{"id":50330,"date":"2023-10-02T13:38:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T11:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/braaibroodjies-is-hart-van-n-braai-20230920-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T15:55:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:55:52","slug":"braaibroodjies-is-hart-van-n-braai-20230920-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/braaibroodjies-is-hart-van-n-braai-20230920-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Braaibroodjies is hart van \u2019n braai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Of dit nou snoek, skaaptjops, biefstuk, varkribbetjie, hoendersosaties of \u2019n oopgevlekte hoender oor die kole is \u2013 \u2019n mens sou dink dat d\u00edt die ding is waaroor \u2019n lekker braai gaan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toe nie \u2013 dit gaan oor die braaibroodjies wat daarmee saamgaan; die braaivleis is net \u2019n voorwendsel om \u2019n braaibroodjie in die hande te kry, is die oorwo\u00eb mening van al die Weskussers vir wie <em>Weslander<\/em> daaroor uitgevra het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Braaibroodjies is die hart van \u2019n lekker braai en presies hoe daai braaibroodjie gebraai moet word en wat daarop gesit word, is duidelik \u2019n teer punt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In die familie van Cheryl Allen, eienaar van die oudste eiendomsagentskap in die Weskus, is braaibroodjies selfs \u2019n groter gunsteling as die tjoppies en wors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sy verkies witbrood met \u2019n lagie botter, tamatieskywe, uie en kaas. Sy glo die tamatie en uie moet baie dun gesny word en die kaas moet gerasper wees sodat dit vinnig smelt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEk maak die uieringe los en pak dit baie mooi. Mense vergeet om ook die hoeke van die brood vol te pak, anders is dit droog.\u201d Haar geheim is Mrs Balls-blatjang vir \u2019n lekker \u201csoet smakie\u201d en knoffelsout, met net nog sout en peper as speserye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEk sit ook nie botter aan die buitekant van die brood nie. Ek weet nie hoekom mense dit doen nie.\u201d Sy is ook nie gene\u00eb met \u2019n braaibroodjie met hompe tamatie en dik uieskywe nie. \u201cDie dik stukke tamatie en uie veroorsaak dat die broodjie reeds aan die buitekant bruin is, maar die kaas het nog nie gesmelt nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_f2a0661f\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9386\/c6487c0779bd4fcc96b27413c34dc2ed.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4202f0e6f2f144acba45edefb6fcfbc2.jpg\" title=\"Bertram Vraagom\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Bertram Vraagom<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9386\/b5bd6063131f4e66a002aeb604fb6dc8.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0d1386174bff4b22bd99b5c746a73ee0.jpg\" title=\"Cheryl Allen\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Cheryl Allen<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9386\/044561216822482c9a891c2f7652f818.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/76206d30442b409ca5eb64ad331d440b.jpg\" title=\"Andr\u00e9 Truter\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Andr\u00e9 Truter<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9386\/86308d2208e1484b8d0f457231fa81a2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/8f93de4376c240558479cd1f1f095fa2.jpg\" title=\"Petra Mei\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Petra Mei<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9386\/219b9d7a1bf044e7bc8c0f8407719cd6.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/b4d2e21d27ec4ab6acc445b4c74c582b.jpg\" title=\"Trish Goosen\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Trish Goosen<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9386\/61c0e8e2ff3c446b80d19878f1286ede.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/8708d0b1286c49fd98da511dcaac2145.jpg\" title=\"Alestaire Brown\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Alestaire Brown<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9386\/7733176106144c38b6467198a48de3ed.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/5d1d1565f51a40dbb4ecdf8401257124.jpg\" title=\"Patrick Lakabane \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Patrick Lakabane <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9386\/94bdd79fdd674dada28c1fb11be23338.