{"id":249967,"date":"2020-04-21T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/249967\/family-time-can-be-spent-around-the-braai-during-lockdown\/"},"modified":"2020-04-20T15:20:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T13:20:05","slug":"family-time-can-be-spent-around-the-braai-during-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2020\/04\/21\/family-time-can-be-spent-around-the-braai-during-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Family time can be spent around the braai during lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africans around the world still refer to their outdoor cooking sessions as a braai.<\/p>\n<p>It is a quintessential South African term and we like to think that we have the edge on cooking up a feast on coals or gas \u2013 over our Australian and American counterparts.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cDuring lockdown everyone should be braaiing up a storm as there is nothing like that smoky ambience to put people in a great mood.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">ALSO READ:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/248232\/keeping-busy-during-lockdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Things to keep you busy during lockdown<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/248050\/look-after-your-fridge-during-lockdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Look after your fridge during lockdown<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBraaiing on an open fire has been the most widely practised food preparation method for countless centuries,\u201d said Chantelle du Plessis, public relations officer for Hirsch\u2019s Meadowdale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe live in a time where food has become so much more than mere sustenance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a social activity that engages every one of our senses and just gives us a chance to sit back and enjoy something truly spectacular.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Visit the Hirsch\u2019s website at www.hirschs.co.za for more on braais.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-admin\/germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za\">germistoncitynews@caxton.co.za,<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Leigh Hodgson (News Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"mailto:leighh@caxton.co.za\">leighh@caxton.co.za\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>or Busi Vilakazi 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