Kings (Kings Lynn) -
Olde English
The
quite fine skins did look
rather "baggy" to be honest
in appearance as we got
these sausages ready for
cooking, but we shouldn't
have worried because the
skins tightened up and
browned rather nicely. In
fact they looked pretty good
sizzling away in the fry
pan...
Really we shouldn't complain
as these were yet another
present arranged and dropped
off "free of charge" by our
friends in Norfolk recently.
We're told that they use
Kings of Wisbech Road
regularly for their meat
requirements, so were keen
we tried some more Norfolk
produce.
As we said the skins cooked
up well with no splits or
bursts, and the sausages
retained quite a good
succulence. Texture-wise we'd say they
came out around medium, with
a good snappy bite for a
"banger" and a good chew.
We're informed that these
sausages are 80% pork meat
from Gayton Farm, but if we
have this
wrong, I'm sure King's will
let us know!
With "Olde English" we
weren't sure about how much
spice we'd get as we've been
really surprised about how
different the strength of
"Olde English" as a flavour
can be from different
makers. We were
pleased in the end though as
the seasoning level was
excellent. Minimal residual
oil left in the pan after
cooking. Reasonable weight
loss and absolute minimum
shrinkage too would indicate
to us a very well made
sausage.
Unfortunately, the troops
ate well and they all went
very quickly, so I didn't
have enough to keep back one
to try cold. However
I'm sure that even when cold
these would have been good.
Perhaps next time...
So to round up, these "Olde
English" from Kings are a
super tasting sausage coming
at the high end of our all
time list. You really
should try these and when
you do, please let us know
your opinion...
Mind you, I've just had a
look at their Facebook page
(link below), and noted the
Chocolate Orange flavour
sausage...hmm? Must be
an acquired taste?
Kings (Kings Lynn) - Olde
English
(Oct
2016)
Here's the
sample details:
110x28mm before cooking, 105x28mm
after.
67g before cooking, 59g after.
That's a shrinkage of approx 4% &
weight loss of approx 11%.
6 loose sausages approx £3.20 (£7.98/kg
approx).
Kings Butchers
41 Wisbech Road
King's Lynn
Norfolk PE30 5JP
www.facebook.com/KingsButchers/