Although the results of the 12th annual Great New Zealand Sausage Competition won't be in until later this week, the most interesting thing about the judging isn't finding out who the winner is (unless you were participating, of course) but who was doing the judging in the first place. In addition to the Beef, Pork, BBQ, Flavored, Flavored BBQ, Saveloy/Polony/Cocktail, Traditional, International, and Gourmet categories that were evaluated by experienced judges, there was also a second judging of a selected group of entries to see who would win the Kids' Choice Award. All the entries, selected from those participating in other categories in the competition, were scrutinized by two groups of kids: seven judges under the age of five, and a group under the age of nine.
Perhaps some will bristle at the idea of their product being judged by kids, but most children love sausages and while they may not be able to pick out the same points as a life-long professional food critic would, they certainly know the difference between a good one and a bad one.
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11-05-2006 @ 7:51PM
Dr. Electro said...
My granddaughter is too old to be one of those judges. Dang. I know she loves certain sausages and can't stand the rest. Blood sausage as made by her father's side of the family disgusts her intensely. I'm with her on that one.
Incidentally, my favorite sausage, here in the States, is a skinless kielbasa I can get at a local market. It is utterly delicious.
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