Sorry to disappoint you Akimbo but i make my own sausages, burgers, pizza dough, bread etc, in fact pretty much everything we eat were possible and practical is organic, meat is free range and meals are made from scratch and no i'm not a Generation game contestant or some head up my A*** trendy Eco luvvie.
It's purely down to the fact that 12yrs ago, aged 8, my youngest son was diagnosed with Coeliac Disease*, now also borderline Crohn's Disease. it was a genuine hospital diagnosis, not the latest trendy fad diet self diagnosis type, that lots of people "suffer" from today. *(Gluten Intolerance)
Anybody who genuinely has this disease (not the trendy celeb version) or who knows someone who has, will tell you its the stuff of nightmare to live with in terms of diet. So as a family we all made the conscious decision that if he couldn't eat something then nor would we. I'll be the first to admit at times its been difficult, but somehow we get there. Therefore the only way we can still eat stuff like sausages, burgers, pizza, bread, biscuits, cakes etc is for us to make it ourselves, so we know exactly what's in it. Which means that in theory, if he does become ill, we should be able to easily suss out what made him ill, (note: in theory, not always so easy in practice). Also with gluten free being so trendy these days, the cost of some products is now verging on legalised extortion, so where possible, we try to make our own to keep the costs down.
Also making your own sausages and burgers became really popular after the horsemeat scandal, I know for a fact that for long enough it was practically impossible to get hold of the meat grinder and sausage making attachments for the Kenwood chef, even off Kenwood,( we needed a replacement). If eventually, you did manage to find one, the prices being charged where ridiculous.
