Speculation suggests that at least 20% of respondents would say 'Braai' if you said 'South Africa', as long as they were aware you were playing a word association game...
A couple of points on braaing in this country... after a weekend punctuated by boerie rolls.
- Theres always someone who gets suckered into cooking everyone's meat. People seem to lose momentum and invariably just 'Bring'... leaving the '& Braai' to the unfortunate individual that fate lays its pointy finger on... and says 'You'.
- Wood vs. Charcoal vs. Briquettes. And yes, there is a different between Briquettes and Charcoal. If you hadn't realised that yet, you're either unscrupulously good at not braaing for the crowd, or you're not a details man.
Real men use wood. Men who use wood have been known to punt that fallacy. Real men don't burn the meat. That's how I roll.
- Rusty grids. How this part of braai culture made it past the female contingent is a mystery, but it has. Grid storage dilemna solved. Just leave it outside.
- Fireman. An important part of the braai equipment is the glass of water to subdue the flames, envigoured by the boerewors and lamb chops... but when last did anyone remember to bring it out before the braai, rather than shout 'Yo, dude... WATER!'
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