http://www.gasparssausage.com/gaschour.html
It appears to me to be a specific brand of chorico which is a Portuguese saucage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorizo#Goan_chouri.C3.A7o
John Baptist Gaspars died in 1691.
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Chorizo comes from spain! it is a spicey sausages sort of thing. it goes with many things like fish, chicken or even in a sandwich with simply just some mayo! Chorizo is pronounced slightly differently from the lettering. The letter z should be pronounced as a th sound so chorizo acctulary sounds like choritho!!