Technically speaking, a Cumberland sausage has to be made in Cumbria in the UK because it has a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status, but many recipes for home-made Cumberland sausages still exist. Recipes usually include pork belly, pork shoulder, and seasonings such as nutmeg, sage, marjoram, and cayenne pepper.
A campaign was made by some Cumbrian butchers and meat manufacturers to have Cumberland sausage placed under a Protected Geographical Status classification under European Commission rules. This would provide the same protection as is afforded to Parma ham and Feta cheese.
To display the PGI mark, the sausage must be produced, processed, and prepared in Cumbria and have a meat content of at least 80%. It must include seasoning and be sold in a long coil. However, sausages not meeting these criteria are sold as Cumberland sausages (without claiming PGI).
Are there any companies that make sausage in Tennessee?
Historically, many pork-related companies have been headquartered in Tennessee, including both sausage and country ham processors, most of which have gone from small-scale family operations like the ones described by Womack, to full-sized manufacturing businesses that produce convenience sausage items for supermarkets and restaurant chains.
One article stated that Goolsby Country Sausage, now a product of James Meat Company, is manufactured in Cookeville. Wampler’s Farm Sausage has been a family operation since its beginnings in Riley Wampler’s kitchen back in 1937. The wholesale meat company incorporated in 1953 and was officially named Wampler’s Farm Sausage Company in 1981.
Where are farmboy sausages made?
The Tennessee Pride Brand originated in the Nashville area in 1943 and the brand’s “Farmboy” logo pictured on sausage product packages is well-known throughout Tennessee. After Conagra bought the brand in May 2012, Tennessee Pride closed its Arkansas facility a few months later. The Jackson plant was formerly a Pinnacle Foods production facility.
What is the most popular sausage in the UK?
Perhaps the most famous of British sausages is the Cumberland sausage, which has been a local speciality in the County of Cumberland for more than 500 years. It is a chunky, coarse cut sausage spiced with black pepper and made in a continuous coil.