Manna from Queenstown My wife had a workmate who was heading to Queenstown for a well deserved holiday recently. Her partner is a sausage lover with whom I had shared the odd quality snarler. After a few emails and some … Continued
Ukrainska Kielbasa – Sausages from the Ukraine I was in Park Avenue Quality Meats recently ordering mince to make homemade sausages. While there I purchased some Ukrainian snarlers – Ukrainska Kielbasa, as I am always keen to try … Continued
Homemade Pork, Pear, Blue Cheese and Walnut Sausages Inspired by the sausages I had consumed from Westmere Butchery I decided to have a go at making some of my own. I “imagined” the quantities…. My sausages had approximately 1.4kg … Continued
For those of you who read this blog, you may recall a posting in November 2014 about the Aorangi Undulator. Along with a running mate we supplied snarlers for the end of event barbecue. The organiser left them behind … Continued
Superior Sausages – Sunday Magazine Sam Mannering is a new food writer for the Sunday Magazine. This little magazine arrives with the Sunday Star Times newspaper each weekend. The magazine has a distinctly girlie feel, and I generally flip … 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
It must be true love My wife had to go to Auckland for a day’s work. I received a call late in the day saying she was outside Westmere Butchery and what kind of sausages would I like … Continued
“The best sausages she has ever tasted” The daughter went back to her flat and cooked some kabonosy with pearl barley and tomato. Her flatmate said, “These are the best sausages I have ever tasted.” Kabonosy are a sausage that … Continued
The right way to raise children Our daughter recently left home and went flatting. She has been back for a few meals. She came home for a meal during the week. She said to me, “Dad, I am missing … Continued