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Sausages affected by draconian trade laws
2006-11-19
A SPICY sausage known as the Welsh Dragon will have to be renamed after trading standardsÂ’ officers warned the manufacturers that they could face prosecution because it does not contain dragon.
Ummm... Could they prove it doesn't?
The sausages will now have to be labelled Welsh Dragon Pork Sausages to avoid any confusion among customers.
"Now! With more Dragon Pork!"
Jon Carthew, 45, who makes the sausages, said yesterday that he had not received any complaints about the absence of real dragon meat.
Too gamey for my taste...
He said: “I don’t think any of our customers believe that we use dragon meat in our sausages. We use the word because the dragon is synonymous with Wales.”
Betcha there's no whale meat in 'em, either. Wotta gyp!
His company, the Black Mountains Smokery at Crickhowell, in Powys, turns out 200,000 sausages a year, including the Welsh Dragon, which is made with chili, leak and pork. A Powys County Council spokesman said: “The product was not sufficiently precise to inform a purchaser of the true nature of the food.”
Posted by:Fred

#19  Can they still sell Girl Scout Cookies? How about Baby Food?
Posted by: Jackal   2006-11-19 20:09  

#18  Well Frank, the Vikings say "Wonderful Spam"!!
Posted by: GORT   2006-11-19 15:06  

#17  what do they say about canned Spam©?
Posted by: Frank G   2006-11-19 14:40  

#16  
#11
Or feed them SOS?
Posted by: Fred   2006-11-19 14:28  

#15  I guess he could import some Komodo Dragon meat.

Of course I don't think I would eat it - Komodo Dragons eat some very nasty things and you are what you eat.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2006-11-19 14:05  

#14  Â“The product was not sufficiently precise to inform a purchaser of the true nature of the food.”

We must, over all other things, protect the stupid from themselves.
Posted by: Thinemp Whimble2412   2006-11-19 13:53  

#13  heh heh RD
BAD DAWG!
Posted by: 6   2006-11-19 13:34  

#12  I'll keep this in mind next time some Limey offers me a slice of Spotted Dick.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2006-11-19 13:11  

#11  trade laws and their masterbators, EU bureaucrats

angel hair

rock candy

submarine sandwich

horse radish

pot pie

how 'bout we have EU bureaucrats taste test some sh*t sandwiches
Posted by: RD   2006-11-19 12:42  

#10  I think the Chicken of the Sea guys are in over their heads here...
Posted by: .com   2006-11-19 11:24  

#9  So does that mean there will now be sand in every sandwich ?
Posted by: wxjames   2006-11-19 11:19  

#8  In China there is a soup called Three Snake and Dragon Soup. It doesn't contain any dragon, either but it does contain 3 different types of snake. The "Dragon" is similar to our bobcat.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2006-11-19 09:24  

#7  Oh, for crissake, just put some dragon meat in them sausages, and be done with it!
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-11-19 09:02  

#6   Iff this doesn't wake up the GERMANS what will???

Dunno. I expect things to get wurst.
Posted by: mrp   2006-11-19 08:59  

#5  Germans can't produce Welsh Dragons. It's against EU law.
Posted by: MU   2006-11-19 03:18  

#4  Iff this doesn't wake up the GERMANS what will???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-11-19 01:20  

#3  Bah, some sausage. The pig in question didn't even have one dragon on the ground!
Posted by: Zenster   2006-11-19 01:00  

#2  Oops. Shoulda clicked on the link. Perfect title, TOL editor!
Posted by: PBMcL   2006-11-19 00:34  

#1  Heh. Perfect title, Fred!
Posted by: PBMcL   2006-11-19 00:30  

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