Big Nipper wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 8:17 am
Fokkit it feels like I have been transported back to 1975 after I read that. Are the women allowed to talk at the table, or must they keep their eyes down to avoid any eye contact with the men?
Describe what your typical braai looks like.
Well the women and the men chill together, not in two distinct groups. I invite people to my house to socialise together, not to have females make the bykosse in the kitchen
Big Nipper wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 8:48 am
Well the women and the men chill together, not in two distinct groups. I invite people to my house to socialise together, not to have females make the bykosse in the kitchen
FFS this is exactly the sort of gatekeeping I was talking about
Do you honestly think the men and women at Handyman's house stay segregated the entire time?
I love braaiing, my closest friends aswell. We do like in Rome, but we kuier all saam. Myself make a mean salad, and is not shy of the kitchen. She chase me away at times. You get your best communication in the kitchen. Only realize this after having kids.
Re: The Official Braai Thread
Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 3:02 pm
by Chilli
I love to braai.
I'm working till 23h00 tonight.
Then a 2 minute walk home.
Light a fire.
Take the meat out of the fridge. (Sorry Sauce not 73 day old Wagu from the OK food store in Bryanston )
Make a salad.
Open a bottle of wine.
Put the meat on the fire.
Braai and enjoy
I'm off till Monday
Re: The Official Braai Thread
Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 3:56 pm
by Blake
Jeez Nips, fishing with dynamite today I see.
Re: The Official Braai Thread
Posted: Thu May 13, 2021 9:57 pm
by Sandstorm
handyman wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 9:21 am
Just think about the laughs if we have a NPR braai.
I’ll be in the kitchen if you need me.
Re: The Official Braai Thread
Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 6:36 am
by sorCrer
Chilli wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 3:02 pm
I love to braai.
I'm working till 23h00 tonight.
Then a 2 minute walk home.
Light a fire.
Take the meat out of the fridge. (Sorry Sauce not 73 day old Wagu from the OK food store in Bryanston )
Make a salad.
Open a bottle of wine.
Put the meat on the fire.
Braai and enjoy
I'm off till Monday
I'm in Pennington boet. Going to put a lamb on the spit tomz
handyman wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 9:21 am
Just think about the laughs if we have a NPR braai.
I’ll be in the kitchen if you need me.
May seem churlish but I prefer to braai. Fortunately I have a full pub that seats 6 comfortably around it plus 2 behind the bar. So its a communal area. There's also a dart board so everyone congregates there. Birds love playing darts. We have 2 lounges off that area. A smallish one and a very big one. Kids hang in the large lounge or in the kids rooms gaming. 3 Playstations and laptops. So we hardly see them until the food is ready and then its grab and go. We have an 8 to 10 seater dining room off the bar so that's where we eat. So I braai. Everyone else dops and parties and we sit at the table to eat. Adults only. We try to limit to 4 families invited. Can't trust the blokes to not vok up the meat. We try limit it to 6 hour sessions.
handyman wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 9:21 am
Just think about the laughs if we have a NPR braai.
I’ll be in the kitchen if you need me.
May seem churlish but I prefer to braai. Fortunately I have a full pub that seats 6 comfortably around it plus 2 behind the bar. So its a communal area. There's also a dart board so everyone congregates there. Birds love playing darts. We have 2 lounges off that area. A smallish one and a very big one. Kids hang in the large lounge or in the kids rooms gaming. 3 Playstations and laptops. So we hardly see them until the food is ready and then its grab and go. We have an 8 to 10 seater dining room off the bar so that's where we eat. So I braai. Everyone else dops and parties and we sit at the table to eat. Adults only. We try to limit to 4 families invited. Can't trust the blokes to not vok up the meat. We try limit it to 6 hour sessions.
Chilli wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 3:02 pm
I love to braai.
I'm working till 23h00 tonight.
Then a 2 minute walk home.
Light a fire.
Take the meat out of the fridge. (Sorry Sauce not 73 day old Wagu from the OK food store in Bryanston )
Make a salad.
Open a bottle of wine.
Put the meat on the fire.
Braai and enjoy
I'm off till Monday
I'm in Pennington boet. Going to put a lamb on the spit tomz
I used to get excellent lamb from the Moslem Butcher in Park Rennie
handyman wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 9:21 am
Just think about the laughs if we have a NPR braai.
I’ll be in the kitchen if you need me.
May seem churlish but I prefer to braai. Fortunately I have a full pub that seats 6 comfortably around it plus 2 behind the bar. So its a communal area. There's also a dart board so everyone congregates there. Birds love playing darts. We have 2 lounges off that area. A smallish one and a very big one. Kids hang in the large lounge or in the kids rooms gaming. 3 Playstations and laptops. So we hardly see them until the food is ready and then its grab and go. We have an 8 to 10 seater dining room off the bar so that's where we eat. So I braai. Everyone else dops and parties and we sit at the table to eat. Adults only. We try to limit to 4 families invited. Can't trust the blokes to not vok up the meat. We try limit it to 6 hour sessions.
