{"id":14927,"date":"2015-08-10T09:06:47","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T14:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=14927"},"modified":"2015-08-10T09:06:47","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T14:06:47","slug":"parkview-hot-spicy-smoked-sausage-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=14927","title":{"rendered":"Parkview Hot &#038; Spicy Smoked Sausage Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150808_114538.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14930\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150808_114538-300x289.jpg\" alt=\"Parview Hot &amp; Spicy Sausage Review\" width=\"300\" height=\"289\" \/><\/a>Here&#8217;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. \u00a0I&#8217;ve <a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?s=Aldi&amp;search=Search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">written about several of them<\/a> in the past. \u00a0These sausage, in the refrigerated section, also come in \u00a0&#8220;Polish&#8221; and &#8220;Sun Dried Tomato&#8221; varieties.<\/p>\n<p>The Hot &amp; Spicy type are a mild pork and beef smoked sausage, with natural flavorings, a couple of different sugars and different preservative salts. \u00a0The sugar content slightly elevates the carb count.<\/p>\n<p>The spicy &#8220;bite&#8221; is more evident in the after taste than when you&#8217;re chewing, and most consumers will find these to be a very satisfactory product, whether grilled and on a bun, or sliced and pan fried for breakfast or other meal entree.<\/p>\n<p>As I have explained in the past, Aldi&#8217;s contracts with national manufacturers to make the products to Aldi&#8217;s specifications and price point. \u00a0These sausages are made in the Chicago plant of Owensboro, KY based Specialty Foods Group. \u00a0 USDA establishment\u00a0M17S-is at\u00a04550 W. Jackson Blvd, about four miles west of the loop (pictured below). \u00a0SFG makes a number of different brands of processed meats, including <a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/2014\/03\/scott-petersen-bacon-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Petersen bacon,<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/2014\/11\/field-liverwurst-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Field Liverwurst<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As with most mass-produced sausages, this one is a very fine grind, and it&#8217;s in a thin hog casing. \u00a0I wonder what determines the thickness of a casing? Diet? Exercise?<\/p>\n<p>I generally find brand name natural casing sausages and hot dogs priced around a buck a pop when they aren&#8217;t on sale. These are more like 65 cents each as packaged. \u00a0Worth adding to your shopping list.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14931\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14931\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150809_080431.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-14931 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150809_080431-400x224.jpg\" alt=\"Parkview Hot &amp; Spicy Sausage Review\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Parkview Hot &amp; Spicy Sausage <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14932\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14932\" style=\"width: 398px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/factory.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14932\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/factory-398x400.jpg\" alt=\"SFG Chicago Factory\" width=\"398\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>SFG Chicago Factory<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Parkview Hot &amp; Spicy Smoked Sausage Review<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;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. \u00a0I&#8217;ve written about several of them in the past. \u00a0These sausage, in the refrigerated section, also come in \u00a0&#8220;Polish&#8221; and &#8220;Sun Dried Tomato&#8221;&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=14927\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Parkview Hot &#038; Spicy Smoked Sausage Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,16,26],"tags":[47,3241],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14927"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}