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been buying 97% pork sausages .have tried heck & asdas own but the skin lets them down they are chewy are there any others that are reommended
 
I used to buy Lidl chipolata sausages which were 95% meat and really tasty. They were just thin normal size sausages so cooked quicker which is a bonus with todays energy prices but not small like you would expect chipolatas to be. Unfortunately, my local Lidl haven't had them in the last few times and I have used the last from my supply in the freezer, so hoping they will return as we head towards the autumn/winter months.
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dingdong said:
been buying 97% pork sausages .have tried heck & asdas own but the skin lets them down they are chewy are there any others that are reommended
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Have a look at gluten free sausages as normally zero carbs. Morrisons are quite tasty. Lidl's I find tend to have a bucketful of fat in them.
Best I've ever found is my local butchers 🙂
 
Pumper_Sue said:
Have a look at gluten free sausages as normally zero carbs. Morrisons are quite tasty. Lidl's I find tend to have a bucketful of fat in them.
Best I've ever found is my local butchers 🙂
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I accidentally bought some gluten free with cracked black pepper from Tesco...best texture I've ever had, loved 'em!
 
i like the richmond vegan frozen sausages
 
I fry sausages and they do not have chewy skins. My son always grills them, and they are totally different, and chewy.
 
rebrascora said:
I used to buy Lidl chipolata sausages which were 95% meat and really tasty. They were just thin normal size sausages so cooked quicker which is a bonus with todays energy prices but not small like you would expect chipolatas to be. Unfortunately, my local Lidl haven't had them in the last few times and I have used the last from my supply in the freezer, so hoping they will return as we head towards the autumn/winter months.
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I would expect chipolatas to be normal length but thin personally, the little ones are cocktail sausages.
 
Drummer said:
I fry sausages and they do not have chewy skins. My son always grills them, and they are totally different, and chewy.
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Interesting. I often do them in the oven and I haven't noticed chewy skins
 
I often oven bake them.
No different to dry frying them.

But I do but artisan sausages where I can, and always try to buy from butcher's or farm shops.

Having said that, I've had good supermarket ones as well, usually the dearer ones though.
 
Lucyr said:
i like the richmond vegan frozen sausages
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wasn't expecting to see any non meaty sausages in this thread but as you posted them i'll ask - how to they compare to other vegan and vegetarian ones? I tend to buy the Linda McCartney frozen 6 packs and also Quorn frozen sausages the most. They both have their uses but i haven't ever had the Richmond ones.
 
notmez said:
wasn't expecting to see any non meaty sausages in this thread but as you posted them i'll ask - how to they compare to other vegan and vegetarian ones? I tend to buy the Linda McCartney frozen 6 packs and also Quorn frozen sausages the most. They both have their uses but i haven't ever had the Richmond ones.
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You would need to compare the total carbohydrate on the packs to see, non meat sausages tend to be higher carbs than the good quality meat ones.
 
notmez said:
wasn't expecting to see any non meaty sausages in this thread but as you posted them i'll ask - how to they compare to other vegan and vegetarian ones? I tend to buy the Linda McCartney frozen 6 packs and also Quorn frozen sausages the most. They both have their uses but i haven't ever had the Richmond ones.
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The Richmond ones are excellent, well beyond Linda Mc and the Quorn ones I would say.
 
notmez said:
wasn't expecting to see any non meaty sausages in this thread but as you posted them i'll ask - how to they compare to other vegan and vegetarian ones? I tend to buy the Linda McCartney frozen 6 packs and also Quorn frozen sausages the most. They both have their uses but i haven't ever had the Richmond ones.
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The Richmond ones are the best, they’re not a fake meat texture like Linda’s, more a meaty texture like the Quorn ones, but better. I hated the Richmond fridge bbq vegan ones though and stick to the frozen plain ones. The chilled plain ones might be okay but not tried them
 
Find all supermarket high meat sausages are very nice, Asda has some good tasty flavoured ones.
 
Drummer said:
Maybe it is temperature - do you add any oil or fat?
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No, but any fat they release is then in the pan they're in. It may also be differences in texture perception between us
 
Lucyr said:
The Richmond ones are the best, they’re not a fake meat texture like Linda’s, more a meaty texture like the Quorn ones, but better. I hated the Richmond fridge bbq vegan ones though and stick to the frozen plain ones. The chilled plain ones might be okay but not tried them
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My youngest (non-meat eater) only likes the Richmond ones at present, but will happily swap between fridge and frozen so I think they must taste similar
 
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No, but any fat they release is then in the pan they're in. It may also be differences in texture perception between us
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I've found a lot of sausages now don't release a lot of fat.
My local butcher trims most of it off, it's a very lean mince he makes to use in them.
But I've also noticed some skins tend to burst more now, I don't prick them, but it's meat, not fat that comes out when they do burst.
 
Leadinglights said:
You would need to compare the total carbohydrate on the packs to see, non meat sausages tend to be higher carbs than the good quality meat ones.
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Maybe in the past.
Richmond meat free sausages have the same carbs as their meaty ones.
14g per 100.

As for the top end, Sainsbury's butchers choice are 12g, Taste the Difference is 3.5g.
You'd have to be on a keto diet to worry about eating a couple of them.
 
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