Sliced sausage, also known as Lorne sausage, flat sausage, square sausage or slice, it can also be referred to as slab as opposed to link, is a food product most often eaten in Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

. Sausage

Sausage

A sausage is a food usually made from ground meat , mixed with salt, herbs, and other spices, although vegetarian sausages are available. The word sausage is derived from Old French saussiche, from the Latin word salsus, meaning salted.Typically, a sausage is formed in a casing traditionally made...

 meat – which may be pork

Pork

Pork is the culinary name for meat from the domestic pig , which is eaten in many countries. It is one of the most commonly consumed meats worldwide, with evidence of pig husbandry dating back to 5000 BC....

 or beef

Beef

Beef is the culinary name for meat from bovines, especially domestic cattle. Beef can be harvested from cows, bulls, heifers or steers. It is one of the principal meats used in the cuisine of the Middle East , Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Europe and the United States, and is also important in...

 – is set into a square and sliced into pieces generally about 3 inches (7.6 cm) square by about 1/2 in thick. The sausage is rarely a perfect square given the minced state of the meat, which is often bound with other ingredients such as rusk

Rusk

A rusk is a hard, dry biscuit or a twice-baked bread. It is sometimes used as a baby teething food. In the United Kingdom, the name also refers to a wheat-based food additive.- Germany :The zwieback A rusk is a hard, dry biscuit or a twice-baked bread. It is sometimes used as a baby teething food....

.

Square sausage remains a favourite in Scottish cooked breakfasts and is often eaten in a bread roll

Bread roll

A bread roll is a piece of bread, usually small and round and is commonly considered a side dish. Bread rolls are often used in the same way as sandwiches are—cut transversely, with fillings placed between the two halves.-Various forms:...

. The square sliced sausage is also the ideal size to make a sandwich using one or two slices from a Scottish plain loaf

Plain loaf

A plain loaf, slices of which are known in Scots as plain breid , is a traditional style of loaf made chiefly in Scotland. It has a dark, well-fired crust on the top and bottom of the bread. There is no crust on the sides due to the unbaked loaves being stuck together in batches, baked together...

.

Name

Lorne sausage is often said to be named after Tommy Lorne

Tommy Lorne

Tommy Lorne was a Scottish music hall comedian of the 1920s.Born Hugh Gallagher Corcoran in Kirkintilloch, he grew up in Glasgow....

 a Scottish music hall

Music hall

Music Hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment which was popular between 1850 and 1960. The term can refer to:# A particular form of variety entertainment involving a mixture of popular song, comedy and speciality acts...

 comedian of the 1920s. This unlikely rumour was possibly started by Lorne himself. Lorne is an area of Scotland.

Cooking

Square sausage is either deep or shallow fried in oil or placed under a grill for around ten minutes.