Hairy bikers give sausage support

1:00pm Monday 30th June 2008

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Hairy Bikers Si King and Dave Myers (who is from Roa Island) have declared their support for the campaign to protect the Traditional Cumberland Sausage.

The guys gave the campaign their backing as the county prepares to celebrate the first Traditional Cumberland Sausage Day on Saturday July 5.

The chefs took a break from filming to sign a petition supporting the campaign, which is being organised by Made in Cumbria and the Cumberland Sausage Association.

Dave Myers said: “Traditional Cumberland Sausage has been part of my life since I was a kid. We’ve got access to really high end, good food up here, to me symbolised by the Cumberland Sausage. “If you go down south everybody’s got it on the menu but it’s not Cumberland Sausage, it’s a washed out affair. It’s a great sausage and it deserves to be protected. We don’t want the fake ones. It’s a special brand, so let’s keep it right.”

Cumbrian farmer Peter Gott has been taking the petition around the country on behalf of the campaign and has already collected a number of other signatures, including chef Anthony Worrall Thompson and food writers Tom Parker Bowles and Matthew Fort.

Dave Myers was also interviewed for a short film on the Traditional Cumberland Sausage Campaign which can be seen at www.traditionalcumberlandsausage.com and on a new Facebook page on the campaign.