Making X-mas Sausage

We started the Boomers as a subgroup in our church and, as we have a couple of “Meatmen” in our group, decided to host an evening of Christmas sausage making as a social event and fundraiser for the church. Our … Continue reading

Serving Sizes

Almost all the nutrition labels nowadays include as a measure the “serving size”. This is okay with nuts and potato chips and if I compare the Nouveau Cuisine recipes some people will actually pay large sums of money for these … Continue reading

Food Labels

A lot of information on this subject can be found at the U.S. Food and Drugs Administration website “Nutrition Facts Label Programs and Materials” (click on title to go there). We also found a 29 Minute YouTube video from them … Continue reading

“A Trip down Memory Lane”

During the “Meat store owner” period of our life, catering and supplying parties with food used to be part of our weekly routine. So, when recently asked by one of our former customers/friends if we would consider cooking for a … Continue reading

Wurst – Sausage and Luncheon Meats

Wurst is German for what we label separately as Sausages and Lunchmeat/Luncheon Meats. We have the famous Bratwurst, the Knockwurst (spelled Knackwurst in German), Leberwurst (liver sausage), Fleischwurst (bologna) and among many others the category of Hartwurst (salami). Most whole … Continue reading

No Nitrite Smoked Meats

We went to do our “civic duty” today and helped clean up a city park to get it ready for the summer. After completing the job we were invited for a hot dog and potato chip lunch which was donated … Continue reading

The “Why” of Home Sausage Making

During our time in the meat business we were very fussy about the quality of the lunch meats and sausages we carried or made ourselves to sell in our store. With this in mind we are still picky and came … Continue reading