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
It is not all beer and sausages – Part Eleven Yesterday I finished the Tararua Mountain Race. This was over the southern crossing route from Kaitoke to Otaki Forks. This route has 2250 metres of climbing over its 37km. It is … Continued
Homemade Cajun Inspired Sausages In January we decided to have a few friends around for a barbecue. As the end of February neared we decided that some action was needed to bring this concept to fruition. So on … Continued
Insults fly across the blogosphere! The world of sausage obsessive bloggers is a small one. An excellent blog emanates from England, Rate My Sausage. I consider this blog to be one of the best sausage review sites on the … Continued
England Masticated Today I went to see New Zealand playing England in the ICC’s Cricket World Cup. While NZ were the favourites, no one would have predicted the humiliation that was forced onto England. However I guess if … Continued
Mexican Chorizo Sausages – Heritage Meat Company On a pleasant warm summer’s day I went with a few work colleagues to another colleague’s place for lunch. He has five acres of land just north of Otaki. His whare is … Continued
An Attractive Coal Range. While staying at Pep’s Cottage in Raglan there was an old coal range in the house that had great visual appeal. This coal range now fulfils a decorative purpose. Our family lived in Timaru for a … Continued
It is not all beer and sausages – Part Ten Over the summer break the running and sausages diet was to the fore. I ate plenty of enjoyable snarlers and with a few training runs I was putting the … Continued
Top Cut Butchers – Raglan After eating the pork and cranberry sausages, see review, I was determined to return to this butcher’s shop and sample more of their sausages. I will admit that prior to my first visit I had … Continued
The new dinner set For those foodies who look at the crockery in the photos of this blog, you may have noticed a few plates of the Narvik pattern from Crown Lynn pottery. This pattern was … Continued