Saturday, May 02, 2026

Know Your Sausages?

How the brands measured up 

Best Buy & Great Value Lidl Deluxe Pork - 73 per cent - £2.49

Best Buy & Great Value Aldi Specially Selected - 72 per cent - £2.49

Best Buy Morrisons The Best - 72 per cent - £3.25

Exceptional by Asda - 71 per cent - £3.17

Co-op Irresistible - 71 per cent - £4.25

M&S Collection British - 71 per cent - £4.25

Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference - 70 per cent - £3.25

Tesco Finest - 67 per cent - £3.30

The Jolly Hog Proper Porkers - 65 per cent - £3.50

Porky Whites Premium Traditional Pork Sausages - 65 per cent - £3.50

Iceland Luxury Pork - 56 per cent - £3

Waitrose No.1 Free Range - 53 per cent - £5.25
This Blogger prefers proper butchers' sausage from most towns in the northern reaches of Lincolnshire OR even better still, sausage which he has made himself.
Recipe: fine ground pork sausage mince, a level teaspoon of sage for each sausage in the mix, black pepper, a smattering of smoked paprika, a small amount of ground garlic and a splash of Henderson's Relish.
Usually served as a patties rather than with sausage skin.
Keep in fridge for at least 5 days before pan cooking very slowly. (I use extra virgin olive oil.)  Overcook rather than risking undercooking.
Mmmmmm!

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