanda on Sep 23rd, 2010
Evita Bezuidenhout, South Africa’s favourite tannie, manages to balance work and play in the kitchen as she dishes out some advice for friends in high places. For your enemies, putting a plate in front of them is “the right thing to do”. For Julius Malema, she recommends “loads of cholesterol”. Evita urges all South Africans abroad to sample the recipes from her book Kossie Sikelela, so they can bring home the bacon.
“My liewe aarde,” tinkles Tannie Evita as she walks into a crowded room filled with book lovers.
She’s promoting her first cookbook, Evita’s Kossie Sikelela (Random/Struik, R150), which has been cleverly put together with great paintings by artist Linda Vicquery, capturing Evita in the style of different artists stretching from Tretchikoff to Frida Kahlo, as well as good food.
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by Amanda on Aug 26th, 2010
Bambi Kellermann, die “suster” van SA-gunsteling, Evita Bezuidenhout is op pad Kaap toe met haar kabaret “F.A.K. songs & Other Struggle Anthems”. Díe gaan sy saam met Bambi’s Bokkie Band opvoer by die Fugard-teater. Die vertoning open op 31 Augustus 2010.
Bambi Kellermann, die blonde en wulpse “suster” van die bekende karakter Evita Bezuidenhout,is op pad Kaapstad toe. Volglende week al, sal dit lyk of daar lente in die lug en kleur in die stad is.
Of sy “Al die veld is vrolik” gaan sing, weet ’n mens nie, maar die res van die FAK-sangbundel maak ’n groot deel van die ver toning F.A.K. songs & Other Struggle Anthems uit. Dit open op 31 Augusuts in die Fugard-teater waar dit tot 18 September gesien kan word.
Bambi is bekend vir haar vertolkings van liedjies wat skok, vir haar insig in lief en leed, seks en mag. Kortom – sy is ’n kabarettis met lis en soms sommer baie lus.
Haar doen en late word gefiltreer deur wodka en astrantheid, meen “’n goeie vriend” Pieter-Dirk Uys.
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by Amanda on Aug 18th, 2010
Tannie Evita Bezuidenhout knocked ‘em dead last night at the Sefika/Booksellers’ Choice Awards banquet, taking to the mic twice (and changing her outfit at least as many times) to applaud the people at PASA and SABA who bring us books week in and week out; to roast nearly every South African person, place and quirk currently in the news; and to talk about her latest endeavours, which have her travelling all across the land, as usual.
Although her delicious new cookbook, Evita’s Kossie Sikelela, didn’t win the prize for which it was deservedly shortlisted, Evita got her own back on the author who took the gong, John van de Ruit, by displaying a few jewels that she’d received under mysterious circumstances at a dinner with Nelson Mandela some years back. (She only kept the polished sparkles, advising her gifter to take the dirty stones “to the model staying down the hall”.)
Here’s a clip from Evita’s first performance, in which she chats a roomful of booksellers and publishers up about her Kossie Sikelela:
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