{"id":3157,"date":"2013-11-06T14:35:58","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T14:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vwa.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3157"},"modified":"2025-05-12T09:53:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T09:53:06","slug":"lets-celebrate-the-great-british-banger-britishsausageweek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vwa.co.uk\/blog\/lets-celebrate-the-great-british-banger-britishsausageweek\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s celebrate the great British banger! #britishsausageweek"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It being Bonfire Night this week, we\u2019ve had the opportunity to marvel at bangers of the firework variety. Now it\u2019s time to enjoy another type of banger as it\u2019s also British Sausage Week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now in its 15th<\/sup> year, British Sausage Week is an annual celebration of the taste, quality and diversity of the traditional pork sausage. As part of the festivities there\u2019s a national competition to find Britain\u2019s best sausage, with regional heats up and down the country. The judges will have difficult task as the entries will vary from the traditional pork sausage to more exotic variations with ingredients such as chilli and chocolate<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Few can resist a plate of sizzling sausages and fluffy mash \u2013 it\u2019s one of the nation\u2019s favourite dishes \u2013 and over the years the humble sausage\u2019s status has been elevated. It regularly appears on the menu at gourmet restaurants and has undergone something of a revolution in the supermarkets too. Several brands of top quality speciality sausages now line the shelves, many bearing the Red Tractor logo. This means that the pork produced to make the sausages is British and has been produced ethically, hygienically and safely with every aspect of the pork production process being fully traceable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fascinating facts about sausages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The sausage might be evolving all the time, but it\u2019s certainly not a new phenomenon. For instance did you know that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n