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What to eat in England? Top 5 English Sausages

Last update: Fri Feb 14 2025
Top 5 English Sausages
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Traditional Cumberland sausage
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What differentiates traditional Cumberland sausages from other sausages is their distinctively long and coiled shape. This English delicacy is pink in color, made from seasoned pork, and has a coarse texture. It consists of several basic ingredients: ground pork meat, rusk, water or ice, and seasonings and spices such as pepper, salt, thyme, nutmeg, and cayenne peper.


Cumberland sausage must be made in the county of Cumbria using traditional methods. For a nice hearty supper, try this succulent sausage roasted with Cumberland sauce, potato mash, and fresh watercress on the side.

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LINCOLNSHIRE, England
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Lincolnshire sausage is a traditional sausage originating from Lincolnshire. The sausage is made with a combination of coarsely ground pork, sage, breadcrumbs or rusks, salt, and black pepper. The mixture is stuffed into natural pork casings (or sometimes sheep casings).


Some people add parsley or thyme to the mixture, but in that case it's not a traditional Lincolnshire sausage. These sausages are characterized by their open and chunky texture and the addition of sage, unlike the more peppery flavor of other English regional sausages such as Cumberland sausage. 
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DEVON, England and  one more region
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Hog's pudding is a traditional sausage-like meat product from Devon and Cornwall. It is quite spicy and contains flavorings such as basil, garlic, cumin, and black pepper. The sausage is typically prepared with pork meat or offal, pork fat, bread, suet, and either pearl barley or oatmeal.


The combination of those ingredients is usually stuffed into an pig instestine, and the sausage is traditionally fried in a pan or baked in an oven.

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NEWMARKET, England
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Newmarket sausages are traditionally made exclusively from high-quality fresh pork cuts from the shoulder, belly or from the whole carcass, and then carefully seasoned with a variety of herbs and spices such as white and black pepper, salt, thyme, parsley, and nutmeg.


When uncooked, it is pink-beige and has a dry, coarse texture. Originally, it was eaten as a breakfast meal or a hot snack by the racegoers in Newmarket, a town famous for its horse races. Newmarket sausages are sold today as pre-packed regular sausages, cocktail sausages, chipolatas and as sausage meat, or loose from the counter.

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Saveloy is a bright pink, heavily seasoned sausage that is typically served in fish and chip shops throughout the country. Originally, it was made with pork brains, but nowadays it is prepared with a combination of beef, pork, spices, and rusk.


People often compare its flavor with red pudding or frankfurters. Saveloy must be cooked before serving, and it is usually boiled, grilled, or fried in batter. For the best experience, it is recommended to serve it with chips on the side. However, in the North East of England, saveloy is commonly consumed in a sandwich with pease pudding. 

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