Cooking during September is a fun affair.
Everyone is so in touch with themselves and their heritage and ready to show off some braai skills as and when required.
It is always a competition when recipes are shared and everybody wants to prove their recipe for the perfect braai is the best.
Never mind the ridiculous ingredients or that they don’t know what half of the ingredients are. But you cannot go wrong if you go with your gut.
Gut-cooking beats experience and recipes, or so say the guys.
Heritage Day takes place on Sunday 24 September, and this means we get a free public holiday on Monday.
But the braaivure will be started up on Friday night already and many Heritage events will be held over the weekend.
In South Africa we have such a huge melting pot of cultures and the best part is we can all borrow from one another when it comes to kos.
Food is at the centre of it all and a lekker braai with family and friends is all that is required to remind us of our roots, at least here on the Cape Flats.
And don’t limit yourself to chops, wors and chicken. Have a snoek braai, a potjie, and even the vegetarians are included, with plenty of veggie braai recipes available.
So mense, reconnect, eat and spread the love with your family recipes. Invite old friends and make new ones.