Meateaters forum has “left the building”
Some of you may have noticed over the weekend that you couldn’t access the Meateaters website. I was blocked as well. The reason for this was that some nice person decided to use the forum …
Category: News
News at home and around the world related to meat. We’ll give you the best, and the worst stories.
Glasseye Creek Wild Meat Sauce – pork spare ribs
The folk here at Meateaters (actually there’s only me here) are never shy to promote a product that is sure to make your meat eating experience an enjoyable one. The folk at Glass Eye Creek …
Knifecraft magnetic knife block
This is a blatant product endorsement. A colleague of mine at Springload was once an industrial designer. Actually, ‘once an industrial designer, always an industrial designer’. Michael has designed these beautiful magnetic knife blocks. As …
Finalists chosen for best sausage
The 2010 Great New Zealand Sausage Competition has revealed the nation’s top sausages. After two days of intense judging, the 450 entries in the contest have been whittled down to less than twenty supreme finalists. …
Butchery Bledisloe Challenge set down
Five of New Zealand’s best butchers will face off against five of the best Australians in an inaugural Trans-Tasman test match next March. Nominations are now open as Retail Meat New Zealand tries to locate …
Lady Gaga wears a dress made of meat
I love meat but I have never considered making a suit out of the stuff. For me meat is strictly for eating. Not so in the world of show-business. Lady Gaga attended the MTV Video …
Angus beef on the rise
Angus beef farmers have struck gold with their meat being supplied to the McDonalds fast food franchise. McDonald’s patrons, according to todays Dominion Post, have eaten their way through 1000 tonnes of angus burgers. Angus …
Bakel’s Supreme Pie Award winner announced for 2010
Here’s a list of all the winners in the Bakels New Zealand Supreme Pie Awards for 2010. I’ve only included the meat winners – really, we’re not interested in the vegetarian versions. It’s ‘four times …
Meet New Zealand’s best young butchers
The top five young butchers and five butcher apprentices from around the country have been found in the hunt for New Zealand’s best young butcher for 2010. After competing in regional finals around the country, …
Homekill Regulations Part 2
There has been a lot of interest in the idea of home killed meat, and as suspected, from my reading on the subject, the regulations are very strict. I sent a list of questions to …