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Folks,
Marjorie's problem of getting cherissa pales into insignificance when you consider the risk to life and limb of those who live overseas. Marjorie, you do not qualify for samples - we saw the pictures in the newspapers of mountains of cherrisas being sold at the Bandra Fair. I know, you are just after freebies!
Getting sausages from Goa into the UK has been a problem which has got a lot worse. About 30 years ago I arranged for a 20 kg to be shipped over but they were destroyed on arrival since they did not have a veterinary certificate. However, though airline passengers were able to bring sausages with them, there were some who had them confiscated and it was not possible to establish the guidelines.
Then came the outbreak of Mad Cow disease in the UK and it got tough since the outbreak was attributed to the unofficial importation of ethnic uncooked meats. So though importation is banned, small amounts tend to get through depending on the discretion of the Customs Official. The tendency is for passengers to distribute small amounts in different items of luggage.
What worries me are the sniffer dogs sometimes specially waiting to greet passengers from Goa. Can they detect sausages too? Last year I attempted to have the sausages "canned" at a small factory but the arrangement fell through since the factory discovered that they were short of cans and sought to double the agreed price at the last minute.
Being in the UK we are more fortunate than those in North America, Australia or Gulf - particularly SA. Are the beef sausages meant to cater for them?
There is also the other problem of the filling. How do you ensure that you have the flesh of farm pigs and not of the scavenging village pig? To think that a fish smell in bacon is an indication of what the animal was fed!
Cheers
Eddie
----- Original Message ----- From: "Marjorie Carvalho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi !
iv been noticing the posts on cherissa, and since i'm an avid fan of cherissa, which are not so readily available in bombay...and i wait for someone to coem from Goa and get me some......
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