STEAK OF ORIGIN AND THE GLAMMIES

There are two very important competitions coming up that showcase the best produce in NZ. Interestingly its not about organic or boutique type products - instead its about finding the best meat in the land - There is a bit of science and a bit of subjective tasting by a celeb tasting panel .

Well known Southland chef and beef and lamb ambassador Graeme Hawke has penned a fine article in the Southland Times on the two competitions - the Glammies for Lamb and the Steak of Origin for Beef, which are fast becoming the food Oscars of the primary sector. The competitions are run by Beef and Lamb NZ .We would love to see the beef and lamb from the Chathams and Ruapuke in the Competitions, the meat from both these islands has a unique taste we believe would be a marketers dream just as salt marsh lamb is in Britain .


Its a pity that the Seafood Industry doesn't do something similar.

TINOPAI KAIMOANA

We are still drooling... We went to the Wellington trawlers new fish market on Lambton quay today and in the window was one of our favourite seafood treats. Hapuka throats and cheeks. $15.95 a kilo they are . There is bugger all bone in them and they were pinky fresh.. A young eastern European chick asked me what I was buying and I told her they were the best buy in the shop..
" Do they have bones,? she asked, yes we told her - but not many. She bought what I didn't. For $5 dollars we got enough to fill us to the gunnels.

I cut them up a bit and then chopped up a white onion finely , drizzled them in olive oil and some light herbs, then added a splash of water and a good grind of salt and pepper and then baked them quick in a hot oven.

The meat is unbelievably sweet and all gluey.

Absolute bliss...