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Can you hear that beast?
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I can hear that beast.
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- Yeah. - Yeah.
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Loud and clear.
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I've been fishing in some remote places, but never in front of an audience of hippos.
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I'm constantly looking over, because those things charge.
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Lonely.
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Yes?
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That thing's getting closer.
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Yes, I can see it.
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We are safe for now.
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Are you sure?
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Yes, yes.
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I'll tell you when to run.
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Lonely, I'm three times heavier than you.
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I don't move that quickly.
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Yes.
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I can see they run faster than you.
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Trust me.
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I am not leaving here until I catch a decent fish.
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Yes, yes.
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Come on, bass.
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I'd like to catch a f****ing fish.
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Come on.
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Oh.
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I think I've got one.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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No. No I haven't.
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- You missed it. - No, no.
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- He's on. - Still on.
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He's still on.
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Yes, yes.
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Pull it back slowly, slowly.
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Good. Oh.
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Good.
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You see?
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Now that is a good one for the...
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- For the chief. - For the chief right.
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He's going to be happy, eh?
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Now Lonely may have caught the most fish, but let's be honest, I caught the biggest.
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I want to save my fish for the chief.
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So I'm taking one of Lonely's back to Zola.
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She might assume that I caught it.
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But if you don't say anything, I won't either.
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Zola.
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Hey!
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We are not empty-handed.
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Oh, look at that.
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I'd like you to scale and gut that guy for me, please.
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Scale and gut it.
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The point here for the week is to hone your Zulu warriors skills.
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Right.
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Braaing is quintessential.
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We're keeping it very plain, very simple, just a little bit of seasoning.
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The ingredients speak for themselves, generally.
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Yeah.
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Which is, you know, in line with tradition, in terms of our flavor profile of Zulu people.
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Gotcha.
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So here I'm making something called ushatini.
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It's a combination of onions and tomatoes, chopped up, which I've got here.
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And I've been mentioning to you how, you know, the Zulu palate is very simplistic.
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Yeah.
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But KZN is the biggest population of Indian people outside of India.
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We do add a touch of chili every now and then.
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Right.
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Because that sort of culture has infiltrated throughout the region.
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So no oil?
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No oil.
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No, no oil.
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Remember, this is Zulu warrior cooking.
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Sure.
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There was no such thing as olive oil available, et cetera.
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So you just went straight on to the fire.
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- Straight on? - On to the fire, yeah.
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So wherever you see the coals at their whitest you'll know that they're the right temperature. - There.
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There you go.
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Good sizzle.
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Wow.
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What's becoming very obvious is that it's very simple.
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That's it.
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This tribal cooking, in a way that it's a huge emphasis on the fish and the meat.
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Yes.
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What's the big no-nos for the chief?
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Zulu people in general do not like their meat rare.
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- I know - Damn.
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- You know, you're Gordon, so you're going to want to give them medium rare. - Damn.
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What would happen if you just try and suggest he takes it medium rare?
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I don't know.
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I've never heard anyone suggest anything to the chief before.
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But you could be the first, Gordon.
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Beautiful.
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Beautiful, fresh piece of fish.
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Wow.
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- Right on there. - Oh my god.
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Hang onto that for me.
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And then I'm going to pop the shatini on top of the flesh.
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Amazing how simple it is.
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And you think of the fierce warrior, in terms of what he stands for, how important he is, and look how simple that is.
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That's it, simple.
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Delicious.
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- Good fishing. - That's delicious.
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Hmm. So good.
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- So good. - But so simple.
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So simple.
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All the ingredients speak for themselves.
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I will see you, I'll see at the end of the week.
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At the end of the week.
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Any tips?
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-Mostly listen and learn. -Right.
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And always remember, the chief is a hard man to please.
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- Gotcha. - Good luck.
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Thank you.
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Sounds like I'll need it.
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