Burning it in

This evening we had the inaugural BBQ on Nick’s new creation. He really wanted to test it before doing any more work on it, to see if the height of the brickwork was right for where the grill would rest, for the coals to be close enough to the meat. The boys were very excited at the prospect of a braai, and so from about 3 pm they wanted to start ‘setting up’. I said they could take the camping chairs up to the top section, but that wasn’t enough. They wanted to make paper chains too, to decorate the area. I cut some strips of paper for them and gave them staplers, and they got busy. Nick was home from his guitar lesson by about 4.30, and got started with making the fire shortly thereafter. The boys were very helpful in whatever way they could be, really wanting to get involved. It was fun to sit outside there while the meat was cooking. We served up from inside and then ate outside on our laps. A bit messy, especially where the boys were concerned, but very successful otherwise. Just shows how unused to regular braais we are, where it was pretty much a weekly occurrence when we lived in sunny SA!