{"id":15610,"date":"2016-01-28T11:32:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T17:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=15610"},"modified":"2016-01-28T11:32:17","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T17:32:17","slug":"stoneridge-meat-snack-sticks-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=15610","title":{"rendered":"StoneRidge Meat Snack Sticks Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"StoneRidge<\/a>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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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 has built a superb in-house meat department, specializing in a wide variety of cured, uncured, and flavored meats, and are particularly known for their dozens of bratwurst flavors.<\/p>\n

StoneRidge produces a widely-enjoyed meat snack sticks, also made in flavors, including original, pepperjack, habanero, honey BBQ, teriyaki and more. I tried out their .Bacon and Cheddar<\/a> variety.<\/p>\n

I think that a Philadelphia entrepreneur, Adolph Levis, who had built a business selling specialty foods to bars and delis, is credited with ‘inventing’ the beef snack stick in the 1940s, though I believe it was probably inspired by the German snack \u201cLandjager.\u201d Levis thought America was in need of a portable, ready-to-eat version of sausage.<\/p>\n

There are certainly companies much larger than StoneRidge that make beef sticks, but probably none that produce a product of this quality. The \u201cbig guys\u201d tend to have \u201cmechanically separated poultry\u201d as a prime ingredient, but in the StoneRidge variety, you’ll find beef, pork, and flavor seasonings. Period.<\/p>\n

What I liked about the StoneRidge product is the distinct flavoring, a coarser grind than most competitors, meaning there’s no doubt in your mind this is a real meat product.<\/p>\n

There are a lot of other reasons to enjoy StoneRidge snack sticks:<\/p>\n