tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post583057246311078600..comments2024-03-29T11:29:58.276+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: Braai Republic, sausage plateKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-7445961288695123232016-08-26T16:23:10.831+09:002016-08-26T16:23:10.831+09:00Ah, I had just assumed that the sausages were brok...Ah, I had just assumed that the sausages were broken apart on purpose.<br /><br />I dunno, I just associate "bangers" with "classic" UK sausages: low quality and meh taste. Like the sausages we had in Scotland. We actually had a lot of good food there, but the sausages were without exception quite crap. So it feels weird to call a good sausage a "banger." But maybe that's just me!<br /><br />(And I am not even going to touch that "spurt" comment.)Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-37863426981856536392016-08-26T11:03:22.128+09:002016-08-26T11:03:22.128+09:00Charles,
As you see in the above pic, some of my ...Charles,<br /><br />As you see in the above pic, some of my sausages had definitely burst. If they weren't true bangers, they were wannabes. I love the chaotic texture that those little explosions impart.<br /><br />In Switzerland, where cooking is done cautiously, my Swiss mother would cook sausages almost to bursting, then warn me when serving them, <i>"Attention—ça gicle!"</i> i.e., "Careful—it spurts!" No doubt a warning she first heard when she was in her early teens.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-80333197824037131912016-08-26T10:55:42.274+09:002016-08-26T10:55:42.274+09:00Bangers are specifically a UK thing, though, so ca...Bangers are specifically a UK thing, though, so called because of their tendency to explode while cooking. If I remember the Braai wors correctly, they did not really resemble British sausages. Just seems like an odd term to use when they could have used the Afrikaans "wors."Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-75808978860802866852016-08-26T02:29:53.617+09:002016-08-26T02:29:53.617+09:00Charles,
Will do.
Mike,
They do, at that.Charles,<br /><br />Will do.<br /><br />Mike,<br /><br />They do, at that.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-49691548729680186102016-08-26T01:33:51.353+09:002016-08-26T01:33:51.353+09:00Those sausages look like "bangers" in th...Those sausages look like "bangers" in the traditional British sense.The Maximum Leaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16049183891152402775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-24912357686212373132016-08-25T22:50:34.140+09:002016-08-25T22:50:34.140+09:00Next time, ask them if they have the Amarula-toppe...Next time, ask them if they have the Amarula-topped cheesecake. It is excellent.Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.com