Braai etiket...

[Stretch]

 Braai'ing is very much a thing of your upbringing. While i enjoy a good braai every now and then, It is not something that I do often..and 9 times out of 10 ..I am going to someone else's house for a braai. We hardly ever had braai's growing up..if any...and I guess that is why. I think the last time I fired up the weber was when my sister was here on holiday in April and I put a pork belly in to roast

[MTBeer]

 Braai'ing is very much a thing of your upbringing. While i enjoy a good braai every now and then, It is not something that I do often..and 9 times out of 10 ..I am going to someone else's house for a braai. We hardly ever had braai's growing up..if any...and I guess that is why. I think the last time I fired up the weber was when my sister was here on holiday in April and I put a pork belly in to roast

well you gave away your lack of braai knowledge right there - a Weber is not a braai.

[Stretch]

well you gave away your lack of braai knowledge right there - a Weber is not a braai.

semantics..everyone uses it as one

[MTBeer]

semantics..everyone uses it as one

just pulling your leg dude. calling a Weber a braai is like calling a Makro special a mountain bike...

[Stretch]

just pulling your leg dude. calling a Weber a braai is like calling a Makro special a mountain bike...

 

dont worry...i know you were...but as you rightly pointed out...i am no expert at braai etiquette

[PhilipV]

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We sit around this thing, then eat of the charcoal braai by 1900 and then sit and kuier long time around this thing again!

Nog 'n rowwe dag in Afrika.

[Plentipotential]

A South African braai is made with newspaper and wood. For those who use webers or blits/charcoal I should tell you to tear up your man card right now, however I suspect that you would get paper cuts on those little fingers!

[PhilipV]

I also don't like eating late. I have a big braaier, so I make fire until long after we've eaten. If you want to dine and dash then it's fine. If you want to stay for coffee or a nightcap then it usually gets very lekker.

 

My golden rule: when you are someone's guest, don't meddle with his Braai. His house, his rules.

It is okay to take tjops to a guy who has a habit of ruining steak though.

[Skott5]

 

Some Rib Eye I tanned this weekend 

[PhilipV]

A South African braai is made with newspaper and wood. For those who use webers or blits/charcoal I should tell you to tear up your man card right now, however I suspect that you would get paper cuts on those little fingers!

I see you're in Gauteng. You have lovely dry wood there.

In the Cape the wattle or rooikrans I'd usually green still, my gas fire starter removes a lot of hassle.

I once had to use 2 newspapers, a candle and half a liter of lamp oil to get a rooikrans fire started, for one pack of wors. Totally worth it.

[scotty]

Brings back memories

 

[Long Wheel Base]

Went to a braai once. A friend of my wife and her husband. Was skeptical from the word go as I have never know this couple to be the braai type. Rocked up, met other new people. One oke was a chef and works on a cruise ship, He was a lekker oke, had so many cool stories. Anyway we get there and I end up doing all the braaiing with Marcus(the chef) which I didn't mind. It was a bring n braai(also something that doesn't happen at my house, I invite you for a braai then I supply!!) We get all sorts of weird meat to braai and all these request to how it must be done, yeah we don't care I am doing the meat how the chef says it must be done. I bought lekker skaap tjoppies and was looking forward to my lekker skaap tjoppies. Due to the quantity of meat and this couple not really being good at entertaining we had 2 containers to put the meat on. Naturally Marcus and myself where the last to sit down to eat and I was highly p!$$ed off to find out that these 2 containers had been passed around and everyone just took what they wanted. I was left with some skinny wors that could only be described as what I would think road kill tastes like. Needless to say we don't really socialise with those 2 poepols anymore.

[MTBeer]

Went to a braai once. A friend of my wife and her husband. Was skeptical from the word go as I have never know this couple to be the braai type. Rocked up, met other new people. One oke was a chef and works on a cruise ship, He was a lekker oke, had so many cool stories. Anyway we get there and I end up doing all the braaiing with Marcus(the chef) which I didn't mind. It was a bring n braai(also something that doesn't happen at my house, I invite you for a braai then I supply!!) We get all sorts of weird meat to braai and all these request to how it must be done, yeah we don't care I am doing the meat how the chef says it must be done. I bought lekker skaap tjoppies and was looking forward to my lekker skaap tjoppies. Due to the quantity of meat and this couple not really being good at entertaining we had 2 containers to put the meat on. Naturally Marcus and myself where the last to sit down to eat and I was highly p!$$ed off to find out that these 2 containers had been passed around and everyone just took what they wanted. I was left with some skinny wors that could only be described as what I would think road kill tastes like. Needless to say we don't really socialise with those 2 poepols anymore.

important rule for a bring and braai - never take decent meat, unless you are going to braai it yourself and eat it straight from the fire. The good stuff always ends up in someone elses plate.

[Long Wheel Base]

well you gave away your lack of braai knowledge right there - a Weber is not a braai.

While I fully agree with you, For me, during the week when I am pressed for time as I have a toddler that hits the wall shortly after 18h00, I need to have to meat sorted by 17h30ish so the convenience of a weber suits me. Weekends is a different story though.

Although we use the weber and its rotiserie function sometimes and it beats the oven that's for sure.

My house has a built in Gas braai in the entertainment area (I bought it like that), Still wondering what to do with that thing as it will probably never get used.

[Patchelicious]

A braai isn't a braai if meat actually gets braaied.

[mon-goose]

if it's going to be a large group of people for a bring and braai I usually take wors and maybe lamb chops. I don't take anything I'd be sad to loose. Most of the time people stick to what they bring but if lots of people bring lamb chances are good I won't get my piece. So it works for and I'm happy. On the odd occasion I take something better I make sure I'm at the braai and get my meat when it's done.