Who's looking for a party?

I need some help please folks: Looking for 4 sidekicks to help with braai duties at the WatKykJy party happening on the 9th June @ Zeplins in Centurion.

You don't get paid $'s, but will be rewarded with free entry to the party, free chow and a couple of beers to wash them down.

Check out www.facebook.com/events/292875464125838 for more event details.

To apply: Pop me a mail (bb <at> braaiboy.co.za) and convince me that you're the right (wo)man for the job.

I'd love to hear your comments below, or you can always give me a shout on twitter or facebook... otherwise I'll catch around the braai!

So after the huge success of Season 1, KykNet have agreed to a 2nd and 3rd season of Thys Die Bosvedklong's braai show - Bring & Braai, and I was fortunate enough to be invite to be a guest in season 2 again. What an awesome time we had:

Filming took place in Sable Hills a little North of Pretoria and saw 2 contestants up against each other for a spot in the final and the coveted Bring & Braai trophy.

Unfortunately you're all going to be at my Birthday celebrations when the show airs... so make sure you've got your PVR set for tomorrow (Friday 27th) @ 19h30 on KykNet. Repeats: Saturday 15h30, Sunday 04h00 & 09h00, Monday 01h00, Tuesday 16h30 - Check the website for more info, recipes etc.: Bring & Braai

I'd love to hear your comments below, or you can always give me a shout on twitter or facebook... otherwise I'll catch around the braai!

I can't believe it's been 3 years since I stood around a braai and a joke/dare resulted in me braaing every day for a year. I could get all soppy and tell you about how awesome the last 3 years have been and all the wonderful people I've met etc. Instead, I'm going to tell you what you and I will be doing to celebrate this milestone.

On the 27th April @ 12h00, you need to get down to Arcade Empire for an epic Party. The kind folk over at Ignite will make sure we've got more than enough hot coals, and you are welcome to either bring your own meat or pre-book a braai pack. Arcade Empire will be selling some Pap & Vleis and salads if you need something on the side as well. There's also a very strong rumour doing the rounds that I'm going to have some taste-testers of my new BraaiBoy Boerewors (which is going to be available in your local butchery soon) - so you might get a chance to taste it here before everyone else.

What's this about drinking games?

See the FaceBook event: http://www.facebook.com/events/203205043115360

For those that made it last year, you'll remember I shared my Birthday with WonderBra's National Cleavage Day (Boobs, Beer & BraaiBoy). This year National Cleavage Day happened in March already... but that doesn't mean we're not still going to have a huge party. After all the braaing is done, you should stay on and rock out with UK Band, Scoundrels, being supported by local legends like The December Streets & City of Heroes. There's no cover charge to join us for the braai and drinking games, but 50 bucks will get you in to watch the bands afterwards.

Got any questions? Please get in touch, or give me a shout on twitter or facebook... otherwise I'll see you at the party!

OK, so I had the pleasant experience of becoming a statistic this morning and as a result have lost a couple days' braai pics :-(

While we were sound asleep in bed, somebody decided that they would be able to make better use of my property and came to collect it for themselves. Unfortunately that property included my laptop with my braai pictures from the last 3 days. Replacing computers, camera and other material things are easy enough if you've got insurance, but it's the data on those things that can't be replaced, and as a result... for the first time in 3 years, I've got a 3-day gap in my daily braai pics. May those bastards rot in hell!

Along with mud and shit traipsed through the house, at least they left me with my apron :-)

The house is of course littered with evidence, and I can see prints on the windows and door with the naked eye, but the highly motivated and enthusiastic SAPS guys that rocked up let me know that someone will come collect fingerprints in "a couple of days, definitely not today or tomorrow". Now, I haven't passed any police academy training or anything like that, but surely the sooner you get to a crime scene, the more likely you are to solve the crime? So... if any of you are buddies with Horatio, let me know so that I can get him and his team in here - SAPS clearly aren't very interested in solving anything.

All my shit went THAT way... :-(

and I'm guessing when you steal for a living, you don't need paperwork?

Yesterday's discovery that we invented braaing reminded me about an email I got from Phil Burlace a while ago, letting me know that other countries also enjoy a good old braai, they're just not as good at it.

Phil says:

I'm English but now living in South Africa......now I know our rugby is not too hot at the moment, but the Great British BB-Q would have you okes in fits of hysteria -let me explain.

As you may well be aware we are blessed with only one or two days of sunshine every year. The appearance of that big orange ball in the sky does strange things to our psyche.

Now if the mini heatwave happens to occur on a Sunday, the men of the house will wind their way to the local pub at lunchtime and proceed to down overpriced fizzy beer. At some stage in the proceedings one member of the throng will suggest a BBQ.

It then falls upon the soberest to drive down to the local supermarket and bulk buy frozen sausages, beefburgers and chicken legs.

The drunken throng then descend on whichever house has a BBQ. These vary from gas powered monsters to discarded oil drums.

Half a metric tonne of coals are then put down into the cooking utensil.

There then follows a debate on how to get the thing alight. Traditional methods include heaping up the weeks supply of free newspapers but the chosen method here is usually a half litre or so of Shell unleaded.

When the chosen one has thrown the match into the mound great applause follows as the guys watch this reenactment of Dante's Inferno.

As the flames reach rooftop height the plastic bags containing the processed meats are ripped open and tossed into the furnace.

As soon as the portions resemble napalm victims they will be hauled out by a man in an asbestos suit and served with limp salad and more fizzy beer.

So that, folks is how its done in England - which is why I'm glad I have been taught how to braai properly by you guys.......it's the only way to cook.

Fortunately for our English friends, help is at hand... remember James Braai 0027?

OK, so we finally know why South Africans love to braai so much... it's because we invented it.

Scientists have uncovered what they believe is earliest evidence of a camp fire, in a cave in South Africa, dating back about a million years. Prior to the discovery, there wasn't much consensus on when our ancestors mastered the art of fire, so until further evidence is uncovered, I'm claiming the invention of braaing for South Africa.

Original story found on http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/South-Africa-cave-earliest-fire-use-20120402

 

I'd love to hear your comments below, or you can always give me a shout on twitter or facebook... otherwise I'll catch around the braai!

I was having a chat with some of the guys on Facebook and the topic of potatoes in the coals came up. These are very simple to do and it reminded me that sweet potatoes work just as well and not many people actually incorporate them into their braais. So with this evenings braai I added a couple of sweet potatoes, and man were they good.

It's amazing what some butter and honey will do.

It's really not that hard, and I'm sure you guys can figure it out... but if you're looking for the step-by-step guide, check here: Sweet Potatoes Recipe

I'd love to hear your comments below, or you can always give me a shout on twitter or facebook... otherwise I'll catch around the braai!

It seems yesterday's Cowboy picture created a huge buzz on Facebook & twitter, and in response Werner sent me the following picture.

If you've got any funny braai pictures you'd like me to turn into a braai (de)motivational, please get in touch and pass them on. Of course, if you think I did a kak job, let me know what you would have said... or even create your own and pass it on so that I can share it with everyone else.

I get a lot of emails from you guys and most of them are pretty good. So from now on instead of just keeping them to myself, I'm going to start sharing it with everyone else as well. This one titled "Cowboys don't cry, we braai" came from Fanie "Die BosChef" Pretorius. Thanks man!

If you've got any funny braai pictures you'd like me to turn into a braai (de)motivational, please get in touch and pass them on. Of course, if you think I did a kak job, let me know what you would have said... or even create your own and pass it on so that I can share it with everyone else.