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Rate Your Sausage
You should only buy sausages from a butcher. And only if he's making his own sausage meat. There's no reason a good butcher shouldn't be doing this.
I do have a penchant for beef sausages but they're so rare. They're something you have to buy when you see them, but only if they're from a reputable butcher.
Nobody likes "breakfast sausages" which have too many herbs in them. Leave the herb mix for the proper cumberlands at tea time where they belong.
Today I'm trying turkey sausages for the first time. I'm sceptical I admit but willing to give them a go.
Tell us your sausage tales.
I do have a penchant for beef sausages but they're so rare. They're something you have to buy when you see them, but only if they're from a reputable butcher.
Nobody likes "breakfast sausages" which have too many herbs in them. Leave the herb mix for the proper cumberlands at tea time where they belong.
Today I'm trying turkey sausages for the first time. I'm sceptical I admit but willing to give them a go.
Tell us your sausage tales.
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Game Boerewors on the Braai with a huge mixed salad for me
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Sausage and salad. Controversial.
As long as it's cold, for me.
Oh and I do love charcuterie.
As long as it's cold, for me.
Oh and I do love charcuterie.
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Porcus sausages from Tod. Their rare breed pigs are truly free range and it shows in the meat. You get what you pay for with sausages. Buy cheap and you end up eating crap.
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I can eat decent sausages with anything. With salad, with pasta, in stews, even chop them up and scatter them in an omelette. So versatile.
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True for supermarkets.Billy Balfour wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 9:04 pmPorcus sausages from Tod. Their rare breed pigs are truly free range and it shows in the meat. You get what you pay for with sausages. Buy cheap and you end up eating crap.
But a good butcher should be making good, cheap sausages.
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I like a Venison sausage. Low on fat but really tasty.
Just out of interest, the best beef sausages I had were in Naples, a by-product of the Mozzarella market.
Just out of interest, the best beef sausages I had were in Naples, a by-product of the Mozzarella market.
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Edwards on Padiham road. - absolutely outstanding bangers.
Barely an ounce of fat comes off them and the smoked bacon is even better. If you cook it Monday the smell is still present on Thursday. Tremendous.
Barely an ounce of fat comes off them and the smoked bacon is even better. If you cook it Monday the smell is still present on Thursday. Tremendous.
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I really can't stress this enough, but pork should be the only meat in a sausage. It's the fat content you see, and as we all know that's what gives meat flavour.
You can do all sorts with sausage but a sausage and egg (runny yolk) on decent White/Granary bread or teacake, well, it's the simple things in life.
You can do all sorts with sausage but a sausage and egg (runny yolk) on decent White/Granary bread or teacake, well, it's the simple things in life.
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Gentlemen my Sausage is not up for discussion
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Had 2 last week! I like their Moroccan Lamb Kebabs as well
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Cowmans classic pork Apple and mint for me
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Bratwurst for me.... hot or cold.
I have to drive 10 miles to get them but there’s nothing better.
I have to drive 10 miles to get them but there’s nothing better.
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Im with Rowls insofar as beef is concerned.
Ive been known to knock up a batch from time to time with good fatty cuts from local Bellted Gallloways.
I enjoy eating then at breakfast with a generous black pudding side whilst our vegetarian friends look at their plates of grass/muesli/almond milk/whatever.
Ive been known to knock up a batch from time to time with good fatty cuts from local Bellted Gallloways.
I enjoy eating then at breakfast with a generous black pudding side whilst our vegetarian friends look at their plates of grass/muesli/almond milk/whatever.
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Linda McCartney's vegan sausages, made with genetically modified soya and "created in Linda's kitchen" with the mist rolling in from the sea.
Meat is murder, don't forget .....
Meat is murder, don't forget .....
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Dont eat them anymore when i found out what went into them
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Cowmans Pork and Black pudding every Sunday as part of my cooked breakfast!
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Someone once gave me some pork and stilton sausages from a Waterfoot butcher, I was surprised how good they were.
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I get all my meat from the butchers now - usually get sausage from Heys butchers on Lyndhurst Road, the ones who do all the Burnley FC named sausages.
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Another vote for Edward's Butchers on Padiham Road, pork and black pepper would be my preference .... their bacon is also outstanding, I agree !
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Edward’s is a good butcher but very expensive
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I really love all sausages and am always ready to try something different. If you are like me, when the Kro Bar (Oxford Road, Manchester) reopens, pop in and order their Medister Sausage. Like much of the food they serve, It's a Danish speciality, and by gum it's grand!
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Sorry BC, we're not talking about chipolatoes
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Are Chipolatoes .... A Sausage and 2 Potatoes
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Perhaps he could name one "uptheClarets" after the forum.?ClaretTony wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 9:17 amI get all my meat from the butchers now - usually get sausage from Heys butchers on Lyndhurst Road, the ones who do all the Burnley FC named sausages.
I'm open to what flavour it could be .Any ideas folks?
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I’ll ask them when they re-open and, more importantly, when I’m able to go in.conyoviejo wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 1:42 pmPerhaps he could name one "uptheClarets" after the forum.?
I'm open to what flavour it could be .Any ideas folks?
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Sometimes unpredictable, but often bitter?!conyoviejo wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 1:42 pmPerhaps he could name one "uptheClarets" after the forum.?
