What's the best supermarket sausage?

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I really love sausage, no you don't understand, I REALLY love sausages and as usual the supermarkets have managed to botch an otherwise great product. I reckon I've eaten quite a few but what's your favourite?

Sainsburys basics are too grim for words. Too much fat and stay pink once cooked, what's that all about? Their 'Butcher's Choice' used to be quite nice but I noticed the fat and gristle levels have gone up and they aren't what they used to be. I don't like their Taste the Difference ones. Here there isn't enough fat in my opinion and the snag makes a dry unpleasant fry-up.

Duchy Originals, now there's a fine sausage. They've got it just right with the mix and a good amount of pepper in there.

The Black Farmer, didn't like these and they taste too similar to Sainsburys Taste the Difference. Closer inspection they are the same weight, the packaging is identical but printed differently and I smelled a rat.

Porkinson Banger were pretty good. Nice taste but a bit fatty for toad in the hole or bangers and mash. Good sausage though.

Waitrose have a gluten free sausage that's pretty nice, only problem is they use rice as the rusk, so every now and then you get a chunk of whole rice and it looks like a hunk of knuckle. Good tate and good seasoning though, well worth a try.

And one for the veggies, Quorn bangers. I like these and I'd rather eat them than a cheap sausage. Great texture and taste and fills that gap for the veggies when I'm on a sausage bonanza.
 
[DOD]Asprilla;13977401 said:
I thought you used to live in Beckenham, didn't you? You should mail order from the English Sausage shop there, best sausages in the world.
Mail order? It's walking distance :D

They're quite expensive, special occasions only from them. And their sausages aren't really sausage sandwich / fry up material. VERY good though, must go there more often.
 
[DOD]Asprilla;13977440 said:
Ah, my mates in Beckenham call it London rather than Kent. Thought you'd moved.
But-but-but, they have a Kent post code :D

Debbie & andrews harrogate 97% pork sausages are my fav, really lean and think they are glutin free aswell
Ooo yes forgot about them. Don't remember them being that high meat content but they were very very good.

I absolutely love the Sainsburys taste the difference Tolouse sausages and the honey and mustard ones are good too.
Mmmmm, have you tried a real Toulouse sausage from a French supermarket? Completely different. Garlic yes, but they are smoky with paprika I think. Get them every year we go camping at Lemans and load the barbeque up for lunch!
 
Currently cooking the Lincolnshire Vegetarian Sausages from Cauldren Foods. Much nicer than the Quorn Sausages and available in a Cumberland variety too. Worth a try.
I like them too, the girl isn't so keen on them though.

Tonight I had wild venison sausages from the Village Sausage Shop, sautéd potatoes and buttery pea purée. The girl had cheddar and spinach veggie sausages from the same shop. Both thoroughly satisfied :)
 
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