Category Archives: news

‘Poms behind Pacdon Park’ in the Weekly Times

July 6, 2010 – 11:26 pm

July 7, 2010
THREE young Brits have brought the authentic tastes of their homeland to Australian tables, writes SARAH HUDSON
“For a couple of naive Pommy blokes in the middle of nowhere we’ve certainly made waves,” says James Arrowsmith, with a broad Lancashire accent.
“When I think back to when we first started I think, ‘gorblimey’.”
Making waves [...]

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“Sausages & More” at Tony Tan’s Cooking Class

April 6, 2010 – 12:13 am

On the 31st July we will be presenting ‘Sausages and More’ at Tony Tan’s Cooking class, rated 17th best cooking class on the planet by the Financial Times (UK). If you want to learn about what we at Pacdon Park do when making our sort after range, look at booking online at www.tonytan.com.au/
Certainly a treat [...]

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Sausages - food of the rich and famous

September 16, 2009 – 6:36 am

Here’s some celebrity sausage quotes…
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Delia Smith: Braised sausages seem to have turned up many times in my books over the years… I love them so much [Delia’s How To Cook: Book One]
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Ross Burden: You can’t beat the great British banger
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Nigel Slater: There are few things as warming as a hot sausage [Real Cooking]
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Russell Grant: They’re [...]

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What you don’t know about Lard

September 7, 2009 – 4:57 am

Australian culture is so fat-phobic we demonize some of the very foods that are best for us, and among those foods is homemade lard. The supermarket bought stuff isn’t worth bothering with, it’s hydrogenated to make it shelf-stable and bleached to make it appear whiter. What I’m talking about is lard from the fat of [...]

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Pacdon makes the news

August 27, 2009 – 8:37 am

Pork company barrels its rivals
By Ivy Wise
August 24 2009
Riverine Herald
A Bunnaloo gourmet pork smallgoods business has beaten 130 businesses throughout NSW to win the Small Business Marketing Makeover competition.
Pacdon of Bunnaloo was one of two businesses who are members of the Small Business Network to receive $15,000 to go towards a marketing and promotion campaign.
Managing [...]

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What do our customers think of our Pork Pie?

August 18, 2009 – 6:54 am

Below are some spontaneous emails we have received from our ever growing fan club!
“Just wanted to let you know I tried your pies on the weekend, bought them from the Farmers Market in Echuca – they were magnificent!!! I’m not a big fan of pork products, but I have to say they really were fantastic. [...]

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The world of Black Puddings

August 12, 2009 – 7:12 am

Black pudding is one of those foods that polarises opinions. Whether you love it with a passion or the very notion of it makes you feel queasy, it’s not a dish that fosters ambivalence.
The French, however, are in little doubt. In France, black pudding is known as boudin noir (literally ‘black roll’) and the specialty [...]

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After all that, it turns out Haggis is English after all…

August 4, 2009 – 1:55 am

A haggis recipe was published in an English book almost two hundred years before any evidence of the dish in Scotland, a historian has claimed…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8180791.stm

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Cumberland sausages

July 28, 2009 – 6:10 am

Pacdon uses a traditional Cumbrian recipe to make our Cumberland sausage. This is an unusual sausage recipe and is very distinct in the UK. Indeed, Cumberland sausages are soon to given ‘Protected Geographical Indication’ in the European Union, which means they will be afforded the same protection as Champagne enjoys in France and [...]

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Pacdon Apple & Cider sausage

July 28, 2009 – 5:42 am

Now rocking The Shamrock, Echuca!
You can now find Pacdon Somerset Apple & Cider sausages on the menu at The Shamrock Hotel in Echuca. Titled the Belfast Banger by The Shamrock, its proving to be a real cracker with both the locals and tourists alike.
Head down to The Shamrock Hotel Echuca for a great craic [...]

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