A Braai Is Not a Barbecue
“Ons gaan nou braai!” the Afrikaner would say
A “braai” is not a barbecue. A braai is more than just putting meat on the grid. A braai is more than just a meal. Having a braai is culture. It’s friends and family. It’s Brandywine and it’s a big fire. A fire made of wood.
Have you ever been to a braai?
The culture
A braai is the African version of a barbecue. The words' origin lies in the language of Afrikaans. For those not being able to assign it to a country — Afrikaans is spoken in southern Africa. Mainly in Namibia and in South Africa.
If I talk about Afrikaners I refer to the people from Namibia since I haven’t spent enough time in South Africa in order to talk about them. But I’ve spent about five years living in Namibia. And I’ve had braais at least once a week in my time living there. They showed me how a braai should look and feel like. And they taught me how to braai.
Only with wood
Do not say you’re making a braai when you’re making a barbecue with coals or even worse, are having an electric grill. That is not accepted in…
