Through the introduction of local people who are "patrons" of the famous fresh pork sausage, we found Bui Phong Son (Phuong) Business Household in Long Nguyen commune, Bau Bang district, Binh Duong province.

Although we have met and interviewed many establishment owners from many different industries, this is the first time the reporter has worked with an OCOP’s subject operating in the field of education.

Co Phuong Fresh sausages has a delicious and attractive flavor that is popular with many diners

Talking to us, Ms. Bui Thi Doan Phuong (born in 1984), owner of Bui Phong Son Business Household (Phuong) and working as a teacher at Sao Mai Kindergarten (Long Nguyen commune) said that the charm of sausage making stemmed from the fact that Ms. Phuong's son liked this dish very much. Concerned that the products on the market do not ensure quality, food hygiene, and safety, she researched and processed them herself to satisfy her children's food preferences.

"Not only my son but almost every other child loved sausages. Realizing that, I began to think in my mind, I must make sausages to share delicious and safe dishes with the children. Because clean sausages are not easy to find in the market," she shared.

According to Ms. Phuong, the difficult economic situation is one of the reasons that led her to become sausage making and stick as a "side job" after teaching.
In 2015, when she first started making sausages, she had to manually do all the stages. Realizing that the locality has many standard livestock farms to create favorable conditions for production, the young teacher – 8x has invested in machinery, expanded production, and served the consumption needs of the people. Now, not only the quality but also the output is increasing. At the beginning of the year, business households only reached 100kg, but up to now, the figure has reached tens of tons per year.

Previously, Long Nguyen commune never had a fresh sausage production facility. Local people mainly buy this item from the West to use for special occasions. Since having Ms. Phuong's production facility, choosing to buy sausages as gifts for family and friends during the Tet holidays has become more convenient. In addition, many local households also use Teacher Phuong's Fresh sausage as the main dish in daily meals.

More and more distant diners know and choose to buy Ms. Phuong sausages as gifts for relatives and partners. Customers evaluate that sausages are not only delicious but also have a luxurious appearance, sophistication, and eye-catching colors. It makes Ms. Phuong more motivated when she receives many compliments from children as well as the love and choice of customers inside and outside the province. In 2022, Teacher Phuong's Fresh sausage is the only product of Long Nguyen commune to achieve OCOP certification.

Teacher Phuong's Fresh sausage has a delicious, attractive taste and is preferred and chosen by many customers

Teacher Phuong's sausage has a very distinct flavor. No matter what form of processing (boiled, baked, fried, steamed,...) arouses an extremely attractive, delicious, and rich aroma. Besides, she does not use rose dew wine (spiced wine used for cooking) bought in the market but uses the family's heirloom wine. In order to create the right delicious sausage, she brought heirloom wine infused with 5 medicinal herbs. The finished product obtained after the distillation process is a "characteristic" spice wine that cannot be found anywhere, the aroma is difficult to confuse. In addition, because the sausages are made from fresh local pork, completely without using frozen meat, the sausage pieces are even firmer and naturally sweet. Fat has been filtered to create a feeling of less surfeit when eating and it’s also suitable for use with vegetables, rice, or sticky rice.

It is planned that in the near future, Bui Phong Son (Phuong) business household in general, and the young teacher, in particular, will continue to research and process more flavors to meet the perse consumption needs of customers. The facility also aims to equip modern machinery, improve productivity, and serve people during Tet 2024. At the same time, they will also expand trade connections to foreign markets.

Hùynh Kha