Favorite Sausage?
There are so many varieties from mild to hot. Do you eat breakfast sausage, sausage sandwiches, add sausage to paella or lentil soup, cover with tomato sauce? Do you always get it in the casings? How many different varieties have you tried? Chorizo? Andouille? Italian - sweet or hot? Packaged breakfast sausages? Kielbasa, Mortadella, Vienna, Bangers, Brats? Every country seems to have it's own. What are your favorites and how do you like them prepared?
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My mother used to make her own and they were my favorite, but I love so many! Italian mild in tomato sauce, on a hoagie roll with peppers and carmelized onions and ketchup, lentil soup with andouille, paella with chorizo, summer sausage and kielbasa with cheese and crackers, brats grilled and then steeped in beer and onions on a roll with spicy mustard, bangers and mash, scrapple fried up with eggs, pork roll and egg sandwich. I could go on and on and on!
PerkyMac at 10:18AM on 04/07/08
I don't eat any sausage I haven't made myself, because I like to know what I'm really eating. And, I always skip the casing.
I make all kinds -- meat, seafood, etc. I'm working on a vegetariam version, but still haven't found a mix I like.
Brownie at 10:31AM on 04/07/08
I loooove sausage! I put it in almost everything. Chorizo nachos, Chorizo and blue corn tortilla soup, chorizo with shrimp and chickpeas, chorizo with baby limas and noodles, Andouille frittatas, Chicken Apple sausage bread pudding, Bratwurst with apples and onions and brussel sprouts, in a soup with lentils, in tacos, over risotto, over polenta, etc., etc.
I think I'm a slave to sausage. And it's what's for dinner tonight!
bitchincamero at 11:59AM on 04/07/08
Lately I've become a big fan of the chorizo recently added to their line by a local producer.
srhcb at 12:08PM on 04/07/08
I used to buy linguica and chorizo from a guy that drove a truck to Stonington Ct. from New Haven Ct. I never knew his name but growing up it was a treat to go to my great aunts house and wait for the "linguica man"
(yes it was a sheltered boring existence) My mom used to cook green beans with linguica and tomatoes, and OMG it was the best thing I ever put in my mouth! Now adays alas the only linguica I can get in the south is a brand name that used to cause much hilarity among immature youngins that we were. Its just not the same, too much fat! so I am doomed to miss my favorite meal of all time :'(
huney_bumper at 12:53PM on 04/07/08
I probably haven't met a sausage I didn't like (blushing)... And there are so many ways to enjoy sausage - sauteed with peppers and onions, grilled (with a special mention of shrimp-and-turkey-sausage skewers), as a filling for all kinds of stuff including pies, quiches and even wontons, in soups, in stuffings, etc., etc. But no, it doesn't mean that I eat sausage all the time, on the contrary, I don't eat it nearly as often as I'd like to:-). Although lately, I've started making my own sausage, and in fact, I have some homemade turkey-sage sausage defrosting in my fridge as we speak!
P.S. Perky, bangers & mash was my absolutely favourite childhood meal!!
brooke29 at 1:14PM on 04/07/08
Spicy Portuguese sausage fried up and eaten with white rice and a little bit of furikake.
Spicy andouille in my jambalaya and gumbo, only to flavor. I don't care to eat them.
That's pretty much it...
Cassaendra at 1:21PM on 04/07/08
I don't think I've ever met a sausage I didn't like, save the ones processed with an undue amount of chemicals and left to desiccate in some grocery chill chest.
My favorite is a brand of southern breakfast sausage called Neese's. They're a local company, and I grew up on the stuff. It's my secret ingredient in everything from breakfast casserole to bean soup to sausage appetizers.
jenilowrance at 2:31PM on 04/07/08
I'm with brooke29 - have yet to encounter any sausage I've disliked. I particularly like the more unusual varieties like andouillette (tripe sausage) and boudin noir (blood sausage).
thebasilqueen at 2:32PM on 04/07/08
what brand does everyone like? I like Aidell's, but have also discovered Al Fresco recently and am liking it more than Aidell's.
bitchincamero at 2:50PM on 04/07/08
oh - and by brand I mean the kind available at most stores. Artisinal and homemade varieties are far superior, but not always easily accessible.
bitchincamero at 2:50PM on 04/07/08
Mmmmm. Sausage. It's hard to come up with anything better to put on a grill than hot Italian sausage. I love hot Italian sausage.
