Reviewed
by our Hertfordshire
correspondent Anthony
Gascoigne (@AGascoigne77)
Colman’s
mustard! What better condiment to put into a banger and being a total
yellow mustard lover, I couldn’t wait to break open the bright
yellow packaging and get some cooked up for dinner.
On
first inspection the sausage had a faint pale-yellow tinge and mild
mustard aromas which gave suggestion to the fire which lay within.
So
which cookery method for these perfectly formed bangers I asked
myself. Summer, BBQ vibes entered my head and swiftly left after the
first heavy rain shower. So back into the kitchen and out with the
frying pan, my own preferred cookery method for the humble sausage.
With
an allotment full of potatoes and spring onions I thought sausage,
champ potatoes and some rich onion gravy, after all my go to
condiment to support this dish is always the mighty Colman’s
mustard. No pressure then Musk’s I thought.
Setting
the pan on low the sausages browned nice and evenly with no visible
shrinkage at all suggesting some high-quality pork content. It’s
always nice when the skins don’t split or burst, and these Musk’s
sausages did not disappoint.
So,
to the tasting and I should mention at this point that this was a
tasting of two very different halves. On one side myself, a total
mustard freak, stronger the better and only satisfied when tears are
rolling from my eyes. On the other, my wife Adel, the total opposite
with a very much finer palate and sensitive to the very suggestion of
heat and spice. Together we picked up knife and fork, chinked wine
glasses and dug in.
First
thing to register was how soft the sausage was, no less meaty than I
like but certainly a well-blended filling and the skins are a perfect
balance of being robust enough to not split, yet soft enough to not
need a second person to do the chewing for you. And then came the
flavour, what’s that I sensed, yes, the delicate underlying flavour
of that yellow, golden wonder stuff known more commonly as Colman’s
mustard, Liquid gold some may even say. And it was at this point our
thoughts differed. Whilst Adel reached for the glass with a slight
sweat on her brow, I was waiting for that nasal punch of mustard I so
love. But this was something more refined and restrained. Certainly,
with the unmistakable flavour but something perhaps the masses, even
those strange non mustard lovers out there, will enjoy. Clever
blending Musk’s you obviously know your sausages. And besides
commented Adel ‘you could always have some more Colman’s on the
side to fire it right up”. So, I did.
Many
thanks Musk’s and Colman’s for creating a mustard sausage with a
satisfying hum of heat for the masses. Delicious!
