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Title: Whats happened to sausages?
Post by: mercury on December 16, 2013, 16:13:04 PM
We have been back in The U.K for 7 months now and having been living on Kargi sausages and The Eyna bratwurst which are lovely was looking forward to some delicious pork sausages... We have tried cheap ones. fat ones. thin ones expensive ones./ "which incidently were the worst" tough skins... :( Such a disappointment.. We want a nice tasty pork or Cumberland sausage. Any suggestions.. Don't suggest Richmond or Walls sausages. They went down hill years ago.
Title: Re: Whats happened to sausages?
Post by: marina on December 16, 2013, 16:20:03 PM
I agree Mercury, good sausages are becoming hard to find. We usually get some from a local farm shop. My mum buys M & S, she says the skins are nice and thin!
Title: Re: Whats happened to sausages?
Post by: mercury on December 16, 2013, 16:24:18 PM
I think the only recognisable thing about most of them is the shape...
Title: Re: Whats happened to sausages?
Post by: marina on December 16, 2013, 16:28:59 PM
True! Plus of course then you have to wade your way through all the different flavours now - not just good old pork!  : :)
Title: Re: Whats happened to sausages?
Post by: KKOB on December 16, 2013, 16:54:58 PM
Tesco's Finest are reasonable for the price. Although I think these days there seems to be a competition amongst the sausage producers to see who can come up with the most bizarre combination of ingredients and flavours.
Title: Re: Whats happened to sausages?
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on December 16, 2013, 18:09:36 PM
Never buy any other sausages than the ones made by our local butcher, who has won awards for his sausages. Try your own local butcher's.
Title: Re: Whats happened to sausages?
Post by: Toky on December 16, 2013, 18:55:52 PM
http://www.wicksmanor.com/newsDetail.cfm?id=63
  :)
Title: Re: Whats happened to sausages?
Post by: longjohn1953 on December 16, 2013, 19:00:41 PM
try plumgarths cumberland sausage, asda stock them , they are really good
Title: Re: Whats happened to sausages?
Post by: Rimms on December 16, 2013, 19:03:52 PM
We had Kargi sausage, mash and onion gravy for tea tonight. Delicious !
Title: Re: Whats happened to sausages?
Post by: Bluwise on December 16, 2013, 19:59:24 PM
Oddly enough, I only like "chip shop" sausages. Goodness knows what's in them (and I prefer not to know) but I like the smoother texture. 
OH had cheese and chilli sausages the other day….uugghh.
Title: Re: Whats happened to sausages?
Post by: Scunner on December 16, 2013, 20:17:50 PM
As mentioned earlier, the M&S ones are excellent (and 92% pork from memory, way more than more popular brands). They often do them in twos (packs not sausages) on offer and are well worth it. Lidl's premium ones are also very good.

On the subject of meat content, hot dog sausages can be less than 10% pork in some cases. I'm also a chippie sausage fan Bluwise, and I do NOT want to know what they are made with :D
Title: Re: Whats happened to sausages?
Post by: kevin3 on December 16, 2013, 21:47:51 PM
My late fether-in-law was a Butcher and did his own manufacturing.He made various sausages using natural skins,
black puddings,burgers,cooked hocks,cooked and pressed meats ect. I used to help him some Sundays and it was
interesting. Everything had to be good quality.A lot of the bacons and sausages sold now are complete rubbish.
I get some nice bacon and sausage from Water Smith shops. Not cheap but good.
Title: Re: Whats happened to sausages?
Post by: Highlander on December 16, 2013, 21:53:22 PM
Tesco's (either Butcher's Choice or Finest) Pork, Fennel and honey. Highly recommended.
Title: Re: Whats happened to sausages?
Post by: Scunner on December 16, 2013, 21:53:58 PM
I mentioned recently that an independent butchers here does fabulous Ayrshire bacon for the same price per kilo that Tesco do their 'standard' bacon.
Title: Re: Whats happened to sausages?
Post by: Highlander on December 16, 2013, 22:07:02 PM
When the "big" Tesco was opened in Dingwall, the prophets of doom said that the local butcher (and other shops, garages etc) would close within weeks.

No so. Lots of people who tried Tesco's beef, for example, soon went back to our local award winning butcher.
Title: Re: Whats happened to sausages?
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on December 16, 2013, 22:33:48 PM
Our Butcher's is the same, has about  4-5 girls serving and there is always a long queue.  Once you get meat from the butcher's the supermarkets just cannot compete IMO.  ;) ;D
Title: Re: Whats happened to sausages?
Post by: kevin3 on December 16, 2013, 22:53:56 PM
When you find cardboard boxes that had contained lamb imported from Zimbabwe
you can just visualise the lush green pastures they grazed on. You get what you pay for.
Title: Re: Whats happened to sausages?
Post by: KKOB on December 17, 2013, 06:13:20 AM
Our Butcher's is the same, has about  4-5 girls serving and there is always a long queue. 

So, if he had boys serving, the queue would be shorter ?
Title: Re: Whats happened to sausages?
Post by: kevin3 on December 17, 2013, 08:31:01 AM
Certainly.
Boys being far more efficient they would serve quicker, thus reducing the queue.
          And some may be prettier. !!             :)
Title: Re: Whats happened to sausages?
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on December 17, 2013, 08:39:47 AM
Interesting to hear you like to be served by a pretty boy Kevin. Don't give away too many of your secrets. :D ;D :(
Title: Re: Whats happened to sausages?
Post by: echogirl1 on December 17, 2013, 09:58:13 AM
I loved the ad interspersed with this thread for "Natural Sausage Casings", very clever!!