Jul 16 2012

UK Sausages and Other Foods

I am posting food photo’s, the ones I eat and have access to here in Scotland.

2011-10-02_13-58-59_117.622x621 Sausages that I eat.

Square = Lorne

Round = Black Pudding aka Blood Sausage

Rashers = thin ham

Links = Cumberland, Lincolnshire or Jack Maloney, a bland Irish sausage.

The sausages I have had in the UK are very mild compared to American. The Lorne have a texture of cornmeal and ground pork, although it is not corn.  Black Pudding is mild, grainy and tender, almost a hint of cinnamon.  Cumberlands I think have the most spice, Lincolnshire not as much and the Maloney’s are the least flavourful.  Link sausages here also have a finer grind but not as firm as say an American frankfurter, nor as course as a breakfast link.

I’ll take more cooking photo’s this week with these kinds of items.

2012-05-31 Kind Mans 002 Streaky bacon is wider than American.

2012-06-02 002 Cumberlands

2012-06-10 004 Lorne with a slice of cheese and HP sauce

2012-06-20 031 Liver pate.  Love this stuff.

2012-06-25 011 plain yogurt with ground almonds

2012-06-30 002 Cheese cubes with tea.

We really enjoy all the foods here.  However, the teacake debauchery has been difficult for us both.  Once I tried a few, I wanted to try them all.  I have never liked donuts and as much as I loved tarts as a child, they are too much for me now, but my eagerness for food adventure is ever present.  I liked the meringues the best (white with a red dot), and there is a caramel square I like too.

2012-05-09 002 Husband’s favourite teacake, carrot cake from Wellbread

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Store teacakes:  marshmallow

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crisps: much less in the individual bag than in America’s.

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2012-05-12 013 Butcher’s window, steak pies (meat and gravy filled)2012-05-19 058(from the above butcher’s)  Sausage rolls are like having a hamburger in America, the quick fast food bite.

2012-05-12 007 Rashers, egg and yogurt

2 comments on “UK Sausages and Other Foods”

  1. Aha! The mysterious sausage unraveling! Yay! Thank you so much for this!

    I have to say, the bacon looks delicious. I’d love some. 🙂

    I’m not a big fan of ham for breakfast meat, for some reason. I love ham, but tire of it easily. But bacon and sausage I can NEVER get enough of!

    LOVE the meat pies and sausage rolls, too! Those look DELICIOUS! And I’d love to try some of the local shop’s fish and chips!

    And you’re right — if we got a bag of chips that empty here in the US, we’d demand our money back from the manufacturer! What a cheat!

    YUM! Off to lunch now! Thanks again!

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  2. Ooooo, so interesting to see what some of the food looks like, especially the junk food.

    The store tea cakes look like Whippet cookies here in Canada.

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