Bangers and Mash - What type of Sausage?

[Fool's Requiem]

We've got a bunch of Brits here. What type of sausage that is readily available is good for Bangers and Mash?

Reminder, that it kinda needs to be something available in the US. Don't really have Cumberland sausages available here.

 

[Benzine]

Whatever you want.

I don't really like the consistency of mashed potatoes. I do very much enjoy a sausage though. I also come from a line of butchers.

My favourite right now are beef brisket, jalapeno, and cheese. Just a very tasty sausage.

 

[Ben]

We've got a bunch of Brits here. What type of sausage that is readily available is good for Bangers and Mash?

Reminder, that it kinda needs to be something available in the US. Don't really have Cumberland sausages available here.

Really anything that's not spicy Italian or kielbasa, etc. German sausages seem to be pretty common in grocery stores here, so bratwurst or something works okay.

If you can find a British goods store, they usually import sausages too.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Really anything that's not spicy Italian or kielbasa, etc. German sausages seem to be pretty common in grocery stores here, so bratwurst or something works okay.

If you can find a British goods store, they usually import sausages too.

my understanding was the brats are not a good choice

 

[Crystal]

If you can find a British goods store, they usually import sausages too.

This, very much this. Otherwise, yeah, really any sausage is suitable.

 

[Crystal]

Spamming, I mean double posting to mention that I've heard, but not verified, that Trader Joes does Irish Style Bangers, which...I mean, they're Bangers. So if you can find those, you're golden.

 

[Tubby23]

Australian Beef sausages

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Spamming, I mean double posting to mention that I've heard, but not verified, that Trader Joes does Irish Style Bangers, which...I mean, they're Bangers. So if you can find those, you're golden.

Yeah, I saw that Trader Joes appearantly has Bangers, might hit my local place up, next time I get a chance.

Might as well ask this as well.

Boil, grill, or bake?

I'm assuming grill.

 

[Crystal]

Yeah, I saw that Trader Joes appearantly has Bangers, might hit my local place up, next time I get a chance.

Might as well ask this as well.

Boil, grill, or bake?

I'm assuming grill.

Definitely don't boil!

Grill works or pan fried

 

[Ben]

Yeah, I saw that Trader Joes appearantly has Bangers, might hit my local place up, next time I get a chance.

Might as well ask this as well.

Boil, grill, or bake?

I'm assuming grill.

Grill is good. For toad in the hole we brown the sausage then bake it in with the Yorkshire pudding as that cooks.

 

[Benzine]

fried

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I got this yesterday? This should be fine, right?

 

[Crystal]

I got this yesterday? This should be fine, right?

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It won't be quite the same, particularly being pecan smoked, but it'll do the job, for sure

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Yeah, I don't know what that means. There's no mention of Pecan in the ingredients.

 

[Quagmire]

I love putting rosemary in my mashed potatoes

 

[Crystal]

Yeah, I don't know what that means. There's no mention of Pecan in the ingredients.

Think it's just what was in the smoker while it was going...I think!

 

[Crystal]

I love putting rosemary in my mashed potatoes

Rosemary goes very well with potatoes, totally agree!

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I just now noticed the "Soy protein concentrate" in the ingredients before the less than 2% line. I kinda wanna drive out and get something else...

 

[Tubby23]

Definitely fried or grilled on the BBQ

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Definitely fried or grilled on the BBQ

I can't do a BBQ. I have a cast iron pan and a pan with the grill mark things.

 

[Crystal]

I can't do a BBQ. I have a cast iron pan and a pan with the grill mark things.

Either of those will do!

 

[Tubby23]

Either of those will be perfectly fine.

 

[Ben]

I got this yesterday? This should be fine, right?

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Honestly, I'd not consider it to be accurate to actual bangers and mash. You really want the individual sausages so they don't have to be cut up.

It's probably better than anything Italian/Mexican, but it won't be British.

If you can find anything beer battered, that should work too.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

The options here are shit. STL fucking sucks.

