Originally Posted by unfair dinkum (Post 9380239)

I'm a sucker for a tube of pork exploding it's hot juices into my mouth....the near ecstatic gagging before gulping down the gloopy mush.
So with that in mind, I'd like to facilitate a sausage symposium, where we can talk all things sausage related. No snags will gain entry into my mouth these days.
Well, this very evening we had brannans Cumberland sausages from aldi....firm, meaty, coarse texture, in short, tasty as f6ck, and as good as anything I've had in the uk, way better than anything else here, numerous butchers included....and perlease, don't get me started on economy BBQ snags from Coles or woolies

Originally Posted by bcworld (Post 9380319)

I bought Brannigans ('Italian' I think) sausages from Aldi ONCE. They were full of very large hard grissly lumps and so much fat I had flames shooting out the top of the grill.

Can live with the fat, they're sausages after all, but the lumps. Ew, never again!

Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 9380329)

Celtic Koala Irish Style Sausages - to quote them -The closest to Dennys you will find, And thats a promise!!! The best in Australia!! Made locally to Irish standards and tastes. Also similar to Walls English Pork sausage. Your nice average tasty every day soft pork sausage. (and they are seriously yummy!!! :wub:)

They do Lincolnshire sausages too, haven't tried them yet though.

Originally Posted by unfair dinkum (Post 9380347)

Thanks Pollyanna, this is exactly the sort of feel good sausage story I was hoping for! Please, ignore bcworld, he doesn't know what he's saying:D
Where can you get these delights?

Originally Posted by bcworld (Post 9380319)

I bought Brannigans ('Italian' I think) sausages from Aldi ONCE. They were full of very large hard grissly lumps and so much fat I had flames shooting out the top of the grill.

Can live with the fat, they're sausages after all, but the lumps. Ew, never again!

Originally Posted by Dreamy (Post 9380380)

Although I've kind of adjusted to beef sausage, my heart still belongs to the humble pork banger. My local butcher does the most gorgeous apple and pork sausages, they're mouth wateringly gorgeous.

We don't often eat sausage - but when we do, these are top of my list. (He does some amazing combinations leading up to Christmas too, I'll have to hunt out last year's order list to share)

Originally Posted by Dreamy (Post 9380380)

Although I've kind of adjusted to beef sausage, my heart still belongs to the humble pork banger. My local butcher does the most gorgeous apple and pork sausages, they're mouth wateringly gorgeous.

We don't often eat sausage - but when we do, these are top of my list. (He does some amazing combinations leading up to Christmas too, I'll have to hunt out last year's order list to share)

Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 9380381)

The link takes you to their facebook page, then you can go onto their website.They're in Brisbane (conveniently at the end of my road!!!)

They do mail-order on some stuff, but have only just started it with the meat and other perishables, at the moment it seems to be all coastal areas from Sydney to Mackay. Canberra also.Please contact for deliveries from coastal areas along East Coast from Mackay to Townsville as it can be done but needs to be collected from depot.
I know when I last chatted to them they were going to try and do deliveries all the way to Victoria so I guess its just a matter of time. They have certainly grown VERY fast and their meat stuff is brilliant - includes REAL pork pies, scotch eggs and divine sausage rolls :wub: Lovely Irish people running it :)

Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 9380397)

I remember similar traumatic events with Coles sausages till I refused to eat them any longer. I then went into a sausage-free zone for a few years till this shop opened down the road!

Originally Posted by unfair dinkum (Post 9380399)

Forgive my ignorance PA, but how can you send sausages interstate in the mail, in a country which doesn't even allow you to cross state borders with an apple

Originally Posted by unfair dinkum (Post 9380407)

Are you a born again sausage eater too?
Actually, I'm more like a sausage crusader, on a quest to find a decent pork banger at a competitive price. It's taken me nearly 3 bloody hard long years, and I may have found my holy grail, but I'm still open to suggestions.....I'm fickle too:D

Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 9380426)

Dunno, I just remember remarking to them when they first opened that I knew people across the country who would kill for some of their stuff and she said they were talking to Aus Post about how to send fresh food interstate, so I guess it can be done if you are a business :thumbup: They've always done mail order on the more usual foodstuffs, the fresh food is very recent.



Yeah I guess you could call me a born-again sausage eater :lol: I've got a stock of them in the fridge now, went for about 5 years here without eating them, only had them on my trips home. Really missed them too, I love them hot and cold. Sausage rolls have to be cold though, less keen on them hot :o