Diesel Rogers Dining with Diesel sunlive.co.nz

The German pest has returned from her holiday and is hell bent on catching up on lost time.
She has been regaling me with stories about her road trip although it's damn hard for her to say a lot really when my fine tail is stuck between her teeth.

My tail I am sure is going to end up one day like her little stumpy excuse for a rear appendage!
Anyway, between all the drivel about frolicking in the snow, and eating ice cream, she happened to mention something about her few days in Nelson, and how they have this amazing beach where dogs can freestyle and run to their heart's content.
Among other mutts of mixed lineage, she was saying that one day she came across eight bloody Dalmatians (now where is ‘Cruella De Ville' when you need her? as this many of them would have almost made a sleeve for her coat).
That's a little condescending on the merits of a spotted dog, but there ya go, also apparently in Nelson, they have bush walks set up over the region where we can also run free, maps are printed for you twoleggers to take us, and all are sign posted.
If we need to stay on our leads, they even have little bins with bags in them, (no they are not tinny houses), but receptacles for number twos – now this is what I call getting things sorted.
Free range dogs
On further investigation, apparently the canine registration fee in Nelson is only $40 per annum, (has just been increased from $30), and they get all these amenities, while here in Tauranga, the boss pays over $80 for me, and all I get is a stupid green tag – unless I am barking up the wrong tree, I have not seen a free range dog area around here, so I have to ask: how many dogs does it take to employ a bureaucrat and what do we get for it?
Not a lot. My ‘grad pappy', the original chocolate crusader, used to tell me stories about how all the farm dogs used to get visited by control officers and given their annual medicine; at least they used to get something for their dollar,
I need some answers about how the council arrives at the figure they charge and exactly how they warrant it. If you good mutts out there have resided anywhere else but this fair town, and have a story to tell about registration cost and amenities, let me know, as I do not think we get a fair shake of the sav mate, and on the subject of savs and sausages, and all things of the meaty persuasion, have you caught up with my old mate Johnny the Aussie butcher in Gate Pa and stocked up on sausages for the barbecue this long weekend? I have got to tell you it is going to be a cracker. How do I know this you may well ask? Well, the answer is simple with one eye open I can see the weather forecast on the television from the couch, the other eye is on Toni the weather babe, so get in and see the ‘old fella', he may throw you a sausage or two.

Breakfast casserole

Ingredients
500g bacon and leek breakfast sausage
4-6 slices bread, torn into pieces
6 eggs
2 cups milk
1 cup mild cheddar cheese, grated
Salt and pepper to taste

Method
Brown sausage and drain on paper towels.
Place bread in bottom of a large, greased baking dish. Spread sausage over top of bread. Beat eggs with milk, salt and pepper. Pour egg mixture over bread and meat. Sprinkle with cheese, cover and refrigerate overnight.
Uncover and bake at 180C for 35-40 minutes.
This casserole can be baked as soon as it is prepared and is great for company breakfast.
All righty my good folk, that is all from me this week, enjoy the sunshine this weekend and don't labour on Monday in the garden. Take your canine for a walk instead, oops, that is if you can find a place you can take them for a little freestyle running. Also, make sure you do it to them before they do it to you.