CUMBERLAND SAUSAGE

Have you ever tried a "Cumberland Sausage"? If you haven't, you should try it because it is not an usual or ordinary sausage!
Cumberland Sausage is a kind of sausage that is typically from England.
It is very long, up to 50 cm and it is wrapped in a spiral form.
It is cooked with a variety of herbs and spices and it traditionally has neither preservatives nor colourings. It can be served with French fries, peas and fried eggs or with red cabbage.
One big characteristic of this sausage is that is chopped, not mince, that´s why this sausage has a chunky texture.

Its name is due to its origin. Cumberland Sausage is from England, specifically from the north, from a region called Cumbria.
This sausage has been a speciality for more or less 500 years. It keeps on being a speciality but the main ingredient has changed a bit: the meat of the sausage is pork but, few years before, it was a special kind of pork: the Cumberland Pig. It was a local variety of pig, heavier with stronger bones and adapted to the cold weather but it became extinct 50 years ago.

Oh! An interesting fact: In March 2011, Protected Geographical Status was granted to the “Traditional Cumberland Sausage” in order to protect its name.

By: Nuria María Ortiz Sánchez.