£500 Sausage Invented

Members tried out the ideas and those who thought they had struck on a winning recipe submitted their 'inventions' for judgment on Friday 12th February. A panel of sausage lovers evaluated fourteen different varieties represented by 30 separate entries on the way to selecting the best.

The winning idea turned out to be the most unlikely combination of pork and caramel. Many of the judges doubted the product would be in contention but every one of them when they tasted it, was impressed with the submission.

SFMTA are well aware that the addition of caramel does little to enhance a healthier image for sausages but the intrigue and the desire to taste will attract sales. When the customer tastes the product we are convinced that they will be as pleasantly surprised as all our judges were.

The producer of the best sausage will receive a prize of £500 for his/her recipe which will be the possession of the Promoter. The consumer entrant who suggested the sausage that ultimately wins will receive a prize of £250. The names of these winners will be announced in March in the media.

The winning recipe was distributed to every Craft Butcher in Scotland with the March newsletter in time for you all to make this winning new invention during National Butchers Week in March 2010.

SFMTA would like to use this story to get members column inches in their local newspapers. If you are going to make the Pork and Caramel Sausage for National Butchers Week, tell SFMTA and we will do a press release for you and arrange a photocall at your shop on Thursday 11th March. A list of all the local newspapers we are aware of has been compiled. We will allocate members a local paper on a first come first served basis.

NEWSPAPER – BUSINESS
Aberdeen Citizen
Aberdeen Evening Express
Aberdeen Independent
Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser – Fergusons of Airdrie
Allanwater News
Alloa Advertiser
Annandale Observer
Arbroath Herald
Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald
Ayr Advertiser Series
Ayrshire Post – We Hae Meat
Ballater Eagle
Banffshire Advertiser
Banffshire Herald
Banffshire Journal
Berwick Advertiser
Berwickshire News
Blairgowrie Advertiser
Border Telegraph
Brechin Advertiser
Buchan Observer
Caithness Courier
Carluke Gazette
Carrick Gazette – We Hae Meat
Carrick Herald
Clyde Post
Clyde Weekly News
Clydebank Post
Courier
Cumbernauld News
Deeside Piper and Herald – H M Sheridan
Dumfries & Galloway Gazette
Dunfermline Press – Thomas Johnston
Dumfries & Galloway News – T H Carson
Dumfries and Galloway Standard
Dumfries Courier
Dunblane View
Dunoon Observer and Argyllshire Standard
East Fife Mail
East Kilbride Mail
East Kilbride News
East Lothian Courier
Edinburgh Evening News – Shaws Fine Meats Learmonth Avenue
Edinburgh Herald & Post
Evening Telegragh – Scott Brothers
Evening Times
Falkirk Herald – Thomas Johnston
Fife Free Press
Fife Today
Forfar Dispatch
Forres Gazette
Fraserburgh Herald
Glaswegian
Greenock Telegraph
Hamilton Advertiser
Hawick News
Hebridean Press Service
Helensburgh Advertiser
Highland News
Huntly Express
Inverness Courier – MacDougall & Hastie
Inverurie Advertiser
Irvine Herald
Irvine Times
John O' Groat Journal
Kilmarnock Standard – David Faulds & Son
Kilsyth Chronicle
Kirkintilloch Herald
Lanark Gazette
Lennox Herald
Linlithgow Journal
Linlithgowshire Gazette
Milngavie Herald
Montrose Review
Motherwell Times
Nairnshire Telegraph
North Star
Northern Scot
Oban Times
Orkney Today
Paisley & Renfrew Gazette
Paisley Daily Express – John Marshall & Son
Peebles Times
Peebleshire News
Perthshire Advertiser – Ann Davidson, Scone
Ross-shire Journal
Rutherglen Reformer
Selkirk Weekend Advertiser
Shetland News
Shetland Times
Southern Reporter – Shaws Fine Meats
Stirling Observer
Stornoway Gazette
Strathaven Echoes
Strathearn Herald
Strathspey & Badenoch Herald
Troon & Prestwick Times – Charles Duncan
Turriff Advertiser
Ullapool News
West Highland Free Press
West Lothian Courier
West Lothian Herald & Post
Wishaw Press