Braai

The South African barbecue is definitely more than a meal cooked over an open fire. It's a cherished social event. Our South African hostess Karina informed me that the braii (roll the "r") would be similar to our Texas barbecues. Right... Her only venture to Texas was to Ennis (yeehaw). The typical braii consists of lamb chops, steak, chicken, sosaties (kebabs marinated in a curry sauce) and Boerewors (farmer's sausage). The basting of the boerewors is done with a mixture of apricot jam, white wine and fruit chutney. The sausages were surprisingly tasty, as well as the livers. The weirdest looking food that I've eaten has been green mashed potatoes-which were actually some type of sweet potatoes or yams. Pretty yummy if you didn't look at them.