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Five articles you must read before you shop for your Heritage Day braai

Meat is the star attraction of any braai, so make sure you buy the very best for your Heritage Day celebrations.

Steak is always a crowd-pleaser at a braai. If you're on a budget, consider getting one large steak and serving it thinly sliced together with cheaper cuts such as boerewors and chicken drumsticks.
Steak is always a crowd-pleaser at a braai. If you're on a budget, consider getting one large steak and serving it thinly sliced together with cheaper cuts such as boerewors and chicken drumsticks. (123RF/ximagination)

Meat is the star attraction of any braai, so make sure you buy the very best for your Heritage Day celebrations.

To help, we've rounded up all the recent taste tests we've conducted that focus on everything from pork and chicken to beef and fish.

At these blind tastings, a panel of judges rates each product according to criteria such as  appearance, taste and aroma - and whether they would they'd buy it. An auditor is on hand to supervise the entire process, so you know it is free and fair.

Here are the results: 

Editor’s Choice

1

BLAST FROM THE PAST | Muralitharan has Proteas batsmen in a spin

2

The 15 best — and worst — districts in South Africa to give birth

3

TOM EATON | Our grasp of the emergency diminishes like all those critters going extinct

4

BLAST FROM THE PAST | Player beats the wind to add another Open title

5

Quan Horn not surprised to continue at flyhalf after Bok Pollard’s return

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