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Tyre Smoke

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23,018 posts

291 months

Wednesday 1st May 2019
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My local butcher went belly up at the weekend. So my favourite sausages are no more. Looks like I'll be heading to the supermarket then..

I want a decent sausage, not a chipolata, not messed about with (no pork and apple, pork and leek,etc) good for breakfast as well as bangers and mash for dinner. I don't mind a Cumberland or Lincolnshire mix but it needs to be consistently good. For the right sausage, price is largely immaterial (within reason, obviously)

So recommend me a banger chaps.

Monkeylegend

29,404 posts

261 months

Wednesday 1st May 2019
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Heck sausages have a good range.

grumbledoak

32,571 posts

263 months

Wednesday 1st May 2019
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Sausages are a rare treat but I'm a big label reader so it's free range, 90%+ pork, and no wheat for me. The best I can find in the supermarkets are Sainsbury's Taste the Difference - the Cumberland or the Cumberland chipolatas.

eharding

14,648 posts

314 months

Wednesday 1st May 2019
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grumbledoak said:
Sausages are a rare treat but I'm a big label reader so it's free range, 90%+ pork, and no wheat for me. The best I can find in the supermarkets are Sainsbury's Taste the Difference - the Cumberland or the Cumberland chipolatas.
Have you tried Black Farmer sausages? - if I remember correctly, they're gluten free because his family can't do gluten either, and that's who he started making them for.


Murph7355

42,008 posts

286 months

Wednesday 1st May 2019
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Porky Whites Surrey Sausages. The End.

Ashtray83

588 posts

198 months

Wednesday 1st May 2019
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M&S sausages are all delicious, oh and gluten free

Ridealong

574 posts

100 months

Thursday 2nd May 2019
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Monkeylegend said:
Heck sausages have a good range.
And/or Waitroses sausages, also I like Elpozo Spanish Chorizo which I've only seen on sale in Morrisons.

Black_S3

2,839 posts

218 months

Thursday 2nd May 2019
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Potentially loosing Asda’s extra special Cumberlands is what pissed me off when the Sainsbury’s merge was mentioned.

Tyre Smoke

Original Poster:

23,018 posts

291 months

Thursday 2nd May 2019
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Anything in Tesco? I usually do my online shop from there.

triggerhappy21

311 posts

160 months

Thursday 2nd May 2019
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All my groceries come from Lidl, apart from meat which is from Costco.

I do however make a special visit to ASDA though just for their extra special sausages. Cumberland or just pork ones. They're the best supermarket ones I've found by a fair margin.

They also do a deal, 3x packs of 10 for £10. Good to stock the freezer with.

grumbledoak

32,571 posts

263 months

Thursday 2nd May 2019
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eharding said:
Have you tried Black Farmer sausages? - if I remember correctly, they're gluten free because his family can't do gluten either, and that's who he started making them for.
I have tried them, they're pretty good. They lose a point for the dextrose content, and I do prefer the peppery flavour of the Cumberlands.

Zarco

21,095 posts

239 months

Thursday 2nd May 2019
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Personally I don't think any supermarket will beat a good butchers sausage. I'd find another butcher if you are that fussy.

We generally get Tesco's and they aren't bad but nothing special.

Monkeylegend

29,404 posts

261 months

Thursday 2nd May 2019
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Tyre Smoke said:
Anything in Tesco? I usually do my online shop from there.
Musks Newmarket sausages, award winning as well.

Shaw Tarse

31,898 posts

233 months

Thursday 2nd May 2019
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Monkeylegend said:
Tyre Smoke said:
Anything in Tesco? I usually do my online shop from there.
Musks Newmarket sausages, award winning as well.
Heck.

LordGrover

34,183 posts

242 months

Thursday 2nd May 2019
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Zarco said:
Personally I don't think any supermarket will beat a good butchers sausage. I'd find another butcher if you are that fussy.
Ditto. I'm lucky in that my local butcher has won many awards for their sausages. That was mostly the fancy ones, all kinds of queer recipes but their proper breakfast bangers are awesome too. I'd prefer to have extra bacon and black pudding, maybe even some liver than supermarket sausages.

/sausage-snob

NormalWisdom

2,183 posts

189 months

Thursday 2nd May 2019
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Order from The MeatMan online - before 11am delivered next day - excellent value, non-shrink and very tasty. The rest of his meat is also pretty good (52oz rump is excellent) and he often has "specials"

https://www.themeatman.co.uk/

Monkeylegend

29,404 posts

261 months

Thursday 2nd May 2019
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Shaw Tarse said:
Monkeylegend said:
Tyre Smoke said:
Anything in Tesco? I usually do my online shop from there.
Musks Newmarket sausages, award winning as well.
by Heck.
EFA

Powters are worth trying as well, Tesco's sell them.

stevensdrs

3,264 posts

230 months

Thursday 2nd May 2019
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Another vote for the Asda extra special range. Having the Lincolnshire ones tonight!

ZedLeg

12,278 posts

138 months

Thursday 2nd May 2019
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Monkeylegend said:
Heck sausages have a good range.
I stopped eating meat before we started buying them so can't corroborate but my missus likes the Heck ones.

They do cook really well. They don't leave loads of fat in the pan.

BigMon

6,378 posts

159 months

Thursday 2nd May 2019
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Aren't you in Devon?

I can really recommend Westaways sausages. Made in Newton Abbot.

We've been eating their Honey Roast sausages for years. Delicious.