Beef Steak and Onion Sausages – Blue Mountain Butchery, Tapanui I was in Dunedin recently and visited the Farmers’ Market on Saturday morning near the Railway Station. It’s a great Farmers’ Market and it was a hive of activity on … Continued
Brazilian Toscana Sausages – Grey Lynn Butchers I purchased these sausages when I was in Auckland, and they were cooked up prior to attending the WTA Womens’ Tennis Tournament at Stanley St. I cannot recall having previously sampled a Brazilian … Continued
Christmas Meats – Park Avenue Quality Meats Park Avenue Quality Meats in Avalon, Lower Hutt is a great butchers’ shop. I purchased our meat for Christmas from Park Avenue. I was not surprised when I went to collect my order … Continued
Beef, Bacon and Black Pudding – Westmere Butchery While in Auckland, judging at the Devro Great New Zealand Sausage Competition I also visited Westmere Butchery. It’s close to friends of ours so no visit to Auckland really is complete without … Continued
Beef Texan Chilli While at Grey Lynn Butchers I also spied the beef Texan chilli sausages. It seemed churlish not to try them, so I purchased a couple to sample. Even though they only have half the heat of the … Continued
Westmere Butchery does it again! – Supreme Award Devro Great NZ Sausage Competition Not content with 2018’s Supreme Award, Dave Rossiter and crew from Westmere Butchery have done it again! The Supreme Winner of Devro Great New Zealand Sausage Competition … Continued
Magic in the Mountains I recently completed the Cass-Lagoon Saddle route near Arthur’s Pass National Park. For two days I had fantastic weather while tramping over the Cass and Lagoon Saddles. On day three the rain came in, however by … Continued
Goan Chorizo – Grey Lynn Butchers While in Auckland I visited Grey Lynn Butchers. Last year at the Devro Great New Zealand Sausage Competition I judged the innovation category. I had particularly enjoyed their Goan Chorizo, which won a bronze … Continued
Chicken, Brie and Plum Sausages – Well Hung Butchers While I was judging at the Devro Great New Zealand Sausage Competition, there was a butcher in the group of judges at the other end of the large table. He is … Continued
Judging at the Devro Great New Zealand Sausage Competition Last week I had the pleasure of judging at the Devro Great New Zealand Sausage Competition. I have judged at the competition for a number of years, and it is always … Continued