The Official Braai Thread

Tue Sep 07, 2021 5:23 am

I quite like watching his videos...............

I've seasoned steak a few hours before, didn't taste much difference. He recommends days before.................................

Sauce, he rests his meat..............................

Tue Sep 07, 2021 5:50 am

Had an impromtu braai on Saturday. Did a fillet and a few other things. I swear fillet always tastes better the next day, it made for a lekker Sunday dinner with the F1 on

Tue Sep 07, 2021 7:45 am

Chilli wrote: Tue Sep 07, 2021 5:23 am I quite like watching his videos...............

I've seasoned steak a few hours before, didn't taste much difference. He recommends days before.................................

Sauce, he rests his meat..............................

Saw the pan fry then lost interest. But did listen to what he said....I never use a thermometer....3 minutes a side on hot coals and done for a one inch steak...a thicker one I add a 1 or more depending on thickness....I rest it for as long as I cook it in a 50 to 60 degrees enviroment ( either a tray close to the coals on your bottom braai door or above the heat off the coals and direct heat ) and thats where the heat goes through the meaty part ( rare ) but doesn't cook it. NOTHING WORSE THAT A COLD BLUE SECTION. I always season for at least 30 minutes before I cook....basically the time it takes to get the coals right after lighting....thats when I season...I season with garlic powder , salt and Ground black pepper., I am liberal with that so it takes some grinding.
Then I set my timer on my phone and trust it. If your coals are right and you have trimmed off excess fat thats going to cause flare ups you can leave it and relax...some burning is not a bad thing.

Sun Sep 12, 2021 5:56 am

Whole beef fillet, pepper sauce, Chinese BBQ pork belly sosaties, salad, beetroot salad and garlic bread after the rugby.

Sun Sep 12, 2021 6:16 am

Resting good steak is rubbish.

Mon Sep 13, 2021 5:33 am

Chilli wrote: Sun Sep 12, 2021 5:56 am Whole beef fillet, pepper sauce, Chinese BBQ pork belly sosaties, salad, beetroot salad and garlic bread after the rugby.

I fukken nailled that fillet.

Mon Sep 13, 2021 5:34 am

sorCrer wrote: Sun Sep 12, 2021 6:16 am Resting good steak is rubbish.

Yes Gordon.

Mon Sep 13, 2021 5:36 am

Don't know about you guys but my braai after yesterday's match wasn't as much fun as I'd hoped

Mon Sep 13, 2021 6:04 am

assfly wrote: Mon Sep 13, 2021 5:36 am Don't know about you guys but my braai after yesterday's match wasn't as much fun as I'd hoped

i lost all pluck....settled for takeaways rather

Mon Sep 13, 2021 6:18 am

Chilli wrote: Mon Sep 13, 2021 5:34 am
sorCrer wrote: Sun Sep 12, 2021 6:16 am Resting good steak is rubbish.
Yes Gordon.

The best steaks I've tasted was taken right of the fire. Cut on the rooster with a knipmes and eaten with the hands, caveman style. I've tried this resting thing a few times and I have to say I'm not a fan of lukewarm steak that is ice cold halfway through.

Mon Sep 13, 2021 6:23 am

Please, not again. It's a fact that you have to rest meat.

Kak Sunday. Boks lost and Verstappen crashed out, at least the Proteas won and Djokovich lost to make it a bit better.

Mon Sep 13, 2021 6:35 am

sorCrer wrote: Sun Sep 12, 2021 6:16 am Resting good steak is rubbish.

This utter bullshit

Mon Sep 13, 2021 6:44 am

When you take meat off the fire, it continues to cook for as much as 10 minutes. In fact the temperature will go up in the center as the residual heat travels inwards and it starts to cool on the outside. Joe is 100% correct. Cook it, haul it off and eat it. By the time it gets to your plate it's going to be rested anyway. Otherwise do as Joe says and slice it right there. Be the best steak you've eaten.

Mon Sep 13, 2021 4:09 pm

Chicken fillet burgers on the coals tonight. Also threw a whole chicken in a tray above the coals in the microwave. 50 minutes roast and then we will shred it and add to the curry paste my wife prepared and let soak overnight. I already scoffed the giblets which I threw in a small tray covered in peri peri....

Mon Sep 13, 2021 6:24 pm

The chicken curry I did tonight. Tomorrow I will taste it and let you know. I tasted the sauce. Not a lot of heat but very tasty

Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:46 pm

Sards wrote: Mon Sep 13, 2021 4:09 pm . Also threw a whole chicken in a tray above the coals in the microwave.

I've read this a few times and don't know what the fuck it means.

Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:53 am

sorCrer wrote: Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:46 pm
Sards wrote: Mon Sep 13, 2021 4:09 pm . Also threw a whole chicken in a tray above the coals in the microwave.
I've read this a few times and don't know what the fuck it means.

It's my charcoal oven dude

Tue Sep 14, 2021 4:04 am

Sards wrote: Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:53 am
sorCrer wrote: Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:46 pm
Sards wrote: Mon Sep 13, 2021 4:09 pm . Also threw a whole chicken in a tray above the coals in the microwave.
I've read this a few times and don't know what the fuck it means.
It's my charcoal oven dude

Yes but 'microwave'

Tue Sep 14, 2021 4:47 am

sorCrer wrote: Tue Sep 14, 2021 4:04 am
Sards wrote: Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:53 am
sorCrer wrote: Mon Sep 13, 2021 8:46 pm

I've read this a few times and don't know what the fuck it means.
It's my charcoal oven dude
Yes but 'microwave'

That's Sandy.....I lols everytime

Anyway we should be talking about the curry

Tue Sep 14, 2021 3:49 pm

Report back on the curry.....

Look I enjoy curry but stay away from chicken because it's generally dry in the sauce. We were asked to do a chicken curry for the boys school for 50 people. We asked some friends and the one mate an ex chef suggested we make a sauce and roast 4 chickens and then follow the procedures above. It was outstanding and I really enjoyed it.

Same with tonight. The sauce really soaked into the meat overnight and that brought the heat....not sweaty brow heat...more like a tingle all over the mouth heat. ...the chicken meat was sooooo tender. And that smoked Flavor....

A winner for me...

Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:06 pm

Rump steak and field mushrooms on the fire for lunch.

Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:23 pm

Was so pissed off after that game that I made mac & cheese for sups instead of braaing.

Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:13 pm

sorCrer wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:23 pm Was so pissed off after that game that I made mac & cheese for sups instead of braaing.

Good remedy to braai after a loss. Did boerewors rolls for brunch. Will do the same this Saturday between two losses.

Mon Sep 20, 2021 5:22 am

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:13 pm
sorCrer wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:23 pm Was so pissed off after that game that I made mac & cheese for sups instead of braaing.
Good remedy to braai after a loss. Did boerewors rolls for brunch. Will do the same this Saturday between two losses.

Which 2 losses? The Boks will beat the All Blacks

Tue Sep 21, 2021 8:55 am

Chilli wrote: Mon Sep 20, 2021 5:22 am
OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:13 pm
sorCrer wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 7:23 pm Was so pissed off after that game that I made mac & cheese for sups instead of braaing.
Good remedy to braai after a loss. Did boerewors rolls for brunch. Will do the same this Saturday between two losses.
Which 2 losses? The Boks will beat the All Blacks

A springbok with his back against the wall is a dangerous animal.

Chilli, on a sidenote, what is your opinion of bread maker machines? Worth it? At least better than Spar's bread?

Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:09 am

handyman wrote: Tue Sep 21, 2021 8:55 am
Chilli wrote: Mon Sep 20, 2021 5:22 am
OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun Sep 19, 2021 8:13 pm
Good remedy to braai after a loss. Did boerewors rolls for brunch. Will do the same this Saturday between two losses.
Which 2 losses? The Boks will beat the All Blacks
A springbok with his back against the wall is a dangerous animal.

Chilli, on a sidenote, what is your opinion of bread maker machines? Worth it? At least better than Spar's bread?

We will beat the All Blacks.

Bread Makers are great. You need to make your own dough with good quality flour and no preservatives. If I eat a bread roll from Spar I die from heartburn, if I make bread myself I can eat it without a problem.

Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:13 am

Chilli wrote: Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:09 am
handyman wrote: Tue Sep 21, 2021 8:55 am
Chilli wrote: Mon Sep 20, 2021 5:22 am
Which 2 losses? The Boks will beat the All Blacks
A springbok with his back against the wall is a dangerous animal.

Chilli, on a sidenote, what is your opinion of bread maker machines? Worth it? At least better than Spar's bread?
We will beat the All Blacks.

Bread Makers are great. You need to make your own dough with good quality flour and no preservatives. If I eat a bread roll from Spar I die from heartburn, if I make bread myself I can eat it without a problem.

Awesome, thanks.

Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:17 am

Chilli wrote: Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:09 am We will beat the All Blacks.

Bread Makers are great.

This place never fails to amaze me for the variety of information and advice available.

Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:19 am

assfly wrote: Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:17 am
Chilli wrote: Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:09 am We will beat the All Blacks.

Bread Makers are great.
This place never fails to amaze me for the variety of information and advice available.

Only 1 of the 2 is actually true.........................................................................

Wed Sep 22, 2021 9:32 am

Big braai day coming up on Friday. What are you all up to?

