It’s not the sizzle, it’s the sausage
Harrington’s small goods is setting out to spread the meaty truth and destroy the sausagey lies with New Zealand’s first official Sausage Awareness Week. Of course, every week is unofficial sausage week in New Zealand, but the real one will run from 5-10 July and aims “to help Kiwis recognise that ‘what goes into the sausage goes into you’”.
What actually goes into sausages is one of the world’s great mysteries. Interestingly, old wives tales that might not be true state that a New Zealand sausage or other mystery meat must be made up of at least 40 percent ‘meat product’, which leaves room for 60 percent pure ‘other’. Some wanted the law changed so that a sausage would have to be at least 40 percent ‘meat flesh’, but, for some, it’s the floor scrapings that put the sizzle in the sausage.
The Wellington sausage-makers are keen to activate dialogue about modern day ‘snarlers’, so it will be bringing the small goods to the people with a series of free Sausage Seminars and sausage sizzles in central Wellington to raise awareness about the risks of “inappropriate sausage usage in their cooking”.
“With this campaign we hope to ‘close the gap’ with Australian living standards by raising New Zealanders’ awareness of what goes into quality fresh sausages and how best to enjoy them,” Angus Black, managing director of Harrington’s Small Goods (and possibly the name of the company’s next sausage variety) says.
Wellingtonian’s can support Harrington’s Sausage Awareness Week by registering to attend a free Harrington’s Sausage Seminar now via “Harringtons Sausage Awareness” on Facebook or SMS ‘Harringtons’ to 021 247 0882.
- Apparently, there are only three animal parts that can’t be included in a sausage. Guess what they are and we’ll send you some of Harrington’s finest sausages, which hopefully won’t include any of those things.
Gregg
June 18, 2010
Left testicle, right testicle and penis?
Marvin
June 18, 2010
Brains, bollocks and…lung?
Popscorn
June 18, 2010
Bone, brain & eyes?
KW
June 18, 2010
Eyelids, lips and nostrils.
Om nom nom nom.
Emma
June 21, 2010
Spleen, tails and lips
Rep
June 22, 2010
Rectum, horns and teeth.
ben
June 22, 2010
offals,bones and skin
cherie
June 22, 2010
Horns, hair and bone
Rep
June 22, 2010
Surely you can add offal? You can definitely add blood (eg black pudding)…
Millywants
June 22, 2010
All the butts, nose, bollocks and lips – it all goes in the banger. No hair, bone, teeth or hooves allowed. Bangers are required to contain named parts of animals only. Spooky….
Mildred Debris
June 22, 2010
Saddles, reins and bells
Karl
June 23, 2010
Hoof, hair, bone.
Monica
June 25, 2010
teeth, genitals, anus?
Kim
June 25, 2010
Hooves, hide and bones
Nigel
June 29, 2010
No hair, bone, teeth or hooves allowed – I know that's 4 things but ….
Hugh Mungus
June 29, 2010
Butcher's thumb, butcher's finger, butcher's foot.
Lynley
July 3, 2010
Skin, bladder & hooves.
Sara
July 4, 2010
the sausage mantra
if its a 'snout' leave it out,
if it can 'see', leave it be
if its bone leave it alone.
Esther
July 6, 2010
Brain, Uterus & Ovaries??