STAFF at Three Trees Farm were celebrating this week after winning a bronze award in the National Sausage Competition 2016 held during National Sausage Week which runs until Saturday.
The farm shop's Railway Sausage, so called for the traditional cooking of sausages on Steam Locomotives where the driver would cook his sausages on the shovel in the engine of the train, scooped the bronze award.
The winning sausage will be available this week as part of a special promotion with triple points for all Loyalty Card Holders on sausages purchased during National Sausage Week.
On entering the competition, the team of butchers say they took inspiration from the proximity in Chiseldon to the old railway lines – a disused line runs next to the Farm Shop, now used by runners, walkers and cyclists alike – as well as Swindon’s well known history of building steam engines.
The sausage ingredients reflect a typical breakfast cooked in the smoke, including bacon, black pudding and tomatoes with a smoked pork base.
Steve Massie, Head Butcher at Three Trees Farm, explained the team’s confidence in their speciality sausage, after many trials to get it just right, including feedback from the butchery’s many loyal customers.
He says he now hopes this will be the start of many more winning sausages in the future, but in the short term the team will be producing their speciality sausages with a Christmas flavour.
Three Trees Farm Shop & Café can be found at The Ridgeway, Chiseldon
www.threetreesfarm.co.uk
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