Square Sausage South Coast?

[craigjm]

Iceland sell it frozen

[TackleburyUk]

Throw in some tattie scones and you're there...

[handpaper]

IanA2 said:

Halls isn't Halls as was. Halls now, is merely a brand name bought by a competitor. Whither or not the new stuff is the same or better than the old stuff I have no idea and am unlikely to discover as home made is best.

Whatever Halls used to be, they are now absolutely ste.
I mean, how can anyone take a food composed of all the bits of a sheep that even the petfood manufacturers won't touch (Haggis!) and make a worse version of it?
Tried it once; now, if I can't get McSween's, we're not having Haggis.
Their black pudding's crap, too.

[IanA2]

handpaper said:

IanA2 said:

Halls isn't Halls as was. Halls now, is merely a brand name bought by a competitor. Whither or not the new stuff is the same or better than the old stuff I have no idea and am unlikely to discover as home made is best.

Whatever Halls used to be, they are now absolutely ste.
I mean, how can anyone take a food composed of all the bits of a sheep that even the petfood manufacturers won't touch (Haggis!) and make a worse version of it?
Tried it once; now, if I can't get McSween's, we're not having Haggis.
Their black pudding's crap, too.

Assuming you don't work for McSweens (who make a reasonable haggis) may I ask if you tried Hall's before they were taken over?

[HarryFlatters]

IanA2 said:

Assuming you don't work for McSweens (who make a reasonable haggis) may I ask if you tried Hall's before they were taken over?

Hall's weren't taken over, their parent company (a Dutch firm that I can't remember the name of) closed the factory in Broxburn and sold the recipes and brand to someone. Hall's made good stuff when they owned their own abattoir, bought their own animals to slaughter etc... the stuff you get now isn't a patch on what it used to be like.

And I agree with the above poster that said Morrison's butcher's skwurr sossij is good.

[handpaper]

HarryFlatters said:

IanA2 said:

Assuming you don't work for McSweens (who make a reasonable haggis) may I ask if you tried Hall's before they were taken over?

Hall's weren't taken over, their parent company (a Dutch firm that I can't remember the name of) closed the factory in Broxburn and sold the recipes and brand to someone. Hall's made good stuff when they owned their own abattoir, bought their own animals to slaughter etc... the stuff you get now isn't a patch on what it used to be like.

And I agree with the above poster that said Morrison's butcher's skwurr sossij is good.

Sadly, no. I purchased my first Haggis about five years ago on the way home from Glasgow. Tesco at Lesmahagow had McSween's and Hall's; McSween's were bigger and I was feeding four*, so I got that one.
The wife bought a Hall's a year or so later, it had a plastic skin and was greasy and tasteless. Never again.

Down South Wales, McSween's are only stocked in supermarkets around Burns Night, so no Scots run = no Haggis.
Is there another brand I could look out for?

• "We've a surprise for dinner, when you've eaten it I'll tell you what it was!"

[IanA2]

handpaper said:

HarryFlatters said:

IanA2 said:

Assuming you don't work for McSweens (who make a reasonable haggis) may I ask if you tried Hall's before they were taken over?

Hall's weren't taken over, their parent company (a Dutch firm that I can't remember the name of) closed the factory in Broxburn and sold the recipes and brand to someone. Hall's made good stuff when they owned their own abattoir, bought their own animals to slaughter etc... the stuff you get now isn't a patch on what it used to be like.

And I agree with the above poster that said Morrison's butcher's skwurr sossij is good.

Sadly, no. I purchased my first Haggis about five years ago on the way home from Glasgow. Tesco at Lesmahagow had McSween's and Hall's; McSween's were bigger and I was feeding four*, so I got that one.
The wife bought a Hall's a year or so later, it had a plastic skin and was greasy and tasteless. Never again.

Down South Wales, McSween's are only stocked in supermarkets around Burns Night, so no Scots run = no Haggis.
Is there another brand I could look out for?

• "We've a surprise for dinner, when you've eaten it I'll tell you what it was!"

The original Hall's offerings were reasonable. As to alternatives, supermarkets tend to be fairly limited in their offerings, have you tried online specialist butchers? We tend to stick with McSweens as it's easily available and not too bad.

