Thai Sausages – Park Ave Quality Meats A you know one of my regular haunts is Park Avenue Quality Meats in Avalon, Lower Hutt. One thing I like about my favourite butcher’s shop is that you never know what will … Continued
Winter sausages in the Tararuas I decided to go for a couple of days into the Tararuas. Using the Putara road end I intended to go the Roaring Stag, Herepai and Cattle Ridge Hut in the northern Tararuas. The weather … Continued
Whoop, Whoop, I found Zamora in Wellington I was at New World in Thorndon in the weekend and spied a packet of Zamora Chorizo Criollo on the shelf in the sausage section of the freezer. I can’t describe my excitement … Continued
Argentinian Duck Chorizo Sausages It’s always a happy day when I am at Park Avenue Quality Meats and spot a new sausage in the cabinet. It was an Argentinian duck chorizo, which of course immediately due my attention. I asked … Continued
Mt Karioi and chorizo Over the next few weeks I will be competing in the Jumbo-Holdsworth Race. I see this as a warm up for the Tararua Mountain Race held five weeks later. As part of my training I decided … Continued
Chorizo Criollo – Zamora, Queenstown After completing the Kepler Challenge we flew back to Wellington via Queenstown. We stopped in to see my favourite South Island butchers, Zamora. Matias, one of the owners of the business, was in the … Continued
The Celebratory Breakfast – Whew! We had friends round to watch the final of the Rugby World Cup so the alarm was set for 4.40am. I didn’t think I could stumble out of bed at 4.58am and wander into … Continued
Roast eggplant with chorizo whipped feta and walnuts I used a recipe that was in the Dominion Post’s Living magazine for roast eggplant with whipped feta and walnuts. This is easy to prepare. The writer in the article described … Continued
Easter Tramping Over Easter I decided to head for the hills. The weather forecast was not great, but there was a window of about 36 hours which looked promising so I decided to head up onto the tops. During the … Continued
New Zealand thrash West Indies (with smoked saveloys) The cricket world cup has been heating up as the tournament has progressed. Yesterday in Wellington Martin Guptill exploded in one of the great days in New Zealand sport. With a … Continued