FabSwingers.com forum: To prick or not to prick...

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Your sausages before cooking...?

*random question of the day

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

God no! Seal the flavour!

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By *ischief ManagedCouple
over a year ago

manchester

if frying we dont no, always nice to cut them into two at the end though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Always prick!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Prick

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By *iss.HoneyWoman
over a year ago

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Prick

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Man I'm hungry can I come you yours for dinner?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Definitely prick unless doing in the halo

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nooooooo, leave the juices in there. Let them flow when you take that first bite.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

never prick them!

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By *arksMan
over a year ago

in the centre

If frying prick , it stops them spitting at you as much , grilling on the George Formby no and if doing a toad in the hole like I am tonight then also no

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Never prick them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Always prick, as can't believe how much comes out of them during cooking.

Plus it's strangely satisfying spearing meat shaped like a cock.

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By *corpio67Man
over a year ago

hillingdon

I take it no one has ever seen a sausage explode !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

no prick required.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I usually prick,but forgot earlier for the ones I oven cooked for the kids. They didn't explode.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Plus it's strangely satisfying spearing meat shaped like a cock.

Hahaha yes I know what you mean!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Stab them like a demented psychopath!....make sure they are dead!!

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By *igeiaWoman
over a year ago

Bristol

No pricking. If they split in the process you get all the oozy out little crunchy bits. I like my sausages just the right side of overcooked.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Definite prick! But plenty of tin foil down under the grill to catch all the fat!

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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago

South West London / Surrey

Certainly random

Pork & Apple sausages are my favourite and no, I dont prick them.

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By *rcticFoxxxWoman
over a year ago

Hereabouts

I've never pricked a sausage. Must have skipped that lesson in food tech...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No no no pricking and I bake mine.....

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By *orwegian BlueMan
over a year ago

Iceland, but Aldi is closer..

Natural skin sausages you don't really need to prick, the artificial case one's you do.. They didn't get the name bangers for nuffink.

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By *ildt123Man
over a year ago

Huddersfield

A certain Mr J Oliver says Never never never prick, good enough for me, and tomato sausage please

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I always prick my sausages orherwise they just explode everywhere and gets very messy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Always prick

Kinky

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By *ouple4biMMFCouple
over a year ago

Nottingham

No!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Prick!

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By *ouple4biMMFCouple
over a year ago

Nottingham

"I always prick my sausages orherwise they just explode everywhere and gets very messy "

Isn't that just if they're cheap sausages

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I always prick my sausages orherwise they just explode everywhere and gets very messy

Isn't that just if they're cheap sausages"

Can you get cheap sausages ...all the sausages i have ever bought i have pricked as forgotten before and wasnt a pretty site

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I always prick my sausages orherwise they just explode everywhere and gets very messy

Isn't that just if they're cheap sausages

Can you get cheap sausages ...all the sausages i have ever bought i have pricked as forgotten before and wasnt a pretty site

Sausages are sausages

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A small prick or lots of pricks?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do mine in oven so only prick they get is when I pick them up with fork

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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago

South West London / Surrey

"A small prick or lots of pricks?

There's always one that has to lower the tone!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A certain Mr J Oliver says Never never never prick, good enough for me, and tomato sausage please

he is a prick! !!!

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By *arksMan
over a year ago

in the centre

"A certain Mr J Oliver says Never never never prick, good enough for me, and tomato sausage please

he is a prick! !!!"

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By *ouple4biMMFCouple
over a year ago

Nottingham

"I always prick my sausages orherwise they just explode everywhere and gets very messy

Isn't that just if they're cheap sausages

Can you get cheap sausages ...all the sausages i have ever bought i have pricked as forgotten before and wasnt a pretty site

Sausages are sausages

Yeah but some are just a fat ball aren't they with no sign of meat in them

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By *andsonjohnMan
over a year ago

in the eye of the storm

"Your sausages before cooking...?

*random question of the day

I suggest you prick them op as unpricked ones have a habit of exploding as the temperature rises

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I always prick my sausages orherwise they just explode everywhere and gets very messy

Isn't that just if they're cheap sausages

Can you get cheap sausages ...all the sausages i have ever bought i have pricked as forgotten before and wasnt a pretty site

Sausages are sausages

Yeah but some are just a fat ball aren't they with no sign of meat in them"

Really ...never seen them like that ...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A small prick or lots of pricks?

There's always one that has to lower the tone!

What? It was a perfectly innocent question

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By *andsonjohnMan
over a year ago

in the eye of the storm

"A small prick or lots of pricks?

There's always one that has to lower the tone!

What? It was a perfectly innocent question

yeah right and butter wouldn't melt

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't prick mine n I've never had one detonate

xxx

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By *andsonjohnMan
over a year ago

in the eye of the storm

"I don't prick mine n I've never had one detonate

xxx"

yeah right pull the other one its got bells on it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Shouldn't need to prick decent sausages. It's my understanding that it's only sausages made with meat containing loads of water all loads of fat that need pricked.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Your sausages before cooking...?

*random question of the day

Jamie Oliver said to prick.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Your sausages before cooking...?

*random question of the day

I never do

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Think from reading the thread i will stop pricking to experiment non pricking and see how things go

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I forgot to prick an aubergine before roasting it....

