Bacon vs Bacon IMHO

The other day we were in the mood for BLT’s and still had a package of Bacon in the fridge from Ilowski Sausage Company on St. Clair Highway in East China, Michigan. My Conclusion: Not all Bacon is Bacon. IMHO … Continue reading

The Basics of making Fresh Sausage

During the Wurst Party we ran yesterday a few questions came up which I would like to answer. The definition of Fresh Sausage is that it is raw meat and the most common ingredient in it is Pork, to be … Continue reading

Making Wurst!

Last week I found Ground Pork for under $2.00 lbs at our Kroger store, it was very lean and even organic. So I bought 2 -1 lb packages to make the Wurst – Base Recipe posted on our ingeskitchen.com in … Continue reading

Why waste my Time to make Wurst?

Let me first refer you to my post Wurst – Sausage and Luncheon Meats to explain why I use the German word. I will cover the “why” here and also a simple way to start this hobby without buying all … Continue reading

A Restaurant remembered

I know this post only fits into this blog because I want to reminisce about a remarkable restaurant which only lives on in our memories. The idea for this post came to me when a friend send me a truly … Continue reading

Natural

The other day my wife was asked to pick up some chicken breasts for a dinner at our church from a membership warehouse, as the local supermarkets did not run any specials that week. The conversation I overheard came to … Continue reading

Buying Meat

The way we buy meat for our house. I am not and never was a believer in buying whole Sides of Beef, Beef Quarters, Freezer Bundles and whole Hogs for my home use. I always tried to analyze a customers … Continue reading

Freezer orders

During my lectures and some conversations it seems that buying larger amounts of meat(s) is coming back in fashion. So let us break down the purchasing of a Side of Beef or Hindquarter: If you have a large family and … Continue reading

Are we making ourselves sick?

This post is a little off the normal Eat’s and Meat’s subjects, but I think it might confirm what I believe for many years. We are making ourselves sick? A segment on Fox news the other day had two doctors talking … Continue reading

The Best Smoked Trout ever

Looking at old photos, made today a day which brought back memories from the time I was just married to my beautiful wife forty years ago and welcomed into her family. There was a family friend who started and ran … Continue reading