Totham Bangers -
Pork & Marmite
Hmm? I'll
give these a go but like the advert said -
"Love it, or hate it". I personally lean
towards not favouring it if honest but you
do what you have to do...Again we picked
these up from the most excellent Poplar Nurseries
at Marks Tey near Colchester (on the A120)...
I cannot say personally I was looking
forward to trying these, and I suppose it
was a bit of an impulse buy when I saw them
in the display. The family don't mind
marmite, but we don't have it very often in
things (thankfully) and with a bit of
pressure a pack went into the basket. A very
good looking pack I will quickly add.
Presentation of the Totham Bangers sausages
has always been good although the colouring
and the natural skins do seem darker than
most sausages.
86% with 2% marmite plus some herbs etc.,
sounds pretty fair. 6 sausages in a 420g
pack for £4.99 isn't too dusty either.
Like other Totham Bangers sausages they are quite solid in the raw, but
with such a high
percentage of meat you may expect that.
Cooked up they browned well with crispy
skins and provided a texture
of
just under medium to coarse with a
very good bite as expected. Taste-wise
like the "Beef & Horseradish" ones we tried
previously, there wasn't a real depth of
flavour. The team felt a bit cheated as they
wanted a deep marmite bite. I was pleasantly
surprised that with a mild savoury taste,
and considering my aversion to marmite, I
found them OK.
Talking direct to the nice people at Totham
Bangers, evidently they have to be very
careful about the quantity of Marmite added
to the mix owing to the amount of salt
that's actually in the Marmite. Also,
because we've been asked, Totham buy their
pork in from the well respected Humphrey's &
Sons of Blixes Farm, Gt Leighs in Essex.
Humphrey's say they guarantee consistently
high standards of animal welfare, quality
and hygiene throughout.
Shrinkage and weight-loss figures were OK.
Eaten cold later...unfortunately they were
all gone...sorry!
The bottom line: A very good
well made sausage with not too much marmite
(thankfully) but others may disagree...
Totham Bangers - Pork & Marmite
(Dec
2022)
Here's the
sample details:
100x25mm before cooking, 95x25mm
after.
77g before cooking, 62g after.
That's a shrinkage of approx 5% & weight loss of approx
9%.
6 sausages in a 420g pack £4.99
(£11.80 / Kg approx)
www.tothambangers.co.uk