Wild Sossies

[Dewi9]

It was Morrisons' what started it. A pack of large bangers with the label 'Outdoor Bred Pork Sausages'.

Well, what to make of that ? Did Morrisons really have 'Sausage Farms' spread round our green and glorious land ?

If they did, why had I not seen some of these exotic creatures, free range sausages, roaming the fields here in Lincolnshire ? They would naturally go with all the vegetables grown locally.

But wait, there is more ! On the shelf at Sainsbury's today were a few packs of 'Outdoor Bred Pork Chipolatas'. Long pink skinny things. Are they offspring of the 'Outdoor Bred Pork Sausages' ?

Please, someone, lets see a picture here soon.

David

[StephenL]

Re: Wild Sossies

On a dark night you can see clusters of wild sausages in the mean lanes of Watford. At least I think they're sausages.

[latestarter]

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On a dark night you can see clusters of wild sausages in the mean lanes of Watford. At least I think they're sausages.

Are you telling porkies?

[StephenL]

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Are you telling porkies?

Yes. On a dark night you don't see them - just stand on them!

[latestarter]

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Yes. On a dark night you don't see them - just stand on them!

Yuk!

(Message extended from the simple "Yuk!" as a direct result of contravening the 10 acceptable character, minimum limit imposed on forum postings and constantly monitored by autobots which made it impossible to post the original response until I had added more characters)

[StephenL]

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(Message extended from the simple "Yuk!" as a direct result of contravening the 10 acceptable character, minimum limit imposed on forum postings and constantly monitored by autobots which made it impossible to post the original response until I had added more characters)

Try 6 spaces and a dot!

[Dewi9]

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Are you telling porkies?

I am not exactly telling porkies, although this thread is a bit tongue in cheek.

Where do these advertising blokes get their ideas from ? At least it gave me food for thought (with some mashed spuds and gravy).

David

[The Technician]

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There is also the hot dog variety running around out there

[latestarter]

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I am not exactly telling porkies, although this thread is a bit tongue in cheek.

Where do these advertising blokes get their ideas from ? At least it gave me food for thought (with some mashed spuds and gravy).

David

I like the humour in this thread already - although I must confess to misunderstanding Stephen's "clusters of wild sausages in the lanes of Watford on a dark night". There are certain car parks to avoid in the Portsmouth area at night where clusters of wild sausages are on display............. and not the sort you tread on!

However, back on topic, Bangers and mash and onion gravy - comfort food indeed.

[latestarter]

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There is also the hot dog variety running around out there

Love the sausage dogs!!

[Otto]

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Reminds me of the Patent Steam Carpet Cleaning Company of yore. Those steam carpets never really caught on.

[OM USer]

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Perhaps the release of wild boar sossies may drive out our native variety.

[gphemy]

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But back (again) to the original post, and the intended way the customer was to understand the description. It says that the pork is "outdoor bred" meaning that the pigs have had a wonderful carefree outdoor life, no? Positively bucolic, eh?

I suspect not. I suspect that the only outdoor aspect of the pigs' life was the breeding, perhaps even only the literal part of it. (Isn't that dogging not pigging?).

Is there a legal definition of "Outdoor bred"?

Piers

[StephenL]

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A lot of these descriptions are tenuous. When we lived in Scotland there was a large egg farm on the estate. Free range, the eggs were described as. The trouble is, no-one had told the hens. Even though they could get out, you simply couldn't persuade the birds to leave the sheds.

[George Dorn]

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Useful link:-

https://www.porkprovenance.co.uk/productionmethods.asp

Better luck determining what tissues the food industry regard as meat, though.