I was presented with a pack of
Budgen's own brand "discover the
taste" pork chipolatas and what I
didn't realise was I was being
tested...by my own troops!
Now they wouldn't let me see the
back of the packaging which did make
me suspicious, but hey, sausages to
taste...get the frying pan!
95% pork shoulder and belly in
natural sheep casings with pepper,
nutmeg and coriander the troops
informed me...good stuff eh?
Well the chipolatas cooked up really
well and I was honestly, suitably
impressed. Really well made sausages
with good taste and lingering spice
on the tongue just how I like
them...slightly "snappy skins" ooh
err!
Eaten later when cold, they were
really good too. For an own
brand supermarket sausage these chipolatas are
very good quality produce.
The troops did eventually reveal the
full packaging and said that the
chipolatas
were made for Budgen's by a Surrey company
established in 1935...with a
chairman called Graham White...
Hang on a moment.....Porky White's of
Surrey was established in 1935, and
the chairman is a Graham White!
Well there's thing...
Would we buy again? Well if I
can't get proper Porky White's
Surrey Chipolatas, yes
we would...but at £9.70/kg they're a
little expensive, so I'd rather buy
the Porky White's really...
Budgens - Pork Chipolatas
(Jul 2015)
Here's the
sample details:
90x20mm before cooking, 90x19mm
after.
28g before cooking, 25g after.
That's a shrinkage of approx 5% & weight loss of approx
10%.
12 sausages in a 340g pack £3.30
(£9.70/kg)