The ULTIMATE sausage thread

[Ed]

Being a wannabe connoisseur of sausages I'm trying to better a sausage I had in a sandwich some 10 years ago, but am failing.

I used to be an air conditioning engineer and travel the country installing them. On the main Hastings to London road (A21) there was a roadside snack van that made the very, very finest sausage and egg sandwiches. He bought the sausages from a farmshop but never said which one, preferring to be a middle-man and sell them on himself, guarding his secret.

Anyway, he's moved on since and the particular farmhouse still remains a mystery. So, in the quest to match it, I've tried other farmhouses, local butchers and typically the supermarkets. The nearest I've come close to finding a sausage of the same quality is the Tesco Finest Pork and Herb range. They are absolutely superb, despite being a notch below my all-time fave. I tried the Tesco Finest Aberdeen Angus Beef range this morning and as nice as they were, they didn't compare to the Tesco Finest Pork and Herb.

Is there a superior sausage out there?

 

[One More Solo]

I only clicked for the thread title.

 

[paradigm]

Being a wannabe connoisseur of sausage

Whatever floats your boat

 

[Rikwaller]

I had some sausages from Jimmy's Farm. Origional Pork sausage was very very good !

 

[Ed]

I had predicted around 10 tangent comments

 

[Gilly]

Cheap sausages > *

 

[Ed]

I had some sausages from Jimmy's Farm. Origional Pork sausage was very very good !

Good prices too. I might try them.

 

[Ed]

Cheap sausages > *

Gristle and fillings = lose.

 

[Zefan]

Cheap sausages > *

Yup, and lots of them.

Although it's sometimes nice going home when Mum cookssome really nice posh ones

 

[Zogger]

Much prefer simple Richmond sausages to Tesco finest personally.. not sure why

 

[Glaucus]

ha-ha sorry Tesco Finest is not a good sausage. Unless you like the cheap rubbish.

Go to farm shops and try there ranges. Even better get a sausage machine of ebay. Then go to your butchers who can supply you with sausage skins and meat.

There dead easy to make and are absolutely sublime. Mixed game sausage F T W especially with a port sauce..

Red wine and onion beef sausages are also great.

 

[paradigm]

In all seriousness, a decent local farm shop selling venison sausages are usually the most succulent and with the most vibrant taste.

 

[alexakasloth]

Sausages from the butchers, not cumberland or anything, just pork.

 

[Gilly]

Gristle and fillings = lose.

Can't remember the last time I found gristle

 

[Glaucus]

also try some Boerewors sausages, it's a dense beef sausage with heavy spices. Absolutely great.

 

[Gilly]

say what now? Cheap sausages are so full of rubbish it's pretty disgusting, then you cook them and loads of water comes out. Nice.

Proper sausages from a butcher > *

9 times out of 10 'proper' sausages from a butcher are full of rubbish too

I don't care what they have in them, however, as long as it isn't gristle, won't make me ill or isn't edible. They taste nice and thats enough for me.

 

[Nullvoid]

You'd probably have better luck trying out some of the various 'wursts' from Germany. At least they are guaranteed to have a high % of meat in them unlike some of what passes for sausages in this country.

 

[Cupra]

I don't care what they have in them, however, as long as it isn't gristle, won't make me ill or isn't edible. They taste nice and thats enough for me.

agreed

 

[kieranv]

pre-cooked cumberland ring from the "deli" in tesco

absolutely fantastic, and the last one i bought was 10p cos it was going cold

 

[Mark A]

Ragh not another food thread, first curry now sausage *runs off to get food*. Got to agree wit Gilly on this one, cheap sausages taste great to me and don't cost the earth. Saying that if i ever came across any bone in them id probably never eat one again as I'm really squeamish about things like that.