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Superquinn sausages no longer taste as nice

Zoot1530

To make 2020 even worse, the Superquinn Sausage has changed, yuk. the recipe
must have been altered. not nice at all. Shame on you supervalu/musgraves or whoever you are.

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Annasopra

Zaph wrote: »

For years people raved about Superquinn sausages, but for some reason I'd never actually had them until I bought some a couple of years ago. What a massive let down they were, completely unremarkable and lacking in any sort of flavour. If the flavour changed a few years ago as has been mentioned previously, presumably these were post-change, because I can't see why anyone would rave about them. We'd usually buy Clonakilty, and had some Kearns a while back which were very good. But the best you can buy, imo, are James Whelan's sausages. Just had some a few minutes ago and there's a proper spicy kick from them. Well worth picking up some if you have one of their shops nearby.

I tried some James Whelan on foot of this and I was underwhelmed

Dizzyblonde

Smyth's butchers in Raheny and Portmarnock make really nice sausages, they're quite like the original Superquinn ones. They make two types, the regular ones which are quite peppery, and mild ones.

At the moment I still prefer the Aldi ones though.

Faith

Mod note: I moved the pudding discussion to its own thread as it deserves it.

McMurphy

My mate leaves me in sausages from time to time, he gets them from a butcher in the south to Dublin somewhere (think Clondalkin or Rathcoole) anyway, they just come in plastic bags, no name on them, and they're fairly long and broad, about the width of a jumbo sausage, and about 1.5 times the length of same.

Lads, these things are unreal, haven't had them for a few weeks now (his grown up daughter has taken a liking to them apparently, and she's obviously priority over us) slight spiciness to them, great in the pan or grill.

After reading this thread - I decided to try Kearns sausages when I spotted them in Tesco yesterday, and had them this morning for breakfast with an egg and some toast.

I usually overlooked these in favour of Rudds/Mallons or Aldi specially selected hand tied sausages, but fair play, you lads know your stuff.

Kearns sausages do make a decent breakfast Sanger.

The Nal

RasTa wrote: »

FXB's breakfast sausages are as good as what you remember from SQ

The best sausages in the land

91wx763

Does anybody remember Wilsons from Blessington. Amazing sausages, a meatman in Waterford used fill a Hiace van every week and sell them on in Darrers and the L and N.

Jimmy Bottlehead

Dial Hard wrote: »

I've literally never had a gristly sausage in my life.

Yeow.

leahyl

Nicest sausages are from Byrnes butchers in Ballyvolane Shopping centre, Cork City, their pudding and rashers also lovely

Shakey_jake

Kearns all the way

We never bought superquinn sausages growing up probably be cause my ma was a dunnes head but when i did eventually try them all i could think was BLAND BLAND BLAND

Gimme my Kearns any day!

White Clover

Zoot1530 wrote: »

so a league table would look something like
1. Kearns
2. Clonakility
3.Tesco
4. Aldi
5.Olhausen
6.FX Buckleys
7.O'Flynns
8.Buckleys
9.Dennys
10.Galtee
11.Superquinn
12 M&S

Annascaul are really good too, as is the black pudding.

Water John

Like the marketing of Donnellys sausages long ago. They were great because 'they sizzled in the pan'. The only reason they sizzled was because of the water in them.
Grill a Clon sausage and it shrinks to half and a drip pan of fat.
Want some real black pudding, get someone to send you Sneem Black Pudding (PGI status). It's in the form of a cake slice.

igCorcaigh

the beer revolu wrote: »

I think it's a really interesting theory that an increase in meat content led to a drop in popularity!
Could well be the case.

I think we have all been brought up on sausages that had a lot of rusk and the like, with white pepper, nutmeg etc, which is quite different to the more meaty type of sausage that is valued more these days. It made for a softer texture and less meaty flavour. Which I quite like!

RasTa

FXB's breakfast sausages are as good as what you remember from SQ

Snake Plisken

Dial Hard wrote: »

I've literally never had a gristly sausage in my life.