I also dearly love (confession time) Hillshire Farms Kielbasa (is great is soups) and (and this is the REALLY big confession) Hillshire Farms Hot Links. Charred up Hot Links on an Italian roll with a little mustard is one of the most delicious things in the known universe.
chisai at 3:53PM on 04/07/08
Good lord! ALL OF THEM! I make my own, and each has its own use.
HunterAnglerGardenerCook at 4:47PM on 04/07/08
*Sweet Italian sausage, with my Baked Italian Chicken Diablo, or in my lasagna or spaghetti dishes.
*Breakfast sausage w/eggs or on breakfast pizza.
*Andouille for jambalaya and shrimp-n-grits.
*Kielbasa w/baked beans in a slow cooker, or on a nice wiener bun with Swiss cheese & dijon mustard.
BITTER at 4:59PM on 04/07/08
I LOVE sausage!! Grilled, in sauces, on pizza, you name it! I would have to say my favorite would be,,,,,,,,,nope, all varieties.
crazyspice at 7:45PM on 04/07/08
sausage is only second to cheese in my book...love fresh breakfast sage sausage...and there is nothing easier to make for the taste impact...i thought I had it on my blog, but somehow missed posting that one. I'll fix that oversight this week!
Cary at 8:03PM on 04/07/08
Whole Foods makes one with pork and cherries in it tat is so good it is sweet and savory and i eat it fresh out of the grill pan all by itself.yummy!
love2cook at 8:16PM on 04/07/08
@love2cook - OMG, I am going to Whole Foods tomorrow for that one!
crazyspice at 8:34PM on 04/07/08
@jenilowrance......wow...i havent heard of NEESES since i left North Carolina 7 years ago !!!....that was the best....and their liver mush too
onepercent99 at 8:51PM on 04/07/08
This Polish girl loves kielbasa, and wishes her hometown would get to work already and start a kielbasa festival. And if they're looking for nominations for "kielbasa princess" (or does kielbasa queen sound better?), my name better be in the running. I'm just sayin'
Kerosena at 9:22PM on 04/07/08
the best sausage I ever had was a morcilla (blood sausage) at Prat's butchers/deli in Mendoza Argentina. It was a precooked one and we had it served cold for breakfast when I was there learning the difference btwn. Argentine and American cuts of beef.
Also, at an engagement party my sister threw me we had a bog platter of hot and cold sausages, salamis, etc. there was a selection of mustards and breads... that was awesome.
Other than that I can't say one type or moment stands out. But I always think a nice Choucroute Garni with about 4-5 kinds is a good idea.
coolname at 10:16PM on 04/07/08
We love a good old sweet Italian sausage - I take it out of the casings and make a pasta sauce with it and ground beef for lasagna. For weekend breakfasts, I love the Morning Maple turkey sausage from Yorkshire Farms - it has good nutritionals and tastes great too, and is easy to prepare since it's pre-cooked, just has to be heated up in a skillet.
mrsbao at 8:28AM on 04/08/08
I like to squeeze Italian sausage out of the casing into a mushroom cap. Broil or bake for a few minutes and you have a delicious appetizer.
Like mrsbao, I also remove it from the casing and use it in gravy/sauce for pasta.
I don't use any label sausages at all. I tried a few breakfast sausages and they didn't appeal to me. If you have any favorites, I'd love a recommendation. Most of the varied sausages I buy are in the meat case of the market or butcher.
A client used to bring me kielbasa from her favorite butcher in NYC every Easter. It was heavenly and all my friends and family used to look forward to it as much as I.
Now that grilling season is nearly upon us, I plan to enjoy many sausages - in dishes and sandwiches. I even like some in cold potato and pasta salads at picnics.
PerkyMac at 12:48PM on 04/08/08
British bangers...can't get them fresh so I settle for the ones from Saag.
Other than that Thuringer... but damn I only ever have it in Germany.
gnomatic at 3:09AM on 04/09/08
I too love just about every kind of sausage there is.....so much so, that for our Christmas get together with friends, I host a sausage fest, and put out at least 8 different kinds w/several different dipping sauces for everyone to enjoy. Last Christmas it was smoked brats, smoked spicy hungarian, smoked chorizo, smoked kielbasa, fresh bangers, fresh brats, italian, and chicken sausage w/feta. I usually cook some of the smoked ones over a bed of saurkraut, the italian over peppers & onions and bake them all in the oven for ease of preparation. The chicken feta I get from Wegmans. For the others, there is a wonderful meat shop in Buffalo called Spars European Meats....they make all of their own sausages (I only hit the tip of the iceberg with the ones I listed above).....they even make their own hot dogs. Everything is spot on....and I'm on a mission to try every sausage they make!
mepolo at 8:43AM on 04/09/08