Help with sausages please

Janiceatkins

My OH likes the 'best' sausages Finest or Mr S ultimate pork and I am finding them too expensive for my budget. I don't have a local butcher only Mr T and Mr S. Can anyone recommend a cheaper good pork sausage? Thanks. Jan.

laurel7172

Er....no, unfortunately. Although I only buy freedom food/outdoor reared pork, but Tesco and Sainsbury's ranges are about the best value readily available premium sausages I've found.

However, they are on special offer regularly, and I always stock up. Also, I find the children think they've been cheated if they get just one sausage (even though there's QUITE enough calories and fat in just one), so buying the chipolatas (12 instead of 6, same price) and giving them two looks more generous for the same money-maybe the same trick would work on your OH?

And you could always try making sausagemeat patties (pork mince, fried onion/apple/herbs) as a sausage alternative. Do you think that would work?

pebbles88

we like walls pork sausages, the newish ones. but try to get them when on offer. i like to get sausages with 80% min meat content, and recently found Mr M's butcher style sausage meat in a roll that is 80% min meat, which was only £1.45 but i havent tried it yet, i tend to remove skins anyway as i dont like them, so make little patties instead.

HTH

KittyBoo_2

I have been buying the M&S ones for 97p for 8.
My 2 sons (grown up) who always seem to come home for weekend breakfasts were always really fussy about sausages but they love these as long as they are well done.
In fact I am having a sausage sandwich on homemade bread for my tea tonight.
Just waiting for the bread to come out of the machine.
Yummy

Janiceatkins

Hi Thank you Laurel7172, yes that's the reason we like the Mr S sausages, they are outdoor reared pigs. Also thanks for your idea about onions etc but my OH will only eat plain food without bits as he puts it, even mayonnaise is exotic to him! As he is in his 60s can't see him changing but I usually substitute leeks for onions so maybe I will try that.
Thanks for the other ideas. Jan.

Butterfly_Brain

Aldi have some lovely good quality sausages and they are 99p for 8
Or Farmfoods do frozen Richmond sausages I think they are £1.99 for 20

MrsE_2

Surrey Whites (I like the chipolatas)

Sometimes Asda do them 3 packs for £6, I buy lots & freeze them.

CCP

I tend to wait until they're on special offer and buy a load to put in the freezer - a while ago my local Tesco was selling trays of 12 sausages for £1 (they weren't Finest, but they were good, 80%ish meat ones). I've got the last ones for dinner on Sunday, then I'll have to wait until the next good deal comes up!

hotcookie101

Porkinsons are delicious-and often on offer, really good meaty bangers-made with 80% pork shoulder, and outdoor reared.

geordie_joe

pebbles88 wrote: »

we like walls pork sausages, the newish ones. but try to get them when on offer. i like to get sausages with 80% min meat content, and recently found Mr M's butcher style sausage meat in a roll that is 80% min meat, which was only £1.45 but i havent tried it yet, i tend to remove skins anyway as i dont like them, so make little patties instead.

HTH

My local MR M stopped selling that months ago, shame as I really liked it and bought quite a bit. I used to use it to make sausage rolls and they were very nice.

SallyForth_2

hotcookie101 wrote: »

Porkinsons are delicious-and often on offer, really good meaty bangers-made with 80% pork shoulder, and outdoor reared.

Tesco's Butcher's Choice range are just about as good as these. They come in the waxy paper rather than trays. Lincolnshire or Pork and Herb tend to be my favourite