I find that hard to believe

Dial Hard

I've literally never had a gristly sausage in my life.

Snake Plisken

Which sausages have the less gristle/bone bits, I like sausages but once I hit a bit of gristle I literally have to spit it out. I find most sausages taste grand with a bit of added brown sauce

Brian?

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

I have to confess that I've come to prefer Denny's or the Aldi ones recently. Unless I'm making a sausage casserole, then I use the Cumberland sausages from Supervalu because they have more substance.

Those SuperValu fancy sausages are the business. The ones with mustard are great with mash and gravy.

Dizzyblonde

I have to confess that I've come to prefer Denny's or the Aldi ones recently. Unless I'm making a sausage casserole, then I use the Cumberland sausages from Supervalu because they have more substance.

the beer revolu

I think it's a really interesting theory that an increase in meat content led to a drop in popularity!
Could well be the case.

Dizzyblonde

bobbysands81 wrote: »

Is it wrong that I still love Superquinn sausages???!!!

Banned! :pac:

Zoot1530

Tried Kearns and Clonalility Since and agree, they are way nicer than Superquinn.

Zoot1530

so a league table would look something like
1. Kearns
2. Clonakility
3.Tesco
4. Aldi
5.Olhausen
6.FX Buckleys
7.O'Flynns
8.Buckleys
9.Dennys
10.Galtee
11.Superquinn
12 M&S

bobbysands81

Is it wrong that I still love Superquinn sausages???!!!

Sebastian Dangerfield

I would have always gone for SV sausages until a couple of years ago. Now I quite like Kearns, but for some reason I prefer the smaller pack to the larger packs. The bigger sausages dont seem to have the same pepper content, which probably sounds ridiculously stupid given they have an identical recipe. Supervalu also sell some nice ones by Derry Clarke.

I wouldnt eat Denny or Galtee sausages if they were the last ones on earth. Utter shyte

ActingDanClark

Ger Roe wrote: »

The best saussies I ever had were Boswells Sausages. It was a long time ago, back in the 80's If I remember correctly and I think they were made in Blackrock, Co Dublin. They were gourmet class, before we know what that was, with weird and wonderful varieties like guinness and coarse mustard infused.

They were hard to get, not widely distributed, but I never tasted anything like them - they had an actual texture of eating real meat and not just pink sponge. I sometimes wonder if I dreamed them up, because no one else I know remembers them. I think I used to get them in a butcher shop on Moore Street.

An honourable mention to Cipriani butchers on the main street in Bray, now also lost in the mists of time, but they did a great banger in their day.

Caprani sausages were the business

Dial Hard

I can't believe a thread about sausages got so fractious at times.

eeepaulo

Great thread, i love them all, and if that makes me wrong i dont want to be right

bobbysands81

Goose81 wrote: »

Are Denny gold medal 60%? That's nuts, I thought they would be about 30% , I wouldn't give them to the dog tbh.

They are really awful sausages.

[Deleted User]

Eric Cartman wrote: »

Im sure an unpopular opinion but absolutely agree, denny gold medal are 60% and the fats and other bits in there really make them a delicious all round sausage.

I find a lot of the ‘artisan’ or ‘luxury’ sausages are not as nice , theyre a comfort food , theyre supposed to be a bit trashy with a bit of fat

Are Denny gold medal 60%? That's nuts, I thought they would be about 30% , I wouldn't give them to the dog tbh.

zerosugarbuzz

pauldavis123 wrote: »

Donnybrook Fair have the best sausages, they have the old O'Gormans recipe and they get Granby butchers to make them to that spec. You have to get them from behind the butcher counter, the prepacked ones are different.

The Granby shop in Parnell square will not sell them and their own sausages are just not as nice.

Sausages have to be eaten within 48 hours of being ground or they will lose the natural sweetness of the pork IMO.

Absolutely true re the freshness. The superquinn sausages if bought with a best before date of 8 days plus taste grand, anything less are rank.