Waitrose - Tangy Pork,
Mustard & Onions
We
were in Waitrose this week,
which doesn't happen very
often, but I spied these
Tangy Pork sausages. They
sounded interesting so we
gave them a go.
Disappointing unfortunately.
Sorry to be blunt. The
appearance to me was very
good (see photos), and the
makings listed 78% British
pork with 5% buttered onions
and 5% wholegrain ale
mustard, in natural pork
skins which had all the
right boxes ticked, but it
was the cooking that
revealed an alternate
reality.
We don't like
sausages that exude that
white emulsion stuff like
you get with pork chops
cooked in the oven, which in
our case eventually burns in
the pan then sticks to the
outside of the sausages
making them slimy and very
sticky. It may be prime cuts
of pork being used, but we
no like!
There was quite a
bit of residual oil left in
the pan and what was
surprising (I had to take an
additional photo) when I cut
the sample sausage to photo
as I would normally, 4g of
oil just ran out! I know it
was 4g as the sausage was on
the scales with a reading of
57g before I cut it. Take the
sausage away, 4g left...
Should have read the cooking
instructions for pan
fry...says "drain well
before serving"! Hey ho...
Then, to cap it all, really
chewy skins. (Sigh!)
If it
wasn't for the very good
texture just under medium,
plus what was an excellent
flavour with the mustard and
onions, and a tick in the
box for when eaten cold,
these Waitrose sausages may
have started our 2015
sampling year, scoring just
a single banger mark.
Now OK
we know these aren't pitched
as premium sausages being at
a special offer £5 for two
400g packs, but they have a
Waitrose label implying some
quality, so come on Waitrose
product managers, have
another look at these.
Definitely not something we
would choose to buy again..
!
Waitrose - Tangy Pork,
Mustard & Onion (Jan
2015)
Here's the
sample details:
115x28mm before cooking, 92x30mm
after.
65g before cooking, 57g after.
That's a shrinkage of 14% & weight
loss of approx 12%.
2x (6 sausages in a 400g pack) on
special offer £5.00)