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What On Earth Has Happened to Brain’s Faggots?

(9 Posts)
Whitewavemark2 Sat 31-May-25 07:29:30

I’m 79 years old and have never tasted a faggot!

So I must remedy thus. The recipe looks a doddle - will add to my repertoire perhaps for the winter.

teabagwoman Sat 31-May-25 07:22:05

That’s disappointing. There isn’t a proper butcher for miles around here and I’m not up to making my own so I guess that’s something else off my menu.

M0nica Sat 31-May-25 07:10:18

Oh dear! For the last 25 years I have been buying faggots from a local farmshop, I love them, but they have just closed down and I was thinking of buying a packet of Brain's faggots. I now know better, Thanks for the warning lefthanded

All is not lost! DH has just reminded me that when we were recce-ing the town we are moving to, we saw a proper butcher in the town centre. He certainly did pork pies, so hopefully he will do faggots, otherwise I will have to make them myself - I do have a recipe.

RosieandherMaw Fri 30-May-25 23:57:09

Herbert Hill Brain
You are joking?
A traditional butcher from Bristol, started making delicious heart warming family meals in 1925. His classic pork faggot recipe & unique West Country sauce soon became a firm family favourite across the land.
Today the same passion & love goes into creating each hearty dish, making Mr Brain's traditional recipe the nation's favourite faggots!

Mt61 Fri 30-May-25 23:47:09

Seriously is it brains?

Mt61 Fri 30-May-25 23:46:15

Whats in them? Lips & arses?

Jaxjacky Fri 30-May-25 22:07:11

Our butcher sells game faggots, I'm pushed to eat two, they are luscious.

Blinko Fri 30-May-25 21:56:07

Home made faggots from a local butcher are the only ones I will contemplate eating. Haven't eaten Brains faggots for yearts...

lefthanded Fri 30-May-25 21:53:27

For more than 30 years I have eaten Brain’s faggots. Not every day, or even every week, but once or twice a month on average. But suddenly they have changed. The last ones I bought had no colour and no texture - and worst of all no taste! The only taste I could identify was pepper.

Unless I can find a local butcher making their own faggots, I think I might have to give up my guilty pleasure.