It’s not real easy to find true Andouille sausage up here in the winter wasteland. The Louisiana version is a pork, coarse-grained smoked sausage made using pork, garlic, pepper, onions, wine, and seasonings. It’s stuffed in a natural casing and smoked again. There are hundreds of sausage makers in Louisiana, and so there is a lot of… Continue reading Johnsonville Andouille Review
Category: Sausage
Jewel Italian Sausage Review
Picked up a package of fresh hot Italian sausage at my local Jewel-Osco; the chain is part of the Albertsons et al grocery empire owned by Cerberus Capital. The store brand sausage is packed for Jewel stores by a Chicago area meat company called Randolph Packing, which also sells products under their own brands. (Factory picture… Continue reading Jewel Italian Sausage Review
Aldi Braunschweiger Review
You know I am generally OK with ALDI, the German owned budget grocery chain across the US. They create their own brand names and go to top manufacturers to have the product made. They retail for 25-50% of the “big name” brands. “Deutsche Kuche” (translator: “German cuisine”) is the brand name they cooked up for… Continue reading Aldi Braunschweiger Review
Fresh Picked Pizza Review – Shoreview, MN
Twin Cities Bureau Chief Lauren popped in to Fresh Picked, in the far northern ‘burbs. Had the sausage pie as an eat-in, but observed the take out, including take and bake business was brisker than the inside diners. “Thinish” but with a thicker crust, she reports it was good, but not great. Exterior of the… Continue reading Fresh Picked Pizza Review – Shoreview, MN
Farmer Johns Sausage Review
I’ve never been much for “brown and serve” type breakfast sausages; to me, they have always represented one of the main components of civic group and church pancake breakfasts, huge chafing trays of the little pork links. But it’s hard to pass up any processed pork product that is selling for around $2 a pound… Continue reading Farmer Johns Sausage Review
Broadway Pizza Review – Twin Cities (the Minnesota ones)
I like things, places that came into existence the same year I did. I had a Seeburg Jukebox of that vintage, and Broadway Pizza and I were born the same year. Back in the day I used to visit the establishment, they had one location, in Northeast Minneapolis (which isn’t northeast, any more than mid… Continue reading Broadway Pizza Review – Twin Cities (the Minnesota ones)
Hmong Marketplace Review – St. Paul, MN
Forty years ago, the first Hmong arrived in Minnesota, due to the efforts of volunteer relief groups in the State. (The Hmong are members of mountainous tribes across Southeast Asia, but many of the refugees come from Laos). Today there are nearly 80,000 Hmong living in Minneapolis- St. Paul, and of course, any indigenous group… Continue reading Hmong Marketplace Review – St. Paul, MN
Genoa Illinois VFW Breakfast
This small VFW post does whatever it needs to in order to maintain their solvency and funds for projects; they have found a niche with breakfast, dinners, and events for the community and environs. The third Sunday of each month, they have an AYCE breakfast, loaded up with French toast, biscuits, hash browns, SOS, sausage… Continue reading Genoa Illinois VFW Breakfast
Parkview Hot & Spicy Smoked Sausage Review
Here’s another great product from global discount grocer Aldi. Germany based Aldi sells staples and fresh grocery items, under (mostly) their own created labels, at substantial discounts compared to national brand names. I’ve written about several of them in the past. These sausage, in the refrigerated section, also come in “Polish” and “Sun Dried Tomato”… Continue reading Parkview Hot & Spicy Smoked Sausage Review
Digiorno Self Rising Pizza Review
It may not be delivery, it’s “Digiorno,” but for me, another “d” word motivates me to buy this brand: “desperation.” Translation? I’m in the mood for a frozen pie and happen to be someplace where this is the only thing available. In the case of last night, at a 7-Eleven, where the self-rising pepperoni was… Continue reading Digiorno Self Rising Pizza Review