A South African Braai

Posted on June 29, 2018 by vanbraman

On Sunday afternoon I was treated to a traditional South African braai.

Braai is Afrikaans for barbecue or grill. It is also used in the compound word braaivleis which means grilled meat.

South Africa, Braai, Grill, Indoor Grill, Built In Braai

Here we see the meat on the grill as well as some bread that is wrapped in foil. For this braai there is steak and also boerewors which is a traditional South African sausage.

South Africa, Braai, Indoor Grill

Many South Africans have an indoor grill. When I was in South Africa back in 2001 my host had an indoor grill in his house. I really liked the room that the grill was in. It had a shuttered roof that could be opened to the sky.

Garlic Bread, Cheesy bread, Braai

Here is the cheesy garlic bread that was warming on the grill. It was delicious.

Braai Plate, Steak, sausage, salad, bread, potato salad

Here is my plate of food. You can see that I have steak, boerewors, potato salad, green salad and some of the garlic bread.

The meal was wonderful, especially along with some nice rooibos tea.

melktert, South Africa, Milk Tart

We also had a delicious melktert for dessert. I may have to find a recipe for this as it was really good. The balance between the milky filling and the cinnamon was really nice.

This braai made me think of another braai that I went to in Australia. See: Sunday Afternoon Braai

Thanks to my friends for the great braai and for spending a wonderful day together.

Steven

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Sleepy South African Evening

Posted on June 28, 2018 by vanbraman

This evening I went with my students for a course dinner. Later I will share some pictures from the course dinner, but not tonight. I am just too sleepy.

Cape Buffalo, South Africa, Wildlife Park

So since I am so sleepy, I decided that I would just share a few pictures of animals relaxing.

Here we have a small herd of Cape Buffalo enjoying a Saturday afternoon.

South Africa, White Lions, Lion and Lioness

Here a male White Lion is alert, but a lioness is rolled over and taking a nap.

I had planned on watching the end of the England/Belgium match tonight when I got back to the hotel. I was soon asleep just like the lioness above.

I guess I didn’t miss much. I saw the only goal of the game just before I fell asleep.

White Lion, South Africa, Lion

Here another pair of White Lions are just relaxing in front of a great background.

I now have to do a bit of prep work for my class tomorrow. I have to make sure I get everything covered before giving the students time to take the test.

Then to get some good sleep.

Steven

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