Have to say I'm enjoying the latest Jan Braai series. Yes, he has a very dry sense (or lack) of humour, but I like the in depth testing of wood etc. and how he is showing the best ways to use the different cuts.

Wed Sep 22, 2021 10:27 am

handyman wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 9:32 am Big braai day coming up on Friday. What are you all up to?

Have to say I'm enjoying the latest Jan Braai series. Yes, he has a very dry sense (or lack) of humour, but I like the in depth testing of wood etc. and how he is showing the best ways to use the different cuts.

He also give tips on gout.

Wed Sep 22, 2021 10:39 am

OomStruisbaai wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 10:27 am
handyman wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 9:32 am Big braai day coming up on Friday. What are you all up to?

Have to say I'm enjoying the latest Jan Braai series. Yes, he has a very dry sense (or lack) of humour, but I like the in depth testing of wood etc. and how he is showing the best ways to use the different cuts.
He also give tips on gout.

Gotta pay the bills I guess.

Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:10 am

handyman wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 10:39 am
OomStruisbaai wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 10:27 am
handyman wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 9:32 am Big braai day coming up on Friday. What are you all up to?

Have to say I'm enjoying the latest Jan Braai series. Yes, he has a very dry sense (or lack) of humour, but I like the in depth testing of wood etc. and how he is showing the best ways to use the different cuts.
He also give tips on gout.
Gotta pay the bills I guess.

We had a braai day with Paul Roos 150th year celebrations. Jan Braai lead the day. There were like rugby fields of braais and fires. Excellent day.

Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:17 am

OomStruisbaai wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:10 am
handyman wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 10:39 am
OomStruisbaai wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 10:27 am

He also give tips on gout.
Gotta pay the bills I guess.
We had a braai day with Paul Roos 150th year celebrations. Jan Braai lead the day. There were like rugby fields of braais and fires. Excellent day.

Yeah, sounds awesome. Wood fire braai is best braai.

Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:45 am

I bought a rump flap today. Will cut into steaks and braai on Friday.

Thu Sep 23, 2021 4:26 am

Chilli wrote: Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:09 am If I eat a bread roll from Spar I die from heartburn, if I make bread myself I can eat it without a problem.

It took years of endoscopy's etc with no clear results, then a trip to Paris and eating my fill of fresh Baguettes that a I realised it was the preservatives in Aussie Bread causing my Heartburn.....

Thu Sep 23, 2021 5:00 am

mat the expat wrote: Thu Sep 23, 2021 4:26 am
Chilli wrote: Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:09 am If I eat a bread roll from Spar I die from heartburn, if I make bread myself I can eat it without a problem.
It took years of endoscopy's etc with no clear results, then a trip to Paris and eating my fill of fresh Baguettes that a I realised it was the preservatives in Aussie Bread causing my Heartburn.....

Ja, commercial bread is just full of rubbish.

Thu Sep 23, 2021 5:36 am

Chilli wrote: Thu Sep 23, 2021 5:00 am
mat the expat wrote: Thu Sep 23, 2021 4:26 am
Chilli wrote: Tue Sep 21, 2021 9:09 am If I eat a bread roll from Spar I die from heartburn, if I make bread myself I can eat it without a problem.
It took years of endoscopy's etc with no clear results, then a trip to Paris and eating my fill of fresh Baguettes that a I realised it was the preservatives in Aussie Bread causing my Heartburn.....
Ja, commercial bread is just full of rubbish.

You must buy Sasko bread. Rennie powder is included.

Thu Sep 23, 2021 5:44 am

OomStruisbaai wrote: Thu Sep 23, 2021 5:36 am
Chilli wrote: Thu Sep 23, 2021 5:00 am
mat the expat wrote: Thu Sep 23, 2021 4:26 am

It took years of endoscopy's etc with no clear results, then a trip to Paris and eating my fill of fresh Baguettes that a I realised it was the preservatives in Aussie Bread causing my Heartburn.....
Ja, commercial bread is just full of rubbish.
You must buy Sasko bread. Rennie powder is included.

Bread is my biggest weakness. It's hella addictive. But only the sandwich loaf stuff, brown or white has that effect. If I have a slice of good sourdough toast it seems to satisfy me. But the other shit I can eat a quarter of a loaf if I'm hungry or miserable.

Thu Sep 23, 2021 5:57 am

Chilli wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:45 am I bought a rump flap today. Will cut into steaks and braai on Friday.

Its a lot of work to cut up a 5 kg piece of meat..

MIL took the Picanna and another piece...I carved at her place because we had dinner there.
Had a largish piece that looks very much like Silverside...which we will roast..

And of course some decent chunks of rump ..... Also looking forward to this on Friday