Gentlemen (wolfgast, geir, K Kryger and mr nichols)
I have read all of your post on wolfgast's sausage. I recently forayed into grinding up a butt and making some bratwurst using only some prepared spice blend. Result was at very encouraging, although i do think I packed the sausage a little to tight.....
So that being said I sure would like to give two items a try. One is strickly a great hot spicy italian sausage. Dallas stinks for good italian.....and I am used to more of the chicago italian...hopefully K kruger knows of what I spreak of. I like to make my own pizzas and also use in pasta dishes.
Also, I absolutely love a thing they just call a spicy dog that street vendors sell. It doesn't seem to be a polish sausage, and it may be just a little more than a glorified hot dog with red pepper added...but i am just not that good at breaking down flavors. . . . . .
So after all of that I would appreciate any simple recipes for hot italian sausage and a spicy dog that i can use for my starter recipes. Also if you have any bratwurst recipes that are killer.....i seem to lean more towards the nutmeg flavor than johnsville.....maybe i need to add cream and egg like i saw on a youtube....just not sure.
Okay, realize this was rather lengthy but now that I finally bit on getting all my stuff together to make sausage I really want to do more of it this fall. From a personal note...my business falls off so I have lots of time to do stuff. Also, I work in 5 lb batches or smaller because it is just me. Although I have friends that want to try it. I would have no problems doing multiple recipes at the same time. I have ample storage, ample large bowls, etc.
Thanks again.....am a very frequent lurker but don't post a whole lot. . . .and cheers
I have read all of your post on wolfgast's sausage. I recently forayed into grinding up a butt and making some bratwurst using only some prepared spice blend. Result was at very encouraging, although i do think I packed the sausage a little to tight.....
So that being said I sure would like to give two items a try. One is strickly a great hot spicy italian sausage. Dallas stinks for good italian.....and I am used to more of the chicago italian...hopefully K kruger knows of what I spreak of. I like to make my own pizzas and also use in pasta dishes.
Also, I absolutely love a thing they just call a spicy dog that street vendors sell. It doesn