{"product_id":"the-sausage-box","title":"Sausage Box – Oxford Sandy \u0026 Black Pork","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWhat You're Buying\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYour Sausage Box contains approximately 4.5kg \/ 10lb of sausages made using pork from our Oxford Sandy \u0026amp; Black pigs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe raise the pigs here at Lower Blakemere Farm in Herefordshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the time comes, they go through the appropriate licensed abattoir process and the pork then goes to Griffiths of Leintwardine, our local butcher, who makes the sausages for us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sausages then come back to Lower Blakemere ready for your box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo the chain is refreshingly short:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur pigs → local processing → Griffiths → Lower Blakemere → you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe are farmers, not butchers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe think it's important to know the difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBut What Do I Do With 10lb of Sausages?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst of all, don't panic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10lb sounds like an alarming quantity of sausages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt isn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe whole box takes up approximately one shelf in a normal household freezer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd you don't need to freeze them all together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn fact, please don't – unless you're expecting the rugby team.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen your box arrives, divide the sausages into portions that suit the way you actually cook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne or two people?\u003cbr\u003eFreeze them in twos or fours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFamily?\u003cbr\u003eFours, sixes or eights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTeenagers, Christmas guests or particularly enthusiastic sausage eaters?\u003cbr\u003eTen might be more appropriate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePack them, label them and freeze them promptly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen instead of buying another packet every week, you've got a freezer shelf full of proper farm food ready whenever you need it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lower Blakemere Farm","offers":[{"title":"Mid November","offer_id":55131646132563,"sku":"PIGGY1","price":70.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"For Christmas","offer_id":55131706786131,"sku":"PIGGY2","price":70.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1029\/0233\/3779\/files\/Screenshot2026-09-30at17.03.27.jpg?v=1790784262","url":"https:\/\/www.lowerblakemerefarm.co.uk\/products\/the-sausage-box","provider":"Lower Blakemere Farm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}