Butchers in plea to save our sausage; FOOD.BUTCHERS across Scotland are aiming to make mincemeat mincemeat: see pie. out of a foreign invasion of square sausages. The breakfast favourite, also known as a flat or Lorne sausage sausage, food consisting of finely chopped meat mixed with seasonings and, often, other ingredients, all encased in a thin membrane. Although sausages were made by the ancient Greeks and Romans, they were usually plain and unspiced; in the Middle Ages people began to , is unique to Scotland and they want it officially recognised to stop fakes. The Scottish Federation of Meat Traders' Associations hope it will get protected status like champagne, Parma ham, Arbroath smokies and Melton mel·ton n. A heavy woolen cloth used chiefly for making overcoats and hunting jackets. [After Melton Mowbray, an urban district of central England.] Mowbray pies. They want the European Commission European Commission, branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU) invested with executive and some legislative powers. Located in Brussels, Belgium, it was founded in 1967 when the three treaty organizations comprising what was then the European Community to add it to the Protected Geographic Indicator list of regional foods. Head Douglas Scott said: "We don't want imposters." The Lorne is said to be named after 1920s Scots comedian Tommy Lorne. CAPTION(S): THREATENED Lorne sausage |
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