Cumberland Sausage
Posted in Meat by robward
Cumberland Sausage
Most consumers think these are made in Cumberland? Unlikely, Country of origin is declared as just EU. Customer names are one thing, like Sheppards Pie, (which does not include any Sheppards!) but provenence is important to consumers, if you imply it’s from a place it had better had be!
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robward says:
Cumberland the place or the recipe – please explain Tesco’s!
Anonymous says:
In this situation the name cumberland is only ever associated with the receipe, if the packet does not state the pork is from the UK you can guarentee it’s not British
Anonymous says:
Cumberland is a recipe, thats like saying all Cheddar is made in the town of Cheddar (the only legal area is cheddar made in Devon, Dorset, Somerset or Wiltshire that can use West Country Farmhouse Cheddar)
Anonymous says:
The labelling laws do need tightening but my question is where is the value being added? If it is in Cornwall then there is an economic gain to the area. This to me is the first question, followed by who is making money out of the cream – Cornwall or other. I think that we need to firmly aim this at the economic reward rather than pure emotion. Would you shoppers pay loads more for Cornish cream? This is not just as simple as a moan about labelling – we the consumers are partly to blame for driving and perpetuating the cheap food culture!
robward says:
In response to the above comment – The move towards regional and speciality food is driven by a need to have a greater emotional connection with how the food is made and by whom, this has added value to these markets. The question here is whether large scale manufacturers are high-jacking imagery without maintaining authenticity.
Anonymous says:
“Cumberland Sausages”, “Lincolnshire Sausages”… these are commonly accepted as styles of sausage, so no dishonesty here. More to the point, these are just cheap sausages.
Cumberland doesn’t actually exist any more, and even if it did, very few pigs would be found living there.
P.B. says:
Until Cumberland Sausage gets it’s ‘British Protected designation of origin’ there’s nothing wrong here, providing it’s a peppery sausage. It doesn’t claim to be British.
fingreen says:
The fact that you can call a sausage “Cumberland” when in fact it’s not required that the sausage is made in Cumbria or even with British pork to me is misleading and I’m sure the masses would agree. I think they should just make it clearer or state it’s a “Cumberland sausage recipe”.
Anonymous says:
I’m not sure why the cheap sausages are marketed as ‘Cumberland Sausages’. Why not just ’sausages’. Real Cumberland Sausages are quite distinctive – curled, not linked, more than 90% pork and with a peppery, spicy filling. I find it odd that people think it’s OK just to call any sausage cumberland, even without a PDO – it completely removes the original meaning. Like if carling started calling their lager IPA. It means that you can’t rely on the label to find out what you’re getting.