In South Africa, among other countries, braai is a social custom. My South African / Canadian / Indian friends had such a party on Friday night. It was a particularly pleasant evening after many days of drizzly rain and dark skies. For the first time in a while, the sun shone brightly in a blue sky and everybody was immediately happy, drink in hand and a beef rib or morsel of chicken in the other. The word braai itself literally means grilled meat and there was no shortage of the flesh on Friday. In fact, I don't think there were any vegetables at all. No salad, corn or the vegetable kebab usually provided for pesky vegetarians, just meat, meat, meat, charred, savoury and mouth-watering.
