@variablepulserate Shortly after the First World War, when products like fresh meat were put on ration, pork and beef were in very short supply. So instead of the meaty loveliness that we know and love today, sausages were packed out with cereals, water and scraps. When these sausages were fried they had a tendency to pop, hiss, explode and burst…hence the name ‘banger’ was borne.