In the U.S, the term “Italian Sausage” refers to an uncooked pork sausage, seasoned with various herbs and spices. You’ll see them labeled at “hot” or “sweet” (also sometimes mild). The primary difference is the “hot” may have some red pepper flakes added, or in many cases, a dose of fennel seeds. I must prefer… Continue reading StoneRidge Italian Sausage Review
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StoneRidge Andouille Sausage Review
Having lived in New Orleans for a decade, and Paris for a couple of years, I’m very fond of andouille (on-doo-ee) sausage, a U.S. transplant/evolution from France. The French version consists of very rough chopped organ meats, onions, wine, and seasoning. They usually have a fairly distinctive odor and are gray in color. The French… Continue reading StoneRidge Andouille Sausage Review
StoneRidge Natural Casing Wieners Review
I love hot dogs. In natural casings, please. The “purer” the better, IMHO. And I love to make them as “coney island style” hot dogs, which have nothing to do with the place Coney Island. A Coney Island hot dog is strictly an upper midwestern thing, popular in Michigan, Ohio, pockets of Texas, Minnesota and… Continue reading StoneRidge Natural Casing Wieners Review
StoneRidge Meats Chorizo Review
Chorizo is a type of sausage that originated in the Iberian peninsula (Spain/Portugal), made up of pork, spices, and smoked pimento peppers, which gives it a bright red color. It’s available in a smoked/cured version for eating or including in dishes, and raw, to be used as a cooking ingredient. There are variations of chorizo… Continue reading StoneRidge Meats Chorizo Review
StoneRidge Meat Snack Sticks Review
An affinity for all things butchered and old world sausage making brought together the principals that started StoneRidge Meat and Country Market, now known as StoneRidge Piggly Wiggly. Located in mid-Wisconsin, thirty minutes west of the Fox River Valley, the market serves grocery shoppers and sausage aficionados from a wide radius. Why sausage lovers? StoneRidge… Continue reading StoneRidge Meat Snack Sticks Review