Only 128 days 1 hour 50 minutes 5 seconds until Potjie 2013!
Every Labor Day weekend there is a big stirring amongst South Africans in Texas… well… to be honest, it’s much wider than Texas… it’s all over the United States, and in some cases even around the world! Why?
It’s the annual Texas Potjie Festival!
Preparations for this annual “potjiekos” festival begin weeks in advance. Some people make biltong, droëwors, boerewors, bake rusks, koeksisters, and many other traditional goodies in the weeks leading up to it.
People start arriving at the campground on the Friday. Some stay in cabins, others in RVs, and the rest in tents. Then the braai fires are lit and the party is on!
Most people “kuier” (visit) around the braai until the early morning hours on Saturday, catching up on news with all the friends they made at the previous Potjie. Saturday is the boerewors competition, and Saturday evening is the big “sokkie”.
Sunday is the day all the potjiekos competitors have been waiting for! The food preparation starts after church and by the afternoon the whole campground is filled with the wonderful aroma of the various potjies, carefully nursed by their expert creators.
After the judging is over, everyone shares in all the potjies to get real taste of all the hard work of the afternoon.
Don’t miss out on the annual Texas Potjie Festival. It is a blast that you won’t forget anytime soon!
Want to join us this year? Here are the details for the upcoming Texas Potjie Festival.
A note posted on behalf of Denis & Pat Simons from the UK…
Hi the Texas potjie convenors
May the weekend be blessed with warm sunshine and renewal of friendships and may the biltong be dry and tasty and the ‘dop ‘n dam’ be strong. Koesusters and melktert be up to standard and the stories be as bad as usual.
Have a great weekend Fred and Yvonne.
Alles van die beste
Denis & Pat Simons
Well done John & Esme,
You certainly put Texas on the map when it comes to SA,much to California’s loss though,
Keep up the good work
maybe NEXT year…..
luv T & L
A suggestion for a more central location next year: http://www.leisurecamp.net/index.html
Hey, this is so cool…. I live in Napier, South Africa… but would move to the US at the drop of a hat!
Good that exPats are still keeping the home-fires burning there in Texas and elsewhere in the US. Good for you!
Die Suid Afrikaners kan maar net nie sonder braai en potjie nie ek is verbaas om dit te sien maar my hart het sommer trots suid afrikaans gepomp toe ek sien wat julle in Texas doen.Maak nie saak waar ons gaan ons sal altyd probeer om die Afrikana kultuur uit teleef kan net nie bande met moeder land verbreek nie.Geniet julle 2012 Potjie kompetiese of sal ek eerder se SUID AFRIKANER SAAM TREK.Net jammer ek het n bloubul trui op die fotos gesien.