Geez man. When I light a fire, my boy is behind me with his little braai, getting kindling and asking for matches to light his own fire. That's the problem with children these days, all of their free time is spent indoors on tablets, phones, computers or games.
May seem churlish but I prefer to braai. Fortunately I have a full pub that seats 6 comfortably around it plus 2 behind the bar. So its a communal area. There's also a dart board so everyone congregates there. Birds love playing darts. We have 2 lounges off that area. A smallish one and a very big one. Kids hang in the large lounge or in the kids rooms gaming. 3 Playstations and laptops. So we hardly see them until the food is ready and then its grab and go. We have an 8 to 10 seater dining room off the bar so that's where we eat. So I braai. Everyone else dops and parties and we sit at the table to eat. Adults only. We try to limit to 4 families invited. Can't trust the blokes to not vok up the meat. We try limit it to 6 hour sessions.
Geez man. When I light a fire, my boy is behind me with his little braai, getting kindling and asking for matches to light his own fire. That's the problem with children these days, all of their free time is spent indoors on tablets, phones, computers or games.
W3 pulled out some trees this week to create a bowling and batting strip for the boys. Just got to design some kind of net because we are going through balls like crazy. Neighbors don't throw them back over. But when finished the kids will be there hopefully. They all play cricket. And the dads. The braai area outside faces onto it so perfect
Re: The Official Braai Thread
Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 11:07 am
by Fangle
I spent some time in Brazil and they love their braais/churascarias. And their last and best cut of meat is always the picanya. What cut is that? Sweet, tender and tasty.
And for early snacks they have multiple skewers of chicken hearts. It took some while to try that, but I grew to like it.
Re: The Official Braai Thread
Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 12:27 pm
by SaintK
Fangle wrote: Fri May 14, 2021 11:07 am
I spent some time in Brazil and they love their braais/churascarias. And their last and best cut of meat is always the picanya. What cut is that? Sweet, tender and tasty.
And for early snacks they have multiple skewers of chicken hearts. It took some while to try that, but I grew to like it.
Picanha is the very top of the rump or rump cap and delicious it is!
Fangle wrote: Fri May 14, 2021 11:07 am
I spent some time in Brazil and they love their braais/churascarias. And their last and best cut of meat is always the picanya. What cut is that? Sweet, tender and tasty.
And for early snacks they have multiple skewers of chicken hearts. It took some while to try that, but I grew to like it.
Picanha is the very top of the rump or rump cap and delicious it is!
Never got the point of it. Tough skin attached and sort of triangular shaped so the thickness varies and can't say much difference in taste.
Chilli wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 3:02 pm
I love to braai.
I'm working till 23h00 tonight.
Then a 2 minute walk home.
Light a fire.
Take the meat out of the fridge. (Sorry Sauce not 73 day old Wagu from the OK food store in Bryanston )
Make a salad.
Open a bottle of wine.
Put the meat on the fire.
Braai and enjoy
I'm off till Monday
I'm in Pennington boet. Going to put a lamb on the spit tomz
I used to get excellent lamb from the Moslem Butcher in Park Rennie
Fangle wrote: Fri May 14, 2021 11:07 am
I spent some time in Brazil and they love their braais/churascarias. And their last and best cut of meat is always the picanya. What cut is that? Sweet, tender and tasty.
And for early snacks they have multiple skewers of chicken hearts. It took some while to try that, but I grew to like it.
Picanha is the very top of the rump or rump cap and delicious it is!
Maybe an advantage these guys had is that their meat comes from the same Pampas as the Argentinian beef. All grass fed.
Fangle wrote: Fri May 14, 2021 11:07 am
I spent some time in Brazil and they love their braais/churascarias. And their last and best cut of meat is always the picanya. What cut is that? Sweet, tender and tasty.
And for early snacks they have multiple skewers of chicken hearts. It took some while to try that, but I grew to like it.
Picanha is the very top of the rump or rump cap and delicious it is!
Maybe an advantage these guys had is that their meat comes from the same Pampas as the Argentinian beef. All grass fed.
Could ve that. I keep passing it up because of that skin...might give it another chance
Re: The Official Braai Thread
Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 4:40 pm
by Fangle
Sards, I make zero claim to be either a meat or braai expert. But Brazilians love it.
SaintK wrote: Fri May 14, 2021 12:27 pm
Picanha is the very top of the rump or rump cap and delicious it is!
Maybe an advantage these guys had is that their meat comes from the same Pampas as the Argentinian beef. All grass fed.
