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Re: Braaiing and Recipes
Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 9:37 am
by Dzombo
okie wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2019 7:55 am
I have used olive wood from when I prune trees here on the farm .Olive wood is dense and heavy , more than 1000kg per cubic meter , with a very fine grain , turn darker as it grows older , and fantastic for furniture manufacture . Needs to be well dried , and burns very well with fairly long-lasting embers .
Okie, so this is as good as the SA wood ?
I have located a supplier of the Olive not too far from where I live - 10 min drive.
So I will go and pick up a bag on the weekend.
If that's no good I will investigate the options of the SA wood
RobertT wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 5:54 pm
Reckon you could get 3-4 fires out of the 20kg bag.
It gets a bit confusing as some companies quote in kg and some in litres
Re: Braaiing and Recipes
Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 5:10 pm
by Richprins
Re: Braaiing and Recipes
Posted: Fri May 24, 2019 9:05 am
by Dzombo
Will see how I get on over the weekend and keep you all posted
Re: Braaiing and Recipes
Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 4:16 pm
by Dzombo
Forgot to update......
So on the weekend went and got a bag of the olive wood
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And had a braai with it.
Was better than with the wood I had used previously in the week.
But still not what I expected.
Perhaps I didn't use enough??
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Edit: please can someone sort the sideways photos again.
Re: Braaiing and Recipes
Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 4:32 pm
by RobertT
Dzombo I think you are using too little wood. I do at least 4 layers in a tower kind of system. I also because hard woods like heat to burn quickly and make coals I tend to put a few briquetts in places to help. You want the wood to burn as quickly and evenly as possible so you have coals without some wood still burning with flames.
Re: Braaiing and Recipes
Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 4:45 pm
by Dzombo
RobertT wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2019 4:32 pm
Dzombo I think you are using too little wood. I do at least 4 layers in a tower kind of system. I also because hard woods like heat to burn quickly and make coals I tend to put a few briquetts in places to help. You want the wood to burn as quickly and evenly as possible so you have coals without some wood still burning with flames.
Ok, Will try with more wood next time.
The burning log on the 2nd photo. Was actually the one on the end. But the outside hadn't caught alight,so I flipped it around and put it on top so that it would burn
Re: Braaiing and Recipes
Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 5:28 pm
by Richprins
Yes, Dzombs! That is how one braais, one rearranges the unburnt bits!
Re: Braaiing and Recipes
Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 3:34 pm
by Lisbeth
Ronnie has work there for quite some time
Re: Braaiing and Recipes
Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 5:08 pm
by Richprins
Should last you for days, okie!
Re: Braaiing and Recipes
Posted: Fri May 31, 2019 5:12 pm
by Flutterby
All ready for winter.
