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tallgirl Wrote:

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> The small Sicilain butcher's shop on Evelina rd,

> Nunhead does great sausages, go on Saturday to try

> his slightly spicy Sicilain Sausages (sold by the

> length) as well as his pork Cumberlands.


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Really...


How does that work ..?


" I'd like 12 inches of your Sicilian Pork sausage please "


( whilst keeping a straight face )


Do you know about this Daisy ?



W**F




*ears go red*

Didn't wanna be greedy, like.


Meanwhile, I remember the wonderful Simply Sausages shops.

There was one in Victoria, one in Berwick Street and other places.

They made great sausages and at 4pm on a Saturday they'd sell for half price.

But then the supermarkets cottoned on (I must find out where 'cottoned on' came from) and brought out their specialist sausages so Simply Sausages sort of closed down, I think.

PeckhamRose Wrote:

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> Didn't wanna be greedy, like.

>

> Meanwhile, I remember the wonderful Simply

> Sausages shops.

> There was one in Victoria, one in Berwick Street

> and other places.

> They made great sausages and at 4pm on a Saturday

> they'd sell for half price.

> But then the supermarkets cottoned on (I must find

> out where 'cottoned on' came from) and brought out

> their specialist sausages so Simply Sausages sort

> of closed down, I think.


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No....



Not quite, Martin Heap founder of Simply sausage is "the expert" who creates the "real sausages" now for all the supermarkets



He is basically "sausage king" paid royally by the big boys in the market



He essentially sells his skills now



Rah...




W**F

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