Talk:Braai

message: Please see discussion of this article in the Mail & Guardian, Can You Trust Wikipedia? -- it received an 8/10 rating.  — Catherine\talk 06:01, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. The article also gives too much prominence to pap as a component. In my experience it is significant only in the northern inland provinces, I cannot remember attending a single braai south of the Orange River with pap. Potatoes and/or bread feature there as the carbohydrate component of the meal. Roger 11:36, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: reviewed by Mail & Guardian

message: I see you removed my contribution to the braai article on wikipedia. It seems that you have done a lot of contributions on Wikipedia and know the system quite well. How can I add something about convenience braaiing without promoting any products? I would like to add something about this new trend, but do not want to promote my product. User:Bwkling (by email)
: I took another look at your addition, to see what was salvageable, but couldn't find anything, I am afraid. I appreciate your courtesy in mailing for clarification, and I direct you to What Wikipedia is Not - in particular 'Wikipedia is not a soapbox' items 3 and 4. I live in South Africa, and I have never seen nor heard of 'convenience braaiing'. That is not to say it does not exist, but I need to see independent references, probably from more than one place, for the information to belong on wikipedia. I don't mean to bite the newbies, but I see this is your only contribution to wikipedia, and while we welcome newcomers, this looks too obvious as a promotional piece. Think 'report with references' rather than 'promote'. Wizzy…☎ 18:07, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  convenience braaiing 

message: :The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.  
I'm probably going to step on a lot of toes by proposing this, but if one looks at Barbeque, there is a lot of overlapping. I suggest creating a section "Braai" in that article, highlighting the South African spin on barbeque. I know this is a bold suggestion, so feel free to critize it and motivate the reasons against a merger.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bothar (talk • contribs) 14:28, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger Proposal (2007)

message: Sorry, can someone explain what the following sentence is trying to say?
This term is a reflection of new South African humour that is characterised by bitterness and is self-deprecating and sometimes irreverent (and quite politically incorrect).
I think it is a gratuitous POV/Insult, but I am not 100% sure, (it could be because I have never heard of the saying "Braai, the beloved country" in 30 odd years of Braaing). FFMG (talk) 08:00, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed it as it has no reference and I never heard of the saying or the meaning given. A quick search on Google seems to agree. FFMG (talk) 05:17, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Braai, the beloved country 

message: This is described as a "unique" custom in part of the article. In fact, it sounds anything but.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.236.126.169 (talk) 19:45, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unique 

message: Hi
A braai is not a barbeque, or afrikaans for the english word "barbeque".
A barbeque generally uses charcoal or fireblocks to cook the meat, where an original braai must be a wood fire.
The word braai also refers to the event taking place and not just cooking of the meat.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.215.29.162 (talk) 12:04, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Braai is not a barbeque