[handpaper]

IanA2 said:

The original Hall's offerings were reasonable. As to alternatives, supermarkets tend to be fairly limited in their offerings, have you tried online specialist butchers? We tend to stick with McSweens as it's easily available and not too bad.

For Burns Night, I think I'll go with these chaps (since I live in Newport):

http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/11743638.New...

I wonder if they can be persuaded to do a Lorne, too?

[IanA2]

handpaper said:

IanA2 said:

The original Hall's offerings were reasonable. As to alternatives, supermarkets tend to be fairly limited in their offerings, have you tried online specialist butchers? We tend to stick with McSweens as it's easily available and not too bad.

For Burns Night, I think I'll go with these chaps (since I live in Newport):

http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/11743638.New...

I wonder if they can be persuaded to do a Lorne, too?

Looks good, Welsh whisky with that maybe

On the Lorne front, make your own, seriously, it really is very simple.

[HarryFlatters]

I went a bit nuts in Morrison's yesterday. I ended up buying 4 massive slices of lorne, 4 massive slices of black pudding and 5 massive slices of lorne with black pudding in the middle

[hoegaardenruls]

Have been watching the thread with interest as I've only seen Lorne sausage in London in one place, as part of an epic all-day breakfast at the William Wallace pub (now sadly closed).

The remaining slices we had in the freezer are now gone so I need to pick up more when I'm back up - the closest place I can think of now would be in Corby..

I normally buy.a 1kg block when in Scotland, usually at the butcher in Dobbies Dunfermline, and need to check if they do mail order. I did get a confused look, then a knowing nod at Edinburgh Airport, when I explained what they had seen when they scanned my hand luggage on the way back to London a couple of years ago - "can't buy it down south.."

[Huntsman]

I did get some of the cheapo Iceland stuff, its pretty rubbish.

Not found decent stuff in Southampton and have yet to mail order as we've been away a lot.

[joncastle]

Make your own - this recipe was published in The Scotsman in 2009

INGREDIENTS
1lb/450g minced beef
1lb/450g sausage meat
6oz/170g fresh breadcrumbs
4fl oz/115ml water
1 tsp salt
1 tsp coriander
1 tsp pepper (more if you prefer it spicier)
tsp nutmeg

METHOD Mix all of the ingredients together thoroughly. Line a loaf tin with clingfilm. Press the mixture into the tin and cover with clingfilm. Place in the refrigerator or freezer until firm. Remove from the refrigerator and cut into slices.

[joncastle]

...and another more recent one, from the same source.

Ingredients:
• 750g minced beef (30% fat)
• 150g pinhead rusk (You could just use breadcrumbs, which would make a nice sausage, however a butcher would use rusk)
• 200g chilled water
• 2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp grated nutmeg
• 1 1/2 tsp ground coriander
• 1 1/2 tsp ground black pepper

Method
Mix all the spices and salt with the meat in a large bowl. Work in the water to make a sticky mixture. Now work in the rusk until all is thoroughly incorporated. Pack the mixture tightly into a 23cm x 8cm loaf tin lined with clingfilm. Leave it in the refrigerator for 24 hours to set. When the sausage has set take it out of the tin and cut it into 1cm slices. Fry or cook under the grill for 4 – 6 minutes.

[Huntsman]

Phil's Sausages in Lee-On-Solent sell it.

[Melman Giraffe]

http://www.macbeths.com/shop/charcuterie/sausages/...

[rsbmw]

mental price for square sausage, try here instead

http://www.tarelgin.com/cgi-bin/web_store.cgi?prod...

[Huntsman]

rsbmw said:

mental price for square sausage, try here instead

http://www.tarelgin.com/cgi-bin/web_store.cgi?prod...

Its the shipping cost that kills it! Hence why I was trying to find it locally.

[rsbmw]

Even if you're only ordering one, a 2kg block for 12 quid delivered isn't too bad. I tend to order 2 of them plus 2 black pud, about 30 quid the lot

[IanA2]

rsbmw said:

Even if you're only ordering one, a 2kg block for 12 quid delivered isn't too bad. I tend to order 2 of them plus 2 black pud, about 30 quid the lot

Throw in a few joints and steaks and it soon comes to free delivery.

Any idea if it is their own meat, they say they are on a farm, but are not clear about provenance.

Would be good to know as their prices do look quite good.