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AJ Coulson
(Dunmow) - Reggae
Good butchers
and sausage makers are definitely
found in Dunmow, Essex, you heard it
here! AJ Coulson's (previously
known as Stokes) might be a small
high street shop, but it's meat and
sausages are excellent...
We called in
after a suggestion from a friend
mainly to pick up some sausages to
try, but whilst there I also bought
a roll of topside for the Sunday
roast. Honestly the beef was
probably the best piece we have ever
eaten. In fact our company for
lunch said the same. Good
marks then for that, so what about
the sausages?
Well, we bought some reggae bangers
(and some traditional porks which we
will write about shortly). The
butcher said about the reggaes that
we shouldn't worry as they "wouldn't
take your head off", but hey why
call something a "reggae" if it
doesn't have some decent amount of
chilli in it? We're going
in...
These sausages are big, so two as a
serving are probably for super
heroes only! Over 80% meat in
these we're informed, very good
quality cases and it looks like both
green and red chilli makes the mix
as well. A superb aroma from the pan
when they were cooking actually
brought our chilli lover sampler out
from hiding and in to the kitchen.
The skins cook up well and
although these meaty sausages are
definitely hot & spicy, they are
honestly well within a normal
mortals chilli tolerance I'm sure.
All agreed they had a good bite and
succulence for sure. These are
a proper good sausage.
A loud "wooooo" was heard from our
chilli lover as she tucked in to her
"reggae sausage and mash"!
Eaten cold next day...chilli still
evident but not so spicy, very good
though! Say
no more...
I really must thank Mrs J for her recommendation we try
AJ Coulson (previously Stokes) as these are a "superbly" good sausage
(and the beef was first class too).
AJ Coulson (Dunmow) - Reggae
(Jan 2013)
Here's the
sample details:
165x32mm before cooking, 148x32mm
after.
101g before cooking, 95g after.
That's a shrinkage of approx 10% & weight loss of approx
6%.
6 loose sausages £4.60
(approx £7.60/kg)
AJ Coulson
73
High Street
Dunmow
Essex
CM6 1AEA
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