Needy and hungry benefit after fired-up pupils make world’s biggest boerewors roll
WHAT would Heritage Day be without a braai? In keeping with tradition a group of eager South Africans not only braaied their meat, they tried to break a world record by cooking the world’s longest boerewors on open coals. And they succeeded. The 60m long wors is the longest to ever have been braaied.
The attempt took place at the Cape Braai Festival at Stellenberg High School.
Checkers’ Meat Market sponsored the attempt to make the longest single-piece wors and braai it.
The company’s meat market trainer Tony de Sousa was responsible for making the massive wors.
Once cooked and put on a 60m roll – also baked on the coals – it was divided and donated to Shiloh, an organisation that provides meals to children in underprivileged communities.
The world-record boerewors roll can feed 400 people. Shiloh representative Estelle Veldman said they would take the rest to be distributed to soup kitchens and creches in Wallacedene.
The idea came as a result of parents of children at the high school who wanted to “give back to the community and have fun while doing it”.
The event brought together children, teachers and parents.
Gerhard Martin, one of the organisers and a parent of one of the pupils, said he was delighted with the turnout and success of the event.
The children were happy to have been part of the record-breaking activity and saw it as an opportunity to “give back to people”.
“At first I was a bit sceptical because I thought it was such a big thing to do. I was scared that the boerewors would break but now I’m so happy that it is done and we made such a huge success of it,” Stellenberg pupil Anandi Dewit said.
Sixty students from Stellenberg High School help braai the boerewors.
Likho Msengana said: “It was so much hard work, I didn’t think it would take so much effort to make boerewors.”
Pupil Jade Trollip was excited and felt good that she had made a difference by giving her time to feed others: “To be around friends and family on such a day is a great thing. I had so much fun and most of all I braaied.”
Laureth lcas, a mother of four, travelled from Blouberg to be part of the the recordbreaking attempt: “The braai event was a good incentive and brought families together. For once we all left our busy schedules to be part of something that is meaningful. I like it this side because the braai is used to bring people together.”
Owner of TJ’s Lekka Braai, George Ferreira, who donated the braai equipment, said he saw “Braai Day” as an chance to give back to the people: “We braai everyday. It’s our business to braai. But this was exciting because it is a meaningful braai.”