Farmers Markets

[welsh wizard]

Hi Lance - 40 hanks WOW! thats some serious production going on there...........

Really glad to hear you are so busy - it is a leap of faith doing what we are doing and yes you are right I have never worked so hard in all my life, but I have never enjoyed so much the the work I am doing so there is a knackering balance in there somewhere.

Things are going well for me and I am hoping to expand in the not too dim and distant future but I am really hesitiating regarding staff. My children when they come home form uni are fully employed helping me and then you introduce a range of foods thet you have to try and keep going when they are back in education - oh well all good fun.

I want to produce a chicken sausage for the summer - any ideas? Last year I minced and hand chopped chicken, added some blue dragon sweet chill dipping sauce and a few herbs - these went very well inded. Do you use any rusk in your chicken sausages?

Questions questions I know - Cheers WW

[Lance Yeoh]

Hi Lance - 40 hanks WOW! thats some serious production going on there...........

Really glad to hear you are so busy - it is a leap of faith doing what we are doing and yes you are right I have never worked so hard in all my life, but I have never enjoyed so much the the work I am doing so there is a knackering balance in there somewhere.

Things are going well for me and I am hoping to expand in the not too dim and distant future but I am really hesitiating regarding staff. My children when they come home form uni are fully employed helping me and then you introduce a range of foods thet you have to try and keep going when they are back in education - oh well all good fun.

I want to produce a chicken sausage for the summer - any ideas? Last year I minced and hand chopped chicken, added some blue dragon sweet chill dipping sauce and a few herbs - these went very well inded. Do you use any rusk in your chicken sausages?

Questions questions I know - Cheers WW

WW,
those 40 hanks will last me quite a while. It;s difficult getting good casings here so when I can get my hands on some, I'll grab as much as I can.

I use rusk in all my chicken sausages. I use about 5% but the liquid content for chicken sausages must be reduced. I usually start off with about 6-7% water and if it's not moist enough then I'll add water when I mix the forcemeat by hand.

What kind of sausage do you have in mind for summer? Something spicy? If you have a rough idea of what you want then maybe I can think of a recipe that I use that I can share with you. One of my best selling sausages is a sweet italian sausage with chunks of cheddar cheese in it. When cooked and still hot, the cheese in the sausage is gooey and sticky making it really rich.

[welsh wizard]

That Sweet Italian cheddar cheese sausage sounds the dogs dangly bits. I can use the recipe (if you are kind enough to let me have it) and replace the cheddar with Stilton or Shropshire blue if needed.

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees please

Cheers WW

[Lance Yeoh]

Hi WW,
How are things going? Not seen you around for a while. Any new creations?

Btw, I'm now the importer and sole distributor of halal sheep casings in Malaysia, it's the only legal sheep casings thats permitted by the goverment.I didn't know I've been using 'illegal' casings that was smuggled into the country. Just started the business and got my goods in yesterday. I'm trying to promote home sausage making in Malaysia in a small scale now and hopefully in the future as well. Will need to source for equipments to import then. Just need to get my cashflow going again since I've invested my savings into this new venture.

[welsh wizard]

Hi Lance - yep still here and working hard!

At the moment I am getting more and more outside catering bookings so my markets are getting a few less than previously. However I still complete all the farmers markets I can.

With regard to new products I have come away from the meat type products and have started a sweet line for the Summer. I now do things like Lemon Possett, Rasberry Fool, Chocolate Fudge cake, and other summery things. However two more meaty type products that I sell are smoked prawns and poached salmon sandwiches, both of which do quite well.

I read you have been into back door smuggled sheep casings, all of which made me laugh Are there any restrictions on hog casings? Anyway I hope all that goes well for you it is an inspired idea. You will have to get your own web site up and running..........

Likewise, as I do rather a lot of outside Paella Q's I am now importing some Paella kits to sell, which from a slow start has picked up a little - so thats another string to the old bow, but I think only in the Summer.

Anyway we are still here which is good - Cheers for now WW

[saucisson]

Which Paella kit are you selling WW?

[jenny_haddow]

Lance and WW you have my full admiration for your efforts and success to date. As you say WW 'keep on keeping on'.

BTW which paella kits are you selling WW?

Jen

[saucisson]

Great minds think alike...

Which Paella kit are you selling WW?

[welsh wizard]

Hi Both and thanks for the encouragement.

Ref Paella kits I have an arrangement with a company called - wait for it - "El Cid". I am able to provide these kits from domestic (cook for up to 10) all the way up to commercial (cook for up to 50+). They come in from Spain, and comprise of a two / three ring burner, stand and pan.

They are great fun and I use them for all sorts of things like big chillies, curries, large breakfasts, cooking sausages and burgers at shows, and of course the famous 100 egg omelet. It is a very versatile bit of kit. They run off butane or propane - have a look at ebay to see what I mean although the quality of those on sale there is shall we say a little suspect.......

Cheers WW

[saucisson]

The english wbsite is broken

Here's the French one:

http://www.paelleraselcid.com/0frances/sitemap.html

[welsh wizard]

Yep, the English site is always broken!

If I didnt have a reasonable splatering of Spanish I would not be able to do business with them..........

cheers WW

[bogoiler]

nearly got all my gear now ,all i need is aname to trade under , is there anywhere i can check to see if the name is being used ,i know i can google it !the main problem is coming up with a good name!

[saucisson]

You can check trade names here:

http://www.bdec-online.com/bd-trade/bd-tm.htm

trademarks here:

http://www.trademarkdirect.co.uk/

when you get to the second page enter class 29 and class 30, which cover most food stuffs.

and you can check company names here

http://www.duport.co.uk/entry/company-n ... 1QodoSgDkQ

(just enter a name and click on the begin registration button)

Dave

[bogoiler]

thanks saucisson
will now have to come up with a name!

[bogoiler]

hi welsh wizard sounds a daft question but are you into landrovers too!!