Pork in Ireland such as Denny, Galtee, Roscrea and Shaw's remain today among the leading pork, bacon and sausage brands in Ireland. All are owed by Irish food company Kerry Group, which also owns the UK sausage brand Richmond. Richmond Irish sausages Have the largest number of sausages sold by any company in the UK. Denny's sausages receive a mention in James Joyce's "Ulysses". 'And a pound and a half of Denny's sausages…The ferreteyed porkbutcher folded the sausages he had snipped off with blotchy fingers, sausage pink' and the company also claims to have invented the skinless sausage in 1941. In 2008, the
Schlachteplatte Schlachteplatte A Schlachteplatte, Schlachtplatte, Schlachtschüssel (Southern German) or Metzgete (Swiss and southwestern part of Baden-Württemberg in Germany) is a hearty German mixed grill dish that primarily consists of boiled belly pork ("Kesselfleisch") and freshly cooked "Blutwurst" and "Leberwurst" sausages. The cooking process produces sausage juices which, together with any split sausages, are used as a soup known as "Metzelsuppe". As a result, in many places, e.g. in parts of the Palatinate, the entire festival and the meal in particular, is known as metzelsupp. Common accompaniments to a "Schlachtplatte" are "sauerkraut" and bread or potatoes or, in South Germany, potato pancakes