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Sausages

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Up North I used to really like tomato sausages, but haven't seen any in the 20 years I have lived dahn sarf :(
 
Up North I used to really like tomato sausages, but haven't seen any in the 20 years I have lived dahn sarf :(
Our butcher does them. He also does full English breakfast ones which have literally everything you would expect in a full English. Can't bring myself to try one though.
 
Oh God - Aunty Joan's Tomato sausages, yum yum that our friend Anthony took over making when his Uncle Malc retired so he was running the family pork butchers and sausage kingdom. (Lawrence's butchers, started by great grandad Emmanuel. ('Manny' Lawrence.) Hang on a minute, that name doesn't sound quite Gentile, does it ????)

They were made with the meat obviously , very scant rusk if any, and catering cans of Libby's tomato juice, which still had odd bits of pulp, teeny bits of skin and also the seeds - and was therefore much tastier than eg Britvic. However did not meet actual modern standards of commercial sausage production. So you had to order it in advance and they'd occasionally do a run of 60 or 100lb. so you never knew exactly when you'd get your 5lb - and it was usually just when you hoped you wouldn't cos the freezer was pretty full!
 
I remember when myself and my family once were down at the static caravan near Herne Bay that we owned then; we dined off a family-size "pork pie" which Mum bought at a health-food shop in the town, and I think I was the only one who noticed that it was vegetarian! 😉

I have in my time had two veggie "bacon burger" mixes; the one by Sosmix was lovely, absolutely spot-on (I used it to make a vegetarian "BLT" with Chinese Leaf and ketchup), but the other one I tried (can't remember the brand) seems to have been created by a lifelong veggie who had never tasted real bacon; it was revolting. :confused:
 
Got tomato sausages to try tonight and the butcher has some interesting Welsh Dragon sausages.
 
I bought some sausages from our butcher today, labelled 'old oxfordshire'. I'm hoping it means the breed of pig, not that he's had them knocking round the shop for a while,,..(I didn't have time to ask.)
 
The best sausages I have ever had were called Gamgy sausages. They are only available in the village of Gamlingay on the Beds/Cambs border. The best basic pork sausages I have ever tasted. Used to live near there but now i'm about 40 miles away, haven't had any for 3 years. Must make a special journey sometime. They were only £2.40 a lb.
 
I've just bought the Harrogate 97% pork gluten free ones. Not cheap but virtually carb free.
 
Were they the ones with the happy farmer pictures on them? I used to get those, and then I realised that it didn't mean they were looking after the pigs, they were manipulating me! haha
 
No, for some reason there are 2 pairs of wellies on the front.:confused:
 
I have avoided sausages as I thought they were full of carbs. I must be wrong (still learning!!!)
 
Ive looked at value range sausages & they can be 10g carbs each! Gluten free sausages seem to be the best or any with very high meat content.
 
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