BOOM!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A good quality sausage won't need pricking when frying. Better quality means less fat content and less fat content means less likely to split. Oh and pork and black pudding sausages for me please

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When cooking a 'real' sausage you should never prick it. It was common to prick sausages due to the bad state of the industry after the Second World War. As a result of rations sausages were full of bread and water to the point, where they would expand and explode when cooked, hence the name 'bangers.

Courtesy of Cloud Cuckoo Land Useless Information Department

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I don't prick mine n I've never had one detonate

xxx

yeah right pull the other one its got bells on it

I haven't honest! But I did get a big bang once.

xxx

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By *rank n BettyCouple
over a year ago

Not meeting

I never prick & cook on a George Forman

JG x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Shouldn't need to prick decent sausages. It's my understanding that it's only sausages made with meat containing loads of water all loads of fat that need pricked. "

I thought it was due to the amount of bread crumbs absorbing fat and water and expanding. At least 30% is filler I think

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

" Oh and pork and black pudding sausages for me please

They sound amazing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sausages always scream when you prick them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

the amount of fat that comes out of them makes me feel ill - i dont eat them often and usually oven cook them and dont prick - but if i griddle pan them i prick a little to stop the burst

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Sausage update!

I did 4 fork pricks per sausage & oven cooked them, I'm such a rebel

Not much fat came out, I have no idea if they tasted any different (I don't do sausage!) but clean plates is a good sign

My veggie ones were non pricked...

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By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago

Shrewsbury

"Natural skin sausages you don't really need to prick, the artificial case one's you do.. They didn't get the name bangers for nuffink."

This

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cut and open like a book

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By *andsonjohnMan
over a year ago

in the eye of the storm

"I don't prick mine n I've never had one detonate

xxx

yeah right pull the other one its got bells on it

I haven't honest! But I did get a big bang once.

xxx"

only once your losing your touch

I advice lots of practise sessions to achieve the multi big bang state

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Natural skin sausages you don't really need to prick, the artificial case one's you do.. They didn't get the name bangers for nuffink."

Out of interest how do you know which ones have a natural skin?

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By *losguygl3Man
over a year ago

Gloucester

"Your sausages before cooking...?

*random question of the day

All the TV chefs say don't price. But don't listen to me as my cooking skills are more enthusiastic than skilled

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Cut and open like a book"

Oh yes.

I do this for grilled sossies.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Stab them like a demented psychopath!....make sure they are dead!!

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By *losguygl3Man
over a year ago

Gloucester

"Stab them like a demented psychopath!....make sure they are dead!!

Har har har

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There's enough pricks in the world without me creating more...... so it's 'no prick' here

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A small prick or lots of pricks?

There's always one that has to lower the tone!

What? It was a perfectly innocent question

yeah right and butter wouldn't melt

You know me so well

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There's enough pricks in the world without me creating more...... so it's 'no prick' here"

Wanna see my banger?

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By *amslam1000Man
over a year ago

willenhall

i buy the big bags of frozen ones just dump them in the DFF and when they float = done and crispy bits

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"i buy the big bags of frozen ones just dump them in the DFF and when they float = done and crispy bits"

I bet your insides hate you lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Natural skin sausages you don't really need to prick, the artificial case one's you do.. They didn't get the name bangers for nuffink.

Out of interest how do you know which ones have a natural skin?"

look at the ingredients. the better quality ones are more likely to have natural casings and a higher meat content.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"There's enough pricks in the world without me creating more...... so it's 'no prick' here"

Hahaha

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There's enough pricks in the world without me creating more...... so it's 'no prick' here

Wanna see my banger?"

Can I stab it with my fork??

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"There's enough pricks in the world without me creating more...... so it's 'no prick' here

Wanna see my banger?

Can I stab it with my fork??

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By *andsonjohnMan
over a year ago

in the eye of the storm

"A small prick or lots of pricks?

There's always one that has to lower the tone!

What? It was a perfectly innocent question

yeah right and butter wouldn't melt

You know me so well

not yet but I'm hoping to

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I thought you had to prick or they exploded?

I don't cook sausages very often

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By *axandbooCouple
over a year ago

Bristol

Nope! Keep them juices in

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There's enough pricks in the world without me creating more...... so it's 'no prick' here

Wanna see my banger?

Can I stab it with my fork??

He loves it Roxi, he's a proper deviant

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There's enough pricks in the world without me creating more...... so it's 'no prick' here

Wanna see my banger?

Can I stab it with my fork??

He loves it Roxi, he's a proper deviant

pain

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

" Oh and pork and black pudding sausages for me please

They sound amazing

They are. Made better if bury black pudding is used in them. Put on nice soda bread with a dollop of brown sauce mmmm

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

"Stab them like a demented psychopath!....make sure they are dead!!

Haha yeah, get some fat out of them too

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By *erbyDalesCplCouple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

It depends on the water content.

Cheap ones need pricking to stop them bursting, quality ones you shouldn't as you want the fat (which holds the flavour) to stay inside.

We make our own and never prick.

Mr ddc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'll happily prick some bangers....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love showing my pork Sword...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Your sausages before cooking...?

*random question of the day

They explode if you don't...

They swell up and burst.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Just looked at my sausage and it has a hole in it...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I take it no one has ever seen a sausage explode !"

Only cheap ones....never prick, they could go dry and chewy.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I love showing my pork Sword..."

So I see

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By *erbyDalesCplCouple
over a year ago

Derbyshire

I used to prick until Heston Blumenthal or was it Gary Rhodes (perhaps both?) told me not to.

Mrs DDC

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