I'm open to what flavour it could be .Any ideas folks?
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It would definitely need some bull in there so a little bit of beef required.conyoviejo wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 1:42 pmPerhaps he could name one "uptheClarets" after the forum.?
I'm open to what flavour it could be .Any ideas folks?
And porkies too. Porkies by the cheekful.
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Who was the last person to have their hands on a Bob Lord’s Sausage?
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There was a guy who used to come to Ramsbottom's Sunday farmers market,the selection & quality of his sausages was second to none,we visited his shop occasionally,not sure of his name,does Berkin's ring a bell with any of you Burnley boys,think it was the Rosegrove area
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Still going I believe, if I’m on the same lines they have a shop on the side of their restaurant (Eagle at Barrow)Steve1956 wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 4:48 pmThere was a guy who used to come to Ramsbottom's Sunday farmers market,the selection & quality of his sausages was second to none,we visited his shop occasionally,not sure of his name,does Berkin's ring a bell with any of you Burnley boys,think it was the Rosegrove area
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Sadly Steve Berkin was diagosed with a terminal cancer in 2014, and passed away in March 2015. He was only 52 ... his family had had that shop since 1944 .
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That's Kevin Berkin, who also has the Fence-gate ... Stephen was his nephew.Burnley1989 wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 5:10 pmStill going I believe, if I’m on the same lines they have a shop on the side of their restaurant (Eagle at Barrow)
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Sad news,if I remember him rightly he was a lovely fella and his smoked bacon was something else,thanks for the info mate.Clarets4me wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 5:16 pmSadly Steve Berkin was diagosed with a terminal cancer in 2014, and passed away in March 2015. He was only 52 ... his family had had that shop since 1944 .
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Ah, I had actually been told that a few years ago, completely forgotClarets4me wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 5:21 pmThat's Kevin Berkin, who also has the Fence-gate ... Stephen was his nephew.
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He was a lovely chap, I picked up my Mother-in-Law's Christmas meat order for her around the time of the financial crisis, and she'd written a cheque but not given me the Guarantee Card .... He just looked at me, " Mrs Clancy's been buying her meat from us since the sixties, I'd trust a cheque from her more than the Bank of Ireland at the minute ! " .....
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Good guy was Steven. My friend and neighbour and died a very unpleasant death. Season ticket holder for many years.
His sausages were excellent and a few years ago he won the national Golden Sausage Award (yes there is such a thing, not a joke). Lovely guy, much missed.
His sausages were excellent and a few years ago he won the national Golden Sausage Award (yes there is such a thing, not a joke). Lovely guy, much missed.
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Natural skins are the key to a good sausage. We used to get them in salt wrapped in newspaper from the abbatoir.
Soaked in cold water they then slide easily onto the sausage machine. Lots of Supermarket sausages Are plastic skins that stay in your gut for days until they dissolve. A good mix of Minced pork And pork fat, rusk and seasoning.
Into the mixer and then loaded into the sausage machine.
Soaked in cold water they then slide easily onto the sausage machine. Lots of Supermarket sausages Are plastic skins that stay in your gut for days until they dissolve. A good mix of Minced pork And pork fat, rusk and seasoning.
Into the mixer and then loaded into the sausage machine.
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Another shout out for Edward’s on Padiham Road. Excellent sausage, bacon and indeed anything they sell. I know some say they are expensive, but they really aren’t when you consider the quality of their products. Also, they have adapted there service very well, to cope with the pandemic.
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Sausageman.co.uk
I will be receiving my first delivery from these guys today. BBQ at the ready. Good old fashioned proper authentic German sausages.
I will let you know how good they were later.
I will be receiving my first delivery from these guys today. BBQ at the ready. Good old fashioned proper authentic German sausages.
I will let you know how good they were later.
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The Tesco Bratwurst is nothing like the Aldi one. Very poor.
Stay away.
Stay away.
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I like a quality sausage for in door dining and always buy from Butchers, Haffners do some excellent ones andcas mentioned Edwsrds, however for a BBQ you need one thst drips fat onto the coals so a cheap and cheerful stomach filler that goes well with beer is Richmonds from Tesco.If they dont shrink by 25% they aren't cheap enough.
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I like plain sausages.
Went to a butchers once and bought some sausages. Asked if they were not meddled with...not at all.
Full of herbs and spicy stuff. Nightmare!
I buy at my local community Farm. They are really tasty.
Went to a butchers once and bought some sausages. Asked if they were not meddled with...not at all.
Full of herbs and spicy stuff. Nightmare!
I buy at my local community Farm. They are really tasty.
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Oof a Richmond sausage. Now that’s definitely one of those that are full of all sorts of undesirable bits. Last time I had one of those I was gagging on a chewy grisly bit.bfcjg wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 10:43 amI like a quality sausage for in door dining and always buy from Butchers, Haffners do some excellent ones andcas mentioned Edwsrds, however for a BBQ you need one thst drips fat onto the coals so a cheap and cheerful stomach filler that goes well with beer is Richmonds from Tesco.If they dont shrink by 25% they aren't cheap enough.
Lishmans in Ilkley do great sausages, great everything to be fair.
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The pork and pepper from Schofields Butchers opposite Oddies down Scotland Road in Nelson are truly outstanding sausage butty material.