Sausages

[wbraswell]

Sausage is as universal as bread. Every culture has it's native sausage, and many have several. I haven't had many that I didn't like. Kielbasa, Andouille, Chorizo, Bratwurst, Salami, so many others, even our humble hot dog. I will admit that I haven't been too adventurous about this subject. Blood sausage isn't something I'm likely to order, but I would like to taste it. I love good old hot breakfast patties, too. What's your favorites? Your own recipes and eithic varieties. Me, I really love a hot n spicy brat on a bun with mustard, grilled onions and peppers. Yeah, I know our doctors will shake their fingers at us, but being a little bad now and then won't hurt too much. Pics and protection would be welcome.

 

[BearBio]

Hot Italian and Chorizo (both the Mexican style and the chunkier Spanish style).

 

[Arik]

Blood sausages are great. Anything with heat

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[gm272gs]

This is going to be a real sausage fest.

 

[arjay]

Another vote for a good Italian sausage.Landjaeger,which I haven't had in years,is very good.Much better than salami.

 

[zzzippper]

I'm not sure sausage is as common in Asia. I don't recall any in Japan or Korea but I may be wrong. Definately some in the Philippines.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

You also might look into "Head Cheese", usually it is on the spicy side of life (and for a reason). It is usually served like Brandswaiger; cold and on crackers, toast or bread. The important thing is like most items in the sausage family... never ask what is it made out of! My wife really loves all this stuff. Ivan

 

[zzzippper]

You also might look into "Head Cheese", usually it is on the spicy side of life (and for a reason). It is usually served like Brandswaiger; cold and on crackers, toast or bread. The important thing is like most items in the sausage family... never ask what is it made out of! My wife really loves all this stuff. Ivan

Ivan the Butcher should be our resident expert in all sausage-centric subjects.

 

[jgh4445]

Conecuh Brand and Snowdens.

 

[shouldazagged]

I love Andouille, hot links, salami, liverwurst and Spanish chorizo, plus a good hot breakfast sausage like the spicier version of Tennessee Pride. I've never tasted morcilla but would love to try either of the Spanish versions, the one made with onions or the other with rice. Wasn't thrilled with my one encounter with Blutwurst.

There is a very pricey butcher shop here that sells sausages made on the premises. They include an old-fashioned, and I mean old school, wiener: natural casing, chewy-chunky texture, and spices like I recall from premium franks seventy years ago. These days I make do with the excellent Hebrew National dogs, but those locally-made ones are glorious.

I also want to try boudin by itself--I've eaten it only as an ingredient in various dishes.

Some Chinese sausages are quite nice, and I want to try a Korean version sometime.

I've never cared a hell of a lot for bratwurst. I think it's the nutmeg, which I've never liked.

 

[mjsmith1223]

Mmmm, sausage. Emeril was right. Pork fat rules.

Nothing says summer like a nice brat right off the grill with mustard.

For breakfast I like patties from a local butcher shop with sage. Yum.

Once in awhile a nice braunschweiger sandwich with mustard is tasty.

Salami and pepperoni make a tasty snack.

I have a favorite polish restaurant that does a sausage sampler for an appetizer. I don't know the names of any of them, but the sausages are really good.

 

[Coldshooter]

I'm not sure sausage is as common in Asia. I don't recall any in Japan or Korea but I may be wrong. Definately some in the Philippines.

I have used some Chinese sausages in a recipie years ago. They are not common in most recipies written for western cooks. Seem to be only in well stocked Asian markets. In the book Roughing It Mark Twain commented on Chinese Sausage in the mining camps and noted because of the texture he could believe each one contained the corpse of a mouse.

 

[MOONDAWG]

Conecuh Brand and Snowdens.

I grew up on Conecuh sausage, cane syrup & cathead biscuits for breakfast.

A pocket full of cold ones are good when stuck on a deer stand for hours too!

My other favorite is Italian; preferably charcoal grilled with lots of peppers and onions.

 

[timn8er]

I can't think of any I don't like, but standouts for me are summer sausage & like Bearbio mentioned Chorizo. I can remember my Mom handing me a sammich made with summer sausage made from a place that used to be in the mall(Mr. Dunderbak's?)made with a dark rye bread & a little butter...good stuff! And Chorizo y Huevos on flour tortillas? Excellent as long as its fresh & not too greasy. One of the bad things about this site is that we sure do talk about food a lot! I don't need much inspiration to get cravings for a lot of what we talk about, & then I have to act. Sigh...

 

[Bekeart]

You also might look into "Head Cheese", usually it is on the spicy side of life (and for a reason).

I planned to go to grocery store in a few minutes.

Now I have added Head Cheese to the shopping list.

Braunschweiger [aka Liver Sausage]was alread on the list.

Thanks for the reminder.

Bekeart

 

[snubbyfan]

I guess the American Indian equivalent would be moki-maani. It's dried meat ground up and mixed with fat and dried fruit. It's like an Indian power bar.
My Italian wife introduced me to hot Italian sausage.

 

[Mike McLellan]

Moderately hot Boudin with red beans and rice is as close to good Alaskan cooking as you're gonna find.

 

[L Pete]

My vote.....Boudain.....

 

[Jack Flash]

While in Scotland I tried haggis (look it up in the dictionary).

I thought, while in Rome, do as the Romans do. I have not had the urge to try it again.

 

[Marshwheeling]

We can get Thai sour sausage at a couple of places in town, and Hmong sausage at the local Hmong market. Mighty tasty.

But I am really partial to a locally made hot dog, Ambassador Old Fashioned Franks, a skin-on frank. Grill 'em up until they split, put 'em on a nice Taystee bun, and eat with a little bit of Pickapeppa. That's a good hot dog.