What makes a "British Sausage"

[mikeghale]

I am keen to find out what people think "makes the perfect British sausage", what are the essential ingredients.

[NCPaul]

Welcome to the forum. I think your question is a little vague, I'm not sure there is an easy answer. There are a lot of British sausages each with their own charms. What kind do you like?

[ComradeQ]

2 parts meat, 1 part eccentricity, 2 John Cleese silly walk steps, 1 part men in drag, 8 steeped tea bags, and a dash of sage.

[wheels]

2 parts meat, 1 part eccentricity, 2 John Cleese silly walk steps, 1 part men in drag, 8 steeped tea bags, and a dash of sage.

Damn, Sage again, I'm fed up of sage!

Hi Mikeghale, welcome.

What do you think a classic British sausage should be like?

Phil

[BriCan]

2 parts meat, 1 part eccentricity, 2 John Cleese silly walk steps, 1 part men in drag, 8 steeped tea bags, and a dash of sage.

You forgot the 5 parts fat and 6 parts Rusk

I sought of left this alone to see what would surface .... I was tempted to answer the typical English way ....'What makes a "British Sausage" ..... answer .. a British Butcher
Sorry; I'll get my coat

Welcome by the way

[Snags]

Sage advice


dont forget the eggs, bacon, beans and cup of tea that go with it

[vagreys]

There are as many British sausages as there are British butchers making them, grasshopper. Each is perfect to someone, is it not?

[BriCan]

It seems that what defines ‘most’ British Sausage’ is the ‘amount’ of fill that is placed in them … the following is from my Lucas recipe book that they gave out to the trade in the early years



Note the amount of Rusk for Lincolnshire sausage against the meat content

[Dingo]

hmmmm lets see.....

50% Shitty Cricket Team
25% Lost Rugby Team
10% Crappy warm beer
10% David Cameron (at least he's better than Blair)
2.5% Earl Grey Tea (the only good thing to come out England since Australians)
2.5% Filler...shredded card board should be fine

NOTE: No offence intended to my commonwealth brothers....it's purely observational (and an Aussie cant miss a chance to take the piss..you know?)

Awright, that said...bring on the convict jokes

[wheels]

hmmmm lets see.....

50% Shitty Cricket Team
25% Lost Rugby Team
10% Crappy warm beer
10% David Cameron (at least he's better than Blair)
2.5% Earl Grey Tea (the only good thing to come out England since Australians)
2.5% Filler...shredded card board should be fine

NOTE: No offence intended to my commonwealth brothers....it's purely observational (and an Aussie cant miss a chance to take the piss..you know?)

Awright, that said...bring on the convict jokes

You were saying! 16 - 41

...and that's not nineteen minutes to five!

[Dingo]

ouch

[wheels]

Sorry, I couldn't resist!