Ivan accomplished his dream in Australia: When he was little he ate meat twice a year because he was poor, now he is the king of salami and sausages (VIDEO)

Ivan Spehar (75) came to Australia on 11 November 1965 and made his Australian dream. He brought only one thing with him to his new homeland, his butcher skills. 

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Ivan learner to be a butcher when he was 15 years old as an assistant of a meat shop in Slavonija. Before that, because his family was poor, they were happy if they had meat twice a year. 

When he emigrated searching for better life to Australia, he met his wife. He opened his shop in Sidney in 1972. At one point he nearly went bankrupt, and then he transformed his old market into a meat shop. It still exists in Chester Hill, and it is known as Ivan's Butchery, with an official name Ivans small Goods. 

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The first thing you notice when you enter is the smell, that beautiful aroma of smoked and marinated meat. Then, second row of marinaded and smoked hams hanging from the ceiling, pieces of ham and sausages hanging above the butcher's counter. All these delicacies are made behind the shop, in a small factory that looks like a maze.

- Every week, 60 to 80 pieces of cattle and 200 pigs are being cut, smoked, fermented and packed to appear as tens of products, starting from liver sausage, smoked hot sausage, Turkish sheep sausages and many other delicacies - said Ivan to Australian media.

Ivan is also an active member of the local Croatian community and President of Croatian Club "Sydney Punchbowl", writes CroExpess.

(Telegraf.co.uk)