Blantyre butcher tastes success with gold award

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A Blantyre butcher tasted success at a national competition by striking gold for one of their popular products.Neil Rodger, of D&J Rodger on Main Street, won a gold award for their beef slice sausage at the Scottish Craft Butchers product evaluation.It passed with flying colours following a grilling by expert industry judges held at Forth Valley College, who assessed more than 140 entries from sausage makers from all over Scotland.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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