Cleavers Chilli

A finishing chilli tang cannot disguise this appalling morsel barely comestible. You can see the use of seasoning and all the elements dotted in the Cumberland sausage meat, which rattles in its thinly applied shell of breadcrumbs like the yellow gift ovum in a Kinder Egg. The (free range?) egg takes up most of the inside, it’s colouring taking on a form of dishwater and the grey ring of over-boiling bleeds out into the once white albumen to amalgamate and form clouded grey. The yolk has formed into shrivelled wax clumps that stick to your teeth and give you breathe like a zombie.

One to avoid.

Price: £1.95

Overall: 1/5

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Another big entry with this cricket ball-sized Scotch egg from Cleavers butchers in Wandsworth Town. When cut down the centre the two halves are almost as big as some single Scotch eggs I’ve tried. There is a distinct separation between the breadcrumbs and the meat (Cumberland sausage), and the egg rattles in its casing. The well-seasoned, thick rim of sausage meat falls from the breadcrumbs and onto the plate. It is not bound to the panko wrapping and the assembly is broken.

The egg is free range and creamy. The yolk has a darker colouring than I’ve seen before, almost apricot. It’s good; no satisfying crunch or warm, runny yolk, however the Cumberland sausage is rich and for the price it’s one hell of a snack.

Price: £1.95

Overall: 3/5