I have made summer sausage from kits and from recipes with all kind of exotic ingredients like encapsulated ascorbic acid, Fermento, high temperature cheese, etc. If you know the history of summer sausage, it was made by local people from local ingredients and just included meat and seasonings and then was smoked. With all my experimenting, I found I liked the old simple recipe and it is now my go to. Welcome to OFG Summer Sausage. Continue reading OFG Summer Sausage
In my prior post, I made OFG Biscuits. A good biscuit needs gravy and the best gravy for biscuits is Sausage Gravy. Let’s make some! Continue reading Sausage Gravy
I really like to have sausage rolls on hand particularly in the holiday season. I make them up and freeze them uncooked. When company comes over, I take as many as I want out of the freezer and bake them for 25 minutes in a 375 F oven. Voila! Hot sausage rolls. Continue reading Sausage Rolls
Everybody loves burgers so why not make them into an appetizer? I’m sure that thought is the inspiration for sliders. They are a great appetizer or light meal. Continue reading Summer Sliders
ABT stands for Atomic Buffalo Treats or something to that effect. Some have a more coarse word for the Treat part. It is base on cream cheese stuffed jalapeño peppers wrapped in bacon and smoked. Continue reading Italian Sausage ABT’s
This is the second of the sausages I made when my friend, Marj, gave me some ground Moose. The first was German Bologna. I decided to go with another German sausage, Mettwurst for the second one. Continue reading Mettwurst
A generous friend gave me some ground moose! Thanks, Marj. I decided to make something with it and share it with her. I decided to experiment with making German Bologna with moose. It is normally made with a combination of pork and beef but I tried pork and moose. Continue reading German Bologna
It was Valentines Day. She Who Must Be Obeyed wanted Turkey for dinner. A true romantic bows to the whims of the woman he loves. Turkey it would be. However, turkey requires a great stuffing. I went for another level and made Italian Sausage Stuffing! Continue reading Italian Sausage Stuffing
I like hot links so I wanted to make some. This presented a problem. Most hot links are hot (surprise!). She Who Must Be Obeyed does not like very spicy food. I decided what the heck, I was going to make some whether she liked them or not. Of course, I asked her permission first. Continue reading PWE Hot Links
I have had some enquiries about andouille from my prior post. Andouille is a spicy smoked Louisiana sausage. It is commonly used in Cajun and Creole dishes like Jambalaya and Gumbo. However, it is also tasty eaten by itself or on a charcuterie tray. Continue reading PWE Andouille