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Russians and Chips
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Despite the name, the 'Russian' has no Russian origin — it's a thick, paprika-red pork-and-beef sausage inherited from South African corner cafés and grilled fresh at Windhoek takeaways and spaza shops.
A fat, snappy-skinned red sausage is deep-fried or grilled and served alongside a mound of hot, vinegar-and-tomato-sauce-doused chips, usually wrapped in paper for eating on the move.
Why it's made this way: The dish rode into Namibia through the shared café and takeaway culture with South Africa during the apartheid era and stuck around as an after-school and after-work staple in Windhoek's townships and CBD lunch counters.
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