Honey I cooked the dog!! (Ye Olde Oak 8 Hotdogs)

Member Name: stebiz

Product:	Ye Olde Oak 8 Hotdogs
Date:	05/08/09 (43 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Quick to make, Tasty

Disadvantages: Too much salt in my opinion

I have always found that when I have sausage and beans from the same tin (you know the hot dog type) that you have loads of beans and few sausages. For this reason I have for many years just bought beans and a separate tin of sausages. This gives me a higher ratio of sausages - and if a man wants his sausages, he must have his sausages:-)

Yesterday was no exception. I was walking along the aisle at my local Asda looking for hot dog sausages, and immediately I saw a choice of about 6 different types. This particular make caught my eye as it was on buy one get one free. The tin is slightly different in design to the one pictured. It is green in colour with a couple of pictures of hot dogs in rolls. They now refer to them as Premium Hot Dogs in brine!!

So lets talk about the experience. Well firstly the tin has one of those pull tabs, so you don't need a tin opener. This might not sound a big thing but it does help. Upon opening the tin I am met with 8 'slim' sausages staring at me, longing to be put in the pan. The sausages themselves looked a bit thinner than the ones I am usually accustomed too. They were in brine.

I emptied the sausages into my pan and gently heated them for 5 minutes as I was told to do on the tin. After 5 mins I drained the brine and hey presto I had 8 piping hot sausages ready to be eaten. Before I added them to my beans I decided to eat one by itself (for review purposes only:-) I found that the texture of the outside of the sausage appeared to be quite rubbery. A little more rubbery than other brands I have tried, but nothing that worried me. Once through the outer casing I then came across the inners of the sausage. It was extremely tasty and melted in my mouth. So no complaints there.

So what were the ingredients. Well hold onto your hair because here you may be amazed. I certainly was.........................72% chicken. I couldn't believe what I was reading. Just to make sure I summoned my darling wife over and she nearly fell over also. Chicken!!!! You can't be serious. Well yes I am. A large amount of chicken too.

Here are the rest of the ingredients, including a few E's to keep you on the ball.

Chicken 72%
Water
Potato Starch
Pork Fat
Salt
Pork Collagen
Hydrolysed Vegetable Protein (contains Soya)
Thickeners E412, E451
Beef Collagen
Dextrose
Herbs
Spices
Natural Smoke Flavour
Preservative E250
Flavourings (contains Wheat Gluten)
Acidity Regulator E330

Brine:Water, Salt

May contain traces of Celery and Milk

It also boasts No Artificial Colours
Selected cuts of meat
No GM Ingredients

Nutrition per hot dog

Energy 30kcal
Protein 2.3g
Carbohydrate 1.0g
(of which sugars) 0.0g
Fat 1.8g
(of which saturated) 0.8g
mono-unsaturated 0.6g
poly-unsaturated 0.5g
Fibre 0.0g
Sodium 0.2g
Salt Equivalent 0.4g

Recommendation: Well to be honest I was going to give this 5/5 until I read the salt content. 0.4g per dog is a huge amount in my understanding, especially when I usually eat about 4 of them, so they are going to drop 2 stars here. They do taste delicious though, even if unhealthy - so I guess they are okay as a treat!!!

Summary: A quick meal that can be made in minutes