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Granville Island’s Oyama Sausage Co. Set For Choucroute Festival (Jan 23-26)

Oyama Sausage Company is located at Granville Island Public Market | 604-327-7407 | www.oyamasausage.ca

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Vancouver, BC | Comfort food comes to mind with the cold and wet weather upon us, and Oyama Sausage has the solution. January 23rd to 26th is The Oyama Choucroute (Sauerkraut) Festival. Oyama’s very own delicious, Alsatian style sauerkraut is fully cooked; all you do is heat it up. Choose from a huge assortment of smoked and fresh sausages, kassler, bacons and more to compliment your choucroute. Add a selection of craft beers from Granville Island Brewery or a fine Riesling or Gewurztraminer from Liberty on Granville Island and your meal is complete.

A seasonal treat, many line up to enjoy house made choucroute. With sausage, potatoes and great wine or beer, this is another dish that speaks to simple origins, like cassoulet and pot au feu. And pop by Oyama Thursday Jan. 30th – Sunday Feb. 1st for another round of delicious Boudin Noir – a delicate, super tasty blood sausage. Try it gently cooked in a pan with butter, fried apples and served with mashed potatoes. The ideal winter meal. Learn more about choucroute and Oyama after the jump…

About Choucroute | Choucroute (or sürkrüt in Alsatian) is usually prepared in the fall after the cabbage harvest. It’s pronounced shoo croot; chou is the French word for cabbage and croute is the Alsatian pronunciation (spelled using French rules) for cabbage. The fermentation process takes at least 4 weeks and can go much longer. And Oyama continues the traditional preparation using white wine to cook the cabbage. Afterwards the dish itself is made with sausage, different cuts of smoked pork, sometimes potatoes and traditionally uses Riesling wine.

Details

Granville Island Public Market | 1689 Johnston St. Vancouver B.C. | V6H 3R9
Telephone & Fax: 604-327-7407
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.oyamasausage.ca | Twitter

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The People

Owners: John and Christine van der Lieck

About Oyama Sausage Co.

We opened our store on Granville Island in the amazing Public Market in 2001, moving to Vancouver from the Okanagan, where we were in business for 15 years. The business is owned by John and Christine van der Lieck. John is a fifth generation master sausage maker from Europe who has worked all over the European continent and is a true master in the trade of artisanal charcuterie. Our background is German and Dutch. At varying times, we make over 400 products, from patés and terrines to salamis, to hams, prosciuttos and many other dry cured treats, to sausages (dozens of links – fresh and smoked), pork pies, sliders and snacks, taking inspiration from many different ethnic backgrounds. These products are handmade in our kitchen in Vancouver. Our wonderful products are made with Canadian inspected free range, organic or family farm raised meats (pork, beef, bison, duck, elk, chicken, turkey and more), with natural herbs and spices sourced from all over the world. We carefully source all our ingredients, only the best will do! You will find many of our products in many of Vancouver’s fine restaurants and eateries.