Is Holland the worst place in Europe?

The Reid wrote:

Following up to David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of
besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy

For the best ones though, best to go to a good butchers.

the butchers 100 yards from me does nice lamb and herb ones,
Waitrose usually have half a dozen interesting combinations,
theres usually a stall in any decent street market doing
something interesting. Just avoids downmarket mass produced stuff
sold cheap in low end supermarkets.

Exactly, but unless there's some European sausage which is being hidden
from me, the better ones available in the supermarkets are very good in
comparison.

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Following up to David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of
besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco 24h offy

the butchers 100 yards from me does nice lamb and herb ones,
Waitrose usually have half a dozen interesting combinations,
theres usually a stall in any decent street market doing
something interesting. Just avoids downmarket mass produced stuff
sold cheap in low end supermarkets.

Exactly, but unless there's some European sausage which is being hidden
from me, the better ones available in the supermarkets are very good in
comparison.

I feel a sausage lunch coming on!
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Mike Reid
"Christmas is the Disneyfication of Christianity" Don Cupitt (theologian)
"http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/happyxmas.htm"

The Reid wrote:

Following up to Martin

Sausage quality is
hugely up.

In general probably still the worst, pun not intended, in Europe.

they are a completely different thing from most Euro sausages.

It depends. The US and Canada both have huge immigrant populations and they brought their
sausage recipes and techniques with them. My experience with "breakfast sausage" which I
understand to be our version of "bangers" has not been entirely positive. Most of the
commercial versions have been best described as disgusting, but there are some smaller
butcher jobs who make pretty good breakfast sausages. Several local butchers make a wide
variety of really good sausages. Some of the local farmers markets also offer really good
sausages. Admittedly, you have to search for good sausages here. When travelling in Europe
I had sausages in several restaurants, which I would assume to have commercial suppliers,
and they were really good, much better than I would expect to find in a restaurant here.