Favourite type of sausage

[Nice65]

The demise of the Porkinson Banger, as a generally available sausage, was a sad day for the sausage industry. Even Heston Blumenthal voted it the best.

I'm settled on Porky Whites and Black Farmer at the moment, but neither are a Porkinson.

 

[Quixoticgeek]

It's strange, you often never really appreciate something until you don't have it any more. When I lived in the Netherlands I really missed a proper British banger. Sure you can get something Sausage shaped from AH, or from the Butchers, but it just wasn't the same as proper British banger. There's a joke among the expats. The best sausages come from yorkshire, the wurst come from the Netherlands. (Wurst in Dutch is pronounced the same as worst in English). It's not entirely true, there are some good Wurst in the Netherlands, but they are not the same.

So, necessity being the mother of invention and all that. I taught myself how to make sausages. With a couple of books by Hugh Fernley-whatsamacallit, and his pig in a day dvd for guidance, managed to make something that looked like a sausage, and tastes like a sausage. I doubt I'd win any awards for them, but I was pleased with what I made. Eventually myself and a few expats would get together for sausage making parties, we'd all chip in for the ingredients, and make a large batch that we would then share among our number... How expats in countries where you can't get pork cope...

As for which seasoning? My local butchers here in Kent makes some rather nice bangers labelled "romany sausage", not sure what's in them. I'm also a fan of the Lincolnshire sausage.

J

 

[John Fenna]

The susages made from the pigs we rear at the Care Farm I work at are the best - not just for flavour but also for what they represent

 

[woodstock]

Steak and onion from Bells in Lanark

 

[demographic]

Cumberland from Mulhollands in Great Orton.

 

[Muddypaws]

I'm not Scottish, but I really like Lorne sausage, so I look forward to getting some whenever I visit Scotland. Bought from the butchers in Dingwall, I prefer them with quite a coarse texture.

 

[Blundstoned Love]

Griffins Originals

http://www.griffinsbutchers.co.uk/sausages/

 

[HillBill]

"Yorkshire" sausage from the farmshop....had them before... very good! Also, some of their home smoked bacon.... Awesome.

 

[CumbrianLad]

Its safe to say a good number of bcuk love sausages

 

[HillBill]

I'm allowed a Yorkshire breakfast once or twice a month. .... (full english in a giant yorkshire pudding)

 

[CumbrianLad]

I'm allowed a Yorkshire breakfast once or twice a month. .... (full english in a giant yorkshire pudding)

No way that sounds amazing I need to try that

 

[Big G]

I'm allowed a Yorkshire breakfast once or twice a month. .... (full english in a giant yorkshire pudding)

And HP brown sauce for the gravy

 

[HillBill]

Damn right, i put it both in and on the beans

 

[CumbrianLad]

Mark haha I like your style

 

[HillBill]

Yorkshire style dude....

 

[CumbrianLad]

Haha well its safe to say the Yorkshire lads are only second to Cumbrian lads

 

[HillBill]

Only at getting rained on

 

[CumbrianLad]

Haha yeh no one gets rain like us up here you southerner's get it to easy

 

[HillBill]

Easterners to you lad..... lol.... still, at least you aint Lancashire... thats one thing you've got going for you

 

[Big G]

Damn right, i put it both in and on the beans

Yep.. great combo