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/7a588ababdd846d29c67e8fc3773f698.jpg\" title=\"Edward Kruger\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Edward Kruger<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheryl meen as die broodjie reg voorberei en gebraai word, sal die kaas sulke drade uit die braaibroodjie trek. \u201cHeerlik gesmelt. <em>Crispy<\/em>. Wonderlik.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bertram Vraagom, bekende in rugbykringe, glo weer aan bruinbrood, verkieslik volgraan. Saam met die tamatie, uie en \u2019n bietjie kaas moet daar knoffel by wees. Dit gaan vir hom veral oor die knoffel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Burgemeester Andr\u00e9 Truter stem saam oor die knoffel. Hy sit sommer baie knoffel in sy botter. Vir hom is \u2019n braai nie \u2019n braai sonder \u2019n braaibroodjie nie. \u201cBaie kaas, lekker uie en tamatie. Bruinbrood, verkieslik tuisgebak met botter alkant van die brood.\u201d Maar, hy is bereid om enige brood te eet, solank daar net \u2019n braaibroodjie by sy braaivleis is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blue Ribbon-brood \u2013 daaroor onderhandel Petra Mei nie. Di\u00e9 professionele seremoniemeester se ranglys van belangrikheid lyk s\u00f3: baie kaas, uie, knoffel, sout en peper, en sampioene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baie mense geniet kaas- en konfytbraaibroodjies, maar dit is nie vir Trish Goosen nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Di\u00e9 woordvoerder van \u2019n liefdadigheidsorganisasie en oud-<em>Weslander<\/em>-joernalis verkies \u00f3f gewone witbrood \u00f3f \u2019n gourmet-broodjie, spesifiek Bekker-plaasprodukte se tuisgebakte brood \u2013 \u201csommer sulke lekker dik snye\u201d. Haar gunsteling-braaibroodjie lyk nie soos \u2019n tradisionele een nie, want buiten die kaas, uie, tamatie en blatjang moet dit bolognaise-maalvleis in h\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alestaire Brown, \u2019n sakeman van Vredenburg betrokke by die buurtwagte, verkies in teenstelling weer die eg Suid-Afrikaanse braaibroodjie met tamatie, uie, kaas, sout en peper en \u2019n bietjie blatjangsous, nes Patrick Lakabane van die Saldanha-vryhawe. Patrick hou net van so bietjie chilliesous by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jan Braai, wat Braaidag in 2007 begin het, se weergawe van \u2019n tradisionele braaibroodjie bevat ook net tamatie, uie, kaas, sout en peper en blatjang, en hy skaar hom ook aan die kant van diegene wat die broodjies aan albei kante botter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dit dan wat die bestanddele van die braaibroodjies betref.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Presies hoe en waar om hom te braai, het die Vredenburger Edward Kruger, bekend vir sy heerlike braaibroodjies en potbrood, al tot \u2019n fyn kuns bemeester. Om die braaibroodjies krakerig en bruin aan die buitekant te kry met die kaas gesmelt en die braaivleis nog warm, stel hy die volgende voor:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plaas die broodjies op \u2019n rakkie (soos by sy braai) \u2019n entjie bo die rooster waar die vleis gebraai word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indien daar nie \u2019n rakkie is nie, sit dit in hul eie toeklaprooster bo-op die vleisrooster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dit bring mee dat die broodjies warm word, maar nie te naby aan die kole is nie. Om dit so te doen, gee die kaas kans om te smelt en die buitekante van die braaibroodjies om \u2019n bietjie uit te droog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wanneer die vleis gedraai word, haal die rooster met die braaibroodjies af, draai die vleisrooster om en plaas die braaibroodjie-rooster weer daarop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die broodjies moet meer gereeld gedraai word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wanneer die vleis gaar is, haal die vleisrooster af, plaas die rooster met die braaibroodjies vir \u2019n paar minute nader aan die kole sodat die buitekante lekker bruin kan braai. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sodoende is die vleis nog warm teen die tyd dat die braaibroodjies klaar gebraai is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haal af en geniet \u2019n heerlike, krakerige braaibroodjie met kaasdrade wat oor die ken val.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of dit nou snoek, skaaptjops, biefstuk, varkribbetjie, hoendersosaties of \u2019n oopgevlekte hoender oor die kole is \u2013 \u2019n mens sou dink dat d\u00edt die ding is waaroor \u2019n 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