Found it – at last

One of the “things to do” on our recent trip to stay at Napier was to visit the Waipawa Butchery – it’s world famous in the Hawkes Bay.  Unfortunately it was a stat holiday when we passed by, so the shop wasn’t open.  The Smith family of Patangata Station in the Tukituki River Valley featured on the popular TV show, Country Calendar a while ago, and told how they recently purchased the Waipawa Butchery.  Duncan wanted to ensure they had the same quality product on the shelves every week. “We set up some rules around what kind of stock we would supply to the butchery. That meant ensuring all the animals coming into the butchery are female and they have been killed at specific weights. We find meat from female stock, including pigs, is tastier and juicer every time”, he said.

We were delighted to find a large stand featuring Waipawa Butchery set up outside Mega Mitre 10 during a trip to Palmerston North today.  (They will be there every Wednesday, they assured us.)  Business was booming, and we finally got to purchase some of their famous meat.

We purchased several cuts of beef and lamb, plus a couple of home made lamb and kumera pies for our dinner tonight.  And a chilly bag to take our purchases safely home.  I’m sure the meat will be every bit as tasty as promised, can’t wait to finally try it.  We will give it the taste test and let you know.