Trader Joes only had Chicken Sausage, Italian, some brats, and polish.

We have no British groceries here.

I gave up for now, and just got two links of Italian Sausage. I know I'll at least like that.

Other places here only have Brats, Polish Kielbasas, Andouille sausage (lots of creole places here), and Italian sausages, plus plenty of those links like I showed.

I'd try Whole Foods, but I just know it would be a bunch more of chicken or turkey sausage, plus overpriced "organic" shit.

 

[Tubby23]

Make sure you get a nice crispy skin on the sausage. I'm also interested what flavour gravy you're going with?

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Make sure you get a nice crispy skin on the sausage. I'm also interested what flavour gravy you're going with?

plain brown from packet for now... I've got canned mushroom gravy, but I've been wanting to save that for something else.

 

[Crystal]

plain brown from packet for now... I've got canned mushroom gravy, but I've been wanting to save that for something else.

We must find a way to get this man some Bisto, on the double!!

 

[Tubby23]

We must find a way to get this man some Bisto, on the double!!

Either Bisto, or something made fresh from a mixture of sausage pan fats and rosemary

 

[Jawneh]

Baked sausages are also good. One nice simple one I used to eat as a kid was just a general normal beef sausage, cut some slits into that, grab a brick of cheese of your choice and cut pieces from that to shove into the slits, and then bake it. Good with mash, fries, or any kind of taters really. If you're good with sauces, go for it.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Either Bisto, or something made fresh from a mixture of sausage pan fats and rosemary

that's waaaaaaay too much work, and would be too expensive for a single person

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I did have lard in my fridge for a while, but never ended up using and it long expired, so I tossed it.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

the internet is incredibly inconsistent on this shit.

if on cast iron, how long am I cooking these suckers at medium-high heat?

 

[Tubby23]

Depends on your sausage's thickness and how hot medium-high is on your pan.
Best to use your eyes and a knife to cut into the centre when you think it's done

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Best to use your eyes and a knife to cut into the centre when you think it's done

the knife cutting thing is definitely happening. I don't want to get sick.

 

[Jawneh]

the internet is incredibly inconsistent on this shit.

if on cast iron, how long am I cooking these suckers at medium-high heat?

There's those internal temperature things for meats that are the thing food safety wise. As long as you hit that, the rest is up to preference. Granted, you need a thermometer for that.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Italian sausage, as good as they are, was definitely not the choice.

 

[Impulsive.]

Xmbe

We've got a bunch of Brits here. What type of sausage that is readily available is good for Bangers and Mash?

Reminder, that it kinda needs to be something available in the US. Don't really have Cumberland sausages available here.

Cumberla- oh.

Uh. Kielbasa, I guess. You should be able to find a cumberland, though. Surely American butchers haven't thrown away the art of sausage making. Its not a specific thing you can only get here - it's the style of preparation of the sausage.

 

[Crystal]

Xmbe

Cumberla- oh.

Uh. Kielbasa, I guess. You should be able to find a cumberland, though. Surely American butchers haven't thrown away the art of sausage making. Its not a specific thing you can only get here - it's the style of preparation of the sausage.

You have to find the right butcher here, they will make them, but they don't get a lot of call for them, so you have to ask for them specifically, and they might charge more for them as a result.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I'm visiting family in PA and stopped to visit my brother in Erie. The Wegmans there has bangers, but it's a 10 hour drive. STL supermarkets blow.

 

[shortkut]

I'm visiting family in PA and stopped to visit my brother in Erie. The Wegmans there has bangers, but it's a 10 hour drive. STL supermarkets blow.

Which Wegmans? The one on Peach Street is the better of the two

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Which Wegmans? The one on Peach Street is the better of the two

Peach Street is the only one I'm familiar with.

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I haven't had much luck with actual bangers, but I'm going to eat so much sausage because of this quest. I bought frozen beer brats and some regular brats.

Tonight, I'm eating that big smoked sausage I posted earlier with a pack of the Knorr Four Cheese pasta side. Pretty banger, despite not being a banger.