chorizio sausage William Rose is it already cooked ?

[intexasatthe moment]

I bought some in the week and guess as it was displayed along with raw sausages that it needs cooking before consuming .

Am I right ?

( would have asked while in there but it was mayhem ) .

[Undisputedtruth]

Yes it does need cooking. Tasty too.

[Marmora Man]

I believe you can eat chorizo straight from the supplier - or cook it. I certainly do. I'm still heer.

[Ruffler]

If they were displayed with other uncooked sausages, I would say they are almost certainly raw and therefore do need cooking.http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/knowhow/glossary/chorizo/

[Undisputedtruth]

I've bought the William Rose chorizo sausages last year and they were sold as uncooked. It would certainly be poor hygiene, through cross contamination, if cooked sausages were displayed next to raw sausages.

I believe Marmora Man is referring to cured chorizo where you can either eat it from cold or cooked. The William Rose's chorizo sausages are not the same as cured chorizos.

[Jeremy]

There are two types of chorizo. Fresh and raw (which needs to be cooked), and the more common smoked/cured type (which is ready to eat).

The type from WR is the former, and absolutely needs to be cooked!

[intexasatthe moment]

Thanks for that .

Bit silly of me as it's obvious really if it's sold next to uncooked meat .

In the past I've chopped it up and added to lentil soup with no prior cooking ,but I was wondering .

We've suffered no ill effects .... the sausage contents do look pretty cured ,but I'll pre cook it from now on !

[El Pibe]

"There are two types of chorizo. Fresh and raw"

Not in Spain there isn't.

There it specifically means smoke cured sausage (or a silly billy). Paprika is optional as you can get chorizo blanco without it.

There's probably a governing body which decides what the difference is between salchich?n, fuet, lomo (which presumably is made only from the back of a pig), chorizo etc.

I think the meaning has been extrapolated internationally to mean any sausagey pork product with paprika though.

In fact I once had 'chorizo' in the dearly departed Black Cherry which was actually a spicy frankfurter. Eek! I made my feelings clear about this.

But enough with the pedantry, the type you refer to does need cooking (but chorizo it ain't!!).

[Michael Palaeologus]

Although in Hungary, home to all things full of paprika related goodness, paprika sausage is called Kolbasz.

[Otta]

I heard about that from a former barmaid at the Cherry. It went something like "yeah I'm Irish, so I must me a fucking whisky expert". Made me chuckle.

[El Pibe]

In her head maybe.

Don't get me wrong, I was perfectly polite, but they refused to accept that charging 12 quid for a boil in the bag frankfurter form sainsburys and selling it as something it wasn't was wrong and offered no alternative nor money back.

It was the last time any of us ate there to be fair so something less pithy (be it unspoken or not) might have been wiser.

I'll miss the Buena Vistas though!!

[Bluerevolution]

Otta Wrote:

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> I heard about that from a former barmaid at the

> Cherry. It went something like "yeah I'm Irish, so

> I must me a @#$%& whisky expert". Made me chuckle.

If she is Irish she would have said "WhiskEy"

[Annette Curtain]

I think in all honesty that they are chorizio style sausages

The real thing is a whole lot different

Anyway, the (raw, so needs cooking) Brindisa Picante ones From Franklins are better/nicer/whatever

Netts:-S