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Burns Night smoked salmon giveaway

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John Ross Jr's Balvenie Whisky smoked Salmon on a plate
Whisky smoked salmon: the perfect Burns Night accompaniment

 

 

Yes, it’s that time of year again: the annual celebration of the life and poetry of Robert Burns, who lived from 1759 until 1796. However, to break the tradition of simply offering you smoked salmon recipes for your Burns Night celebrations, we thought we’d go one better than that and actually giveaway a whole side of whisky smoked salmon to enjoy on 25 January.

 

Before we get to that, here are some Burns Night facts that you may not know:

 

  • Robert Burns was only 37 years old when he died, with only £1 to his name
  • Scottish haggis was banned in the US in 1971, when one of its key ingredients – sheep’s lung – didn’t go down the right way with the Department of Agriculture
  • When not crafting poems, Robert Burns was collecting tax as part of his other job as exciseman
  • Robert Burns’ poem, Auld Lang Syne, has been covered by several musical icons – including Mariah Carey – and he has even featured in the Guinness Book of World Records for producing one of the most popular songs of all time
  • Robert Burns fathered 12 children by four women (which may explain his tiny estate!)

 

So, to help kickstart your Burns Night celebrations and to be in with a chance to win a side of whisky smoked salmon, all you need to do is visit our Facebook page, submit your answer to the question below in the Robert Burns post and tag a friend in the competition.

Question

True or false? Robert Burns was the first person ever to feature on a commemorative Coca Cola bottle

 

We’ll then draw the winner at random and notify them by 3pm on Monday 20 January to make sure that they get their smoked salmon delivered in time for Burns Night.

 

Alternatively, if you’re looking for smoked salmon recipe ideas for your own Burns Night celebrations, find out what our favourite Burns Night recipes are here.

 

Don’t forget to follow @johnrossjrsmokedsalmon on Instagram for recipe ideas, promotions and competitions.

Everyone’s a Scottish smoked salmon winner

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The British GT3 Championship title win has got us in a celebratory mood! And so we’re giving away some of our brand new style packs of smoked salmon – the new logo of which is proudly featured on the stunning (and winning) Aston Martin.

Once again, congratulations to Graham Davidson and Jonny Adam, and now 10 other lucky people can be winners, too – each of whom have the chance to win a 200g pack of our Traditional Smoked Salmon by taking part in our competition, the details for which are below.

But first, let’s talk about our winners…

What does the finest smoked salmon and motorsport have in common?

Until John Ross Jr decided to sponsor Graham Davidson and his GT3 Aston Martin, probably nothing, but we knew we had a winner in our midst.

And winning’s exactly what happened when they both took the title on 15 September at Donnington. Aside from the prestige of seeing the driver we sponsored win the title, we also enjoyed seeing our new branding featured on another British Luxury brand – the Aston Martin Vantage GT3.

Competition time: WIN a pack of Traditional Smoked Salmon

To continue the celebrations, we’re giving away 10 packs of classic smoked salmon in our brand new packaging (which isn’t even available to buy yet).

If you’d like to be in with a chance to win, all you need to do is visit our Facebook page and Tag a friend in the competition post AND share our new look pack.

We’ll then draw 10 people at random by 3pm on Friday 20th September.

*Terms and conditions apply – see website for more information. John Ross Jr reserves the right to amend or withdraw the competition at any time.

 

A week of smoked salmon sandwiches

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British Sandwich Week - the perfect opportunity to celebrate the much-loved sandwich
British Sandwich Week – the perfect opportunity to celebrate the much-loved sandwich

As if one major British event wasn’t enough (and by that we’re referring to last week’s Royal Wedding), we’ve found ourselves right at the beginning of another – although this one has more of a culinary theme to it and certainly lends itself more to smoked salmon.

 

Yes, it is British Sandwich Week 2018 from 20 – 26 May – a week-long celebration of one of the most popular and accessible meals to go and, as the organisers will proudly state, what is quite possibly the most iconic British culinary invention.

 

It goes without saying that there’s nothing quite like the classic smoked salmon sandwich – and you can find three delicious smoked salmon sandwich recipes here.

 

However, to make perfect smoked salmon sandwich you need to have the best smoked salmon – and although we’re obviously a little biased, this is where we feel we can help.

 

As our way of getting behind this year’s British Sandwich Week, we’re giving away enough smoked salmon for someone to make smoked salmon sandwiches for an entire week – a 454g pack of our Traditional Smoked Salmon.

 

All you have to do to be in with a chance to win is find our British Sandwich Week post on our Facebook page and answer the following question:

 

Why is the sandwich called a sandwich?

 

All answers will need to be posted on Facebook by 12pm on 26 May and the winner will be notified by the end of that day.

 

For more information on British Sandwich Week 2018 visit http://www.britishsandwichweek.com and good luck to those who enter the competition.