Sausages

In one year we eat approximately 175,000 tonnes of sausages, worth £487 million.

88% of British households buy sausages, 50% at least every 4 weeks.

Every day 5 million Britons will eat sausages but more sausages are eaten on a Saturday than any other day

Sausages should be cooked slowly over a medium heat and should not be pricked as this lets the flavour out.

Sausage machines can fill sausages at a rate of 1½ miles an hour

The world record for the longest sausage measured 59.14 km (36.75 miles) and was made by J.J. Tranfield, South Yorkshire, 27-29 October 2000.

Sausages were called bangers during the Second World War because they contained so much water they exploded when fried.

Queen Victoria was fond of sausages but insisted that the meat be hand chopped rather than minced.