Kings (Stansted Mountfitchet)
- Pork
I had
an appointment to see
clients locally and happened
across Kings in Lowers
Street. It was late and the
window display was virtually
clear. "Have you any pork
sausages?"..."Of coarse" the
response...
Now these porkers are made
in the shop with 80%
Gloucester Old Spot pork
meat we are told, in natural
skins and do look pretty
fair in the raw. Sorry no
photo this time. (Note to
self: remember to photograph
the raw sausages BEFORE
cooking....doh)
A sizeable sausage at around
130mm long and weighing in
at around 108g (just under 4
oz old school) a go! Allow
only two per serving for any
super hero was my thoughts
at the time...
Cooking up we did see a
little pale ooze from the
sausages which although ran
clear after a short while
did caramelise in the pan
and unfortunately stuck on
to the skins. Shame. However
on the plus side, no splits
or ruptures of the skins.
Quite a bit of weight loss
at 16% was noted. Shrinkage
was moderate at 7%. From the
photo when sliced you can
see quite an open loose
texture which was OK, but
the skins were a tad
rubbery. Very succulent and
quite a good chew though.
A good taste but call us
fussy, we'd prefer a tad
more seasoning. Eaten cold
later on, not bad at all!
Price-wise reasonable and no
doubt we will go back to try
some of the other flavours.
Would we buy these porks
again? "Of coarse" !
Kings (Stansted Mountfitchet)
- Pork (Feb
2015)
Here's the
sample details:
130x32mm before cooking, 120x32mm
after.
108g before cooking, 90g after.
That's a shrinkage of approx 7% &
weight loss of approx 16%.
6 loose sausages £5.00 (approx
£7.70/kg))
www.kingsfamilybutchers.co.uk
Kings Family
Butchers
16 Lower Street
Stansted Mountfitchet
Essex, CM24 8LP
01279 812219