I, Tongmaster.

November 28, 2005 11:32 AM

I, Tongmaster. [embedded quicktime]
posted by monju_bosatsu (19 comments total)

Had me up until they went and ruined things by poking the sausages. Never poke the sausages. Rookies.
posted by terrapin at 11:54 AM on November 28, 2005

Seriously. Vampire holes? wtf?
posted by thirteenkiller at 11:56 AM on November 28, 2005

A sausage can use a good poke right before you eat it, to avoid the nasty hot splash in the face you can get when you burst a hot sausage with your teeth.

Fun movie. Almost too long.
posted by papercake at 12:03 PM on November 28, 2005

What accent was that? I don't think I've ever heard it before.
posted by driveler at 12:18 PM on November 28, 2005

It's South African, driveler; hence the braai reference.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 12:20 PM on November 28, 2005

I didn't hate that.
posted by cusack at 12:42 PM on November 28, 2005

There's two feet of snow outside right now.
This video created great cognitive dissonance in my brain.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 12:59 PM on November 28, 2005

I loved that.
posted by jonson at 1:03 PM on November 28, 2005

Enjoyed that. Thanks, monju.
posted by shoepal at 1:05 PM on November 28, 2005

Looks like it was filmed in the garden of a house in London...
posted by i_cola at 1:16 PM on November 28, 2005

Metafilter: the siren song sizzle of the sausages
posted by lalochezia at 1:21 PM on November 28, 2005

Brilliant.
posted by phearlez at 1:31 PM on November 28, 2005

I am the Master baster at my braai.
posted by alteredcarbon at 3:26 PM on November 28, 2005

Heh. "We sipped our beer." Great stuff.

Re: holing the sausages. Pricking them with a pin before they hit the grill can help excess steam escape. No forks though.
posted by sharpener at 4:02 PM on November 28, 2005

Heh. Not too far from the truth actually. Thanks.
posted by peacay at 4:12 PM on November 28, 2005

The book "A Stiff Drink and a Close Shave: The Lost Arts of Manliness" is a great little book full of exulting tributes to the great manlky pursuits like whiskey, poker, barbecue, shaving and gambling.
posted by planetkyoto at 4:26 PM on November 28, 2005

So are "braai" and "boerie" synonymous with "grill" and "sausage," respectively?

Are these words developed from the Afrikaans language?
posted by allkindsoftime at 4:30 PM on November 28, 2005

Braaivleis or braai is Afrikaans for "roasted meat." Boerie is beef and pork sausage with coriander and cloves.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 5:01 PM on November 28, 2005

I speculate that the "vleis" of "braaivleis" is akin to the German "fleisch" and the English "flesh" and perhaps the "braai" is akin to the German "brennen" and the English "to burn"?
posted by squarehead at 8:33 PM on November 30, 2005