Guest Review - Jonny B - Ian Wright Norfolk Pork Sausage

First thing to say: these are not generic factory sausages that carry a celebrity endorsement from former Arsenal striker and TV personality ‘Wrighty’. Actually, I can’t think of anybody less like the Norfolk Pork Butcher and Sausage Maker Ian Wright – the latter is a quiet, genial, elderly chap who’s based out Norwich way – he sells his stuff at Creake farmer’s market, although I have also seen him at Sandringham occasionally.

Creake (as I recall) was a bit poncey when it started out – but it’s settled down nicely and there is some genuinely good and reasonably-priced-for-what-it-is stuff to be had there. Ian’s pork stall is next to the popular curry lady, which is a blessing and a curse – a blessing as I’m sure he nicks the odd free bhaji; a curse because queues of curry lovers often swamp his pitch. I’ve never seen him not be good natured about it, however – he sells with a smile on his face. All his stuff is keenly-priced – I guess that he could probably invest in some fancy labels and charge double, but that wouldn’t be him, somehow.

His pigs are Essexes (not being a pig person, I can’t tell you whether that’s good or not) and his sausages – or at least the Norfolk Pork ones that I stock up on regularly – are of the beautiful, slightly bready, melt-in-the-mouth ilk. They are my favourite sausages, and I always eat too many with breakfast.

I can’t rival Simon’s dedication with the weighing and measuring, I’m afraid – but I did take a picture with my phone. I commend them to you. 

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Jonny B moved to Norfolk from London a couple of years ago, and his brilliantly written, painfully funny blog  is called Private Secret Diary - check it out here:  http://www.privatesecretdiary.com/
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