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You've never had a sausage - until you've had a...

28 April 2021

Regular reader Ian Jackson not only embraces the debate at CA Towers but does some proper research to back his findings up.

Sausage-tastic

For change, I'll debate sausages with anybody to get away from the never ending cod / haddock best fish and chip shop rubbish that is fodder for the local newspaper and social pub talk.

Sausages. Yes. Inspired by the last postbag where the name Pettit is mourned in relation to butchers' shops, and where the name Birketts pops up as a rival. In 2019, I did a personal sausage 'off' having acquired a selection of five versions of Lincolnshire pork sausages. One was Birketts (my local), one was in Louth (Lakins), two from Woodhall Spa and another from Sutton on Sea.

In my subjective opinion, and my BBQ guests opinion, the outright hands down winner for the 'taste of our childhoods' was Birketts. Porky, spicy, herby. Just proper. Lakins was next, and the others were pretty poor if I'm honest. I can't work out if within the Lincolnshire Butcher fraternity, there are Lincolnshire pork sausage local preferred variation, or if the 'also rans' were just poor versions. I don't want to speculate in case they are indeed handed-down recipes of note, but just not my taste, else I'd sound like an Aussie slagging off 'warm beer', something I dislike intensely seeing as I embrace international beer styles for what they are, traditional beer styles.

That's the thing with opinion and preference isn't it? Like football, you like what you like, you support who you support and life is better if you appreciate 'difference', rather than 'h*te' it.

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See you in League 3

from Ian Jackson

Letters Ed responds: If you care venture that far Alford, Burgh and Wainfleet butchers do decent Lincolnshire sausages too. We look forward to another taste test.

Hollowords

Regarding Wednesday's Diary's remark about The Hollow One telling us what we were allowed to sing, Brian Clough was one such plank when he told his supporters to stop the use of bad language as in "the referee's a bastard." Such was his status with the fans - unlike THO - that they began to sing: "The referee's an orphan."

from Malcolm Carson

Where do you get your favourite Lincolnshire sausage? It's a long off-season now so we have plenty of time to discuss it? If sausages don't float your boat who should we keep in us squad for next season? Which away trip are you most looking forward to? Can we do a league and Trophy double? Is all this a bit too soon? Tell us via the feedback page.