Padmore & Sons (Ongar) -
Cumberland On a visit to Chipping Ongar on business recently I noticed there was not one but two butchers in the high street nearly next door to each other!
The plain porks from Padmore & Sons were a bit of a disappointment I'm afraid, however the CUMBERLANDS we bought at the same time turned out to be a lot better.
First impressions were good with them just like the porks in taking on a slight bend as they heated through and coloured up, however quite quickly, sausage eruptions happened again from the ends on a few as the skins tightened. No splits or ruptures though, so not so bad I suppose.
Cooked up they browned nicely. The cooked skins were OK as we have said, but once again a tad chewy. The medium texture of the filling though was more than acceptable. A good bit of spice and flavour though, which we like, and there appeared to be a very slight sweetness. Not sure about this. I got it but others here didn't, however these were a tasty sausage. No minced gristle encountered incidentally this time, just lovely pork.
Weight loss in cooking was a bit on the high side, although shrinkage was OK. Pricewise very reasonable.
I'd buy these again to be honest.
Padmore & Sons (Ongar) -
Cumberland
(Sep 2013)
Here's the
sample details:
110x30mm before cooking, 90x32mm
after.
63g before cooking, 50g
after average.
That's a
shrinkage of approx 12% & weight
loss of approx 20%.
6 sausages
£2.12 (£5.59/kg) )
Padmore & Sons
103 High Street
Ongar
Essex
CM5 9DX