Could ve that. I keep passing it up because of that skin...might give it another chance
Get your butcher to Swiss trim the meat.
Takes the film / skin off the bottom.
The rump cap is great in the Weber or in Sards's microwave. Nicely seasoned and cooked whole.
Or cut into steaks if you like fat.
Re: The Official Braai Thread
Posted: Sat May 15, 2021 7:15 am
by Sards
Surely if you trim that skin you lose the jist of the cut.
I am giving it a shot today skin on
Re: The Official Braai Thread
Posted: Sat May 15, 2021 9:56 am
by Sards
Ah vok. I had a Jalapeno steak roll from the missus s shop last night. It was so chewy and unpleasant. Too late for the supplier to replace so we took it home and replaced from another supplier. So tonight it is 3kgs of portioned fillet.
No picanya
Re: The Official Braai Thread
Posted: Sat May 15, 2021 9:58 am
by Chilli
Sards wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 9:56 am
Ah vok. I had a Jalapeno steak roll from the missus s shop last night. It was so chewy and unpleasant. Too late for the supplier to replace so we took it home and replaced from another supplier. So tonight it is 3kgs of portioned fillet.
Sards wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 9:56 am
Ah vok. I had a Jalapeno steak roll from the missus s shop last night. It was so chewy and unpleasant. Too late for the supplier to replace so we took it home and replaced from another supplier. So tonight it is 3kgs of portioned fillet.
No picanya
Chewy fillet?????
Exactly. My MIL said something about scotch fillet. Thankfully we caught it early. Before anymore went out. It had sinew lines through the meat. Still has. Never seen this before. Busy fighting with the supplier.
Re: The Official Braai Thread
Posted: Sat May 15, 2021 2:20 pm
by Chilli
Rump
Chicken Sosaties
Salad
Whiskey & Soda
Red wine
Re: The Official Braai Thread
Posted: Sat May 15, 2021 2:29 pm
by handyman
Chilli wrote: Sat May 15, 2021 2:20 pm
Rump
Chicken Sosaties
Salad
Whiskey & Soda
Red wine
Yes man. Pork neck chops, skaap riblets and braai broodjies for me in the rain.
With Captain Morgan dark rum and coke.
Re: The Official Braai Thread
Posted: Sat May 15, 2021 3:16 pm
by Sards
The menu today amongst you lot convinced me to do ham and cheese toasties and fillet steak
Re: The Official Braai Thread
Posted: Sat May 15, 2021 4:13 pm
by Sards
Surprise surprise. The rest of the meat was great and tender no sinew. Ham and cheese toasties. Done in 20 minutes. Back to the couch....its been that kind of day
Re: The Official Braai Thread
Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 6:36 am
by handyman
Come on lads, too cold to braai?
What's on the menu this weekend?
Re: The Official Braai Thread
Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 7:42 am
by sorCrer
handyman wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 6:36 am
Come on lads, too cold to braai?
What's on the menu this weekend?
I can't respond on a thread where grown men talk about braaing fillet or ham & cheese toasted sandwiches.
handyman wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 6:36 am
Come on lads, too cold to braai?
What's on the menu this weekend?
I can't respond on a thread where grown men talk about braaing fillet or ham & cheese toasted sandwiches.
Ham and cheese??? No, cheese and tomato for the win. Some red onion for extra flavour.
Do you butter your braai broodjies on the outside as well?
Re: The Official Braai Thread
Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 8:37 am
by average joe
End of the month salticrax time. I think I still have some walkie talkies buried somewhere in the deepfreeze.
Re: The Official Braai Thread
Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 8:52 am
by Sards
average joe wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 8:37 am
End of the month salticrax time. I think I still have some walkie talkies buried somewhere in the deepfreeze.
average joe wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 8:37 am
End of the month salticrax time. I think I still have some walkie talkies buried somewhere in the deepfreeze.
average joe wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 8:37 am
End of the month salticrax time. I think I still have some walkie talkies buried somewhere in the deepfreeze.
You are a larney. Salticrax....styling
Nice sig there, Sards.
I am blind to it. Just a dark haze through my peripheral vision
average joe wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 8:37 am
End of the month salticrax time. I think I still have some walkie talkies buried somewhere in the deepfreeze.
average joe wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 8:37 am
End of the month salticrax time. I think I still have some walkie talkies buried somewhere in the deepfreeze.
You are a larney. Salticrax....styling
It's a metaphor. I only have one salty crack.
I'm sure Sards will share it with you.
Re: The Official Braai Thread
Posted: Fri May 28, 2021 9:22 am
by FalseBayFC
Doing a burger night tonight. Watched Kenji Alt-Lopez's video on Burger Myths. Have bought brisket, Chuck and rump to make a blend in my mincer. Always disappointed with my home made burgers. So going to change it up with the meat. Will be doing them on a griddle over charcoal.
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