Gog
Magog Hills Farm Shop -
Stapleford Classic
On a
recent business trip to
Cambridge I called in to the
Gog Magog Hills farm shop
for a look see and found a
really interesting array of
foodie stuffs including some
very good looking
sausages...
So here's a bit of
background info if you're
interested. Gog Magog Hills
is a long established family
business operating a Shop
and Butchery, a Deli and a
Cafe. Incidentally in 2012
they were named runner up in
the Butchers Shop of the
Year awards and runner up in
the 2012 Observer Best
Independent Food Retailer
competition. Then the
following year Gog Magog
Hills do it again and are
named runner up in the 2013
Observer Best Independent
Food Retailer competition.
Now the Stapleford Classic,
quite an OK sausage we
thought. 67% meat in natural
cases. Cooked up very well
with a good colour and
smooth to medium texture.
Rather mild though in
flavour. Minimum shrinkage
and weight loss. Bite and
chew not bad at all. However
at £8.88/Kg we're in premium
sausage territory but we
didn't unfortunately get
excited with these.
Now don't get us wrong,
these are very well made.
Why not call in to the farm
shop and pickup some
yourself to try, and then
let us know what you think!
Gog Magog Hills - Merguez
(Feb
2014)
Here's the
sample details:
110x25mm before cooking, 87x30mm
after.
57g before cooking, 51g after.
That's a shrinkage of 5% & weight
loss of approx 10%.
6 sausages (365g) £3.24 (£8.88/kg)
The Gog Farm Shop
Heath Farm,
Shelford Bottom
Cambridge CB22 3AD
01223 248352
www.thegog.com