A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about Garlic Summer Sausage from one of my favorite meat processors, Klement’s of Milwaukee. I enjoyed the product, and it was at a deeply discounted promotional price, which was even better. Today I was zipping through Aldi’s for staples, and noticed they had a garlic summer sausage… Continue reading Simms Garlic Summer Sausage
Category: Deli
Hillshire Farms Deli Meat Review
Ai yi yi. So in 1939, Nathan Cummings acquired the CD Kenny company, which begat the Sprague Warner Kenny Company, which became Consolidated Grocers, which became Consolidated Foods Corporation, which acquired The Kitchens of Sara Lee, which became Consolidated’s largest brand so they changed their name to Sara Lee, and they acquired Hillshire Farms, which… Continue reading Hillshire Farms Deli Meat Review
Lunch Mate Hard Salami Review
Another bargain from Aldi’s (locator) this week was their “Lunch Mate” brand hard salami at $2.99 for an 8 ounce resealable pack, making is $6 per pound. Compare with your grocery deli counter, and you almost always save 30-50%. The product is made by Patrick Cuhahy’s Wisconsin plant, USDA establishment 28. Cudahy, founded in… Continue reading Lunch Mate Hard Salami Review
Fricks Ham Review
Ran into a product I hadn’t seen before, a boneless half ham from Frick’s Meat, a purveyor from Washington, MO (about 40 miles west of St. Louis, halfway between I-70 on the north, and I-44 on the south. Frick’s has been around for nearly a century and a quarter, and manufacturers processed pork products, including… Continue reading Fricks Ham Review
Vienna Beef Corned Beef and Pastrami
If you’re even an occasional reader of this site, you know two things for sure – I have a diminishing interest in purchasing most ‘deli meats’ because of real or perceived notion they aren’t ‘real.’ By that I am generally referring to two things – ‘roasts’ that are formed from meat and other ingredients into… Continue reading Vienna Beef Corned Beef and Pastrami
Mini Review – United Airlines Catering
$9.00. Only plastic money accepted. Pretty good taste, pretty bad value. No idea who packs this for United. Contents Mediterranean Snacks® Sea Salt Lentil Crackers La Panzanella® Rosemary Crackers Hummus Rondelé® Peppercorn Parmesan Cheese Spread Roasted Red Pepper Bruschetta Olives Natural Almonds Brookside® Dark Chocolate with Fruit Flavor United Airlines Catering
Field Liverwurst Review
My mom used to make me braunschweiger and mustard sandwiches to tote to school on occasion. Braunschweiger is a Midwestern term for liverwurst, which in the south is also called “Kentucky Pate.” The sandwiches were a respite from the steady diet of bologna, PB&J, and that crappy lunch meat that came in plastic packages, ham,… Continue reading Field Liverwurst Review
Do You Have Creative Ideas for Penna Olives?
I’m among a lucky group of folks asked by Penna Olives to play with some products and come up with some new ideas and recipes. One of the premier olive growers and processors in Northern California, Penna sells all types of cured and stuffed olives, along with other related products. Direct to customers… Continue reading Do You Have Creative Ideas for Penna Olives?
Worlds Oldest Sausage Restaurant – Nuremburg
Seventy years ago this month, the only Americans around Nuremberg were 10,000 feet over it, dropping bombs to break the industrial backbone of the Third Reich; 90% of the city was destroyed and 100,000 people killed. You can’t tell. The city has been rebuilt to look exactly as it did before the bombing. From photographs,… Continue reading Worlds Oldest Sausage Restaurant – Nuremburg
Meeskes / Haybeck’s, Chicago Butchers
Sometimes I wish there was an illustrated dictionary of food. There would be a photo, a list of ingredients, and a description of how the product is supposed to taste and what the texture should be. If there was, beside the entry for “Italian Sausage” would be the hand-stuffed sausages at Meeske’s and Haybeck’s butcher… Continue reading Meeskes / Haybeck’s, Chicago Butchers