Sausage Diet Fails to Deliver on the Tarawera 102 I enjoy eating sausages and I know that I eat more than the average sausage punter. Over the last six months I have been training for the Tarawera Ultra 102. One … Continued
Westmere Butchers wins the Supreme Award at the Dunningham’s Great NZ Sausage Competition (again). The results are out and the best butcher in the suburb of Westmere, Auckland has cleaned up again. With a pork and leek sausage they take … Continued
He Rangi Mokopuna. Polish Smoked Sausage in the Mountains It was July and I headed for the hills. I had three brilliant but cold days in Nelson Lakes National Park. He rangi mokopuna (a fine winter’s day). I have been … Continued
Powered By Sausages – Faultline Ultra The Faultline Ultra is a new 160km event for runners and mountain bikers. The Miler is one hundred miles or 160 kilometres. Along with some friends we entered a team in The Miler relay. … Continued
Polish Smoked Sausage – Polish Sausage Company The Polish Sausage Company is located in Lyall Bay. They make a great lightly smoked Polish sausage. These are big chunky sausages. They are definitely on the larger size. These sausages are coarsely … Continued
Kabanosy – Polish Sausage Company If you are looking for a sausage that all the punters will enjoy, you can not go past the Polish Sausage Company’s kabanosy. These are thin medium grind pork sausages that will delight all. Over … Continued
Red Tarns and Chorizo It was another day at Aoraki. The weather was not as good as the previous day, however all days in the hills are great. The Red Tarns We went up the Red Tarns (small mountain lakes), … Continued
Catalan Pork at Aoraki It was time to head for the hills, and there is nothing better than the mountains of the South Island. I headed to Aoraki, the highest peak in New Zealand for some days of hills, vertical … Continued
Judging at The Great NZ Sausage Competition Last week I spent two days in Auckland judging at The Great New Zealand Sausage Competition. Two days spent sampling and critiquing quality sausages is a hard job, but one that I was … Continued
Argentian Chorizo and Huatekerekere After returning to Takapō and soaking in the hot pools, looking at the whetu until the small hours of the morning, it was off to ascend Huatekerekere – Mt Peel. A friend had walked the lower … Continued