Sausage Roll - Table of Fame

For those of you that do not carry an Australian passport, a sausage roll is just what it says. It is a roll of pastry covering sausage meat. This tasty delight comes in various forms; short, long, thick and thin. They are sometimes served with salad or sauces of various kinds or even in hygienically sealed plastic bags. These are not the Sausage Rolls I am talking about. No, the sausage roll, the only real sausage roll, comes in a simple paper bag. It is eaten with your hands, not on a plate with a knife and fork, and is not served with camouflaging sauces. It is naked in its purest form. Uncomplicated and not pretentious. It is eaten hot, as hot as you can stand, and can be eaten sitting down, while fending off jealous sea gulls, or on the run while walking to your next exciting discovery.

Sausage Rolls served by "Captain Jack Sparrow"

During out travels I have taken it upon my self to do a bit of a survey of these tasty little morsels and time has come to produce my first Sausage Roll - Table of Fame.  Although I am yet to purchase a sausage roll that was inedible,  some are better than others and some are simply fantastic. It goes without saying that my mother's sausage rolls are the best in the world, except for when the blog mistress (Eva) makes then on 'Zofia', then hers are the best in the world. So all other sausage rolls are ranked in comparison to the sausage rolls created by my mother and the blog mistress.

SAUSAGE ROLL TABLE OF FAME

Rank	Location	Description
1	Daci and Daci - Hobart	A classic example will be very hard to beat
2	Cottage Point Cafe	Up from number 17 what a performer!
3	Old Aldinga - Home Grain Bakery	Classic great filling  + great pastry
4	Tumby Bay bakery	Classic
5	Jackman and McRoss - Hobart	Just an outstanding example of the art
6	Judy of 'Hurtle Turtle' (A)	Just outstandng and may go higher IF I get the oppertunity to sample more HA! HA!
7	Hope Island Marina Deli	Queenslands best pork and fennel
8	Artisan bakery	A wide selection but can not go past the beef
9	Peter of 'Novae' (A)	Amateur with skill, pork based with a touch of chilli
10	The Galley at The BoatWorks	On the small side but VERY nice
11	Port Elliot bakery	Late and unexpected - highly recommended
12	Elisa of Harvey Bay (A)	Generous size this Italian parsley
13	Bussleton (Butcher)	Filling is sensational
14	King Island	Marie's little bundles of joy
15	Portland, "The Lido Larder"	Classic small but great filling  + great pastry
16	The Mews - Split Junction	Potential,needs herbs and pepper
17	Adelaide (Miles)	Handsome offering location a mystery
18	Mandurah absolute cafe	Old favourite home made
19	Yankalilla bakery	Surprising from a large bakery
20	Paynesville bakery	Good pastry average filling great value
21	Dunsborough bakery	Good and an old favourite
22	Hopetoun bakery	Quiet achiever from a very small bakery
23	Lakes Entrance	Too dry
24	Port Fairy	Exceptional quality, however too large
25	Robe bakery	Good pastry however carrots in filling
26	Streaky Bay bakery	Could improve pastry but very good filling
27	Port Lincoln bakery	Commercial offering acceptable
28	Bunbury bakery	Commercial, will sell but could be better
29	Port Vincent (Milesent) shop	Commercial, lacking flavour served HOT however
30	Albany bakery	Disappointing because pasties from here are great
31	Bremer Bay garage	Disappointing
32	Esperance bakery	Bakery has No Idea but their cakes are great
33	Normanville bakery	Disappointing because their coffee was very good
34	American River general store	Commercial, offering no flavour
35	Coffin Bay garage	Too salty
36	Victor Harbour bakery	Very disappointing, great aroma with no finish

(A) denotes amateur, that is not for sale made for private consumption

 Blog Mistress's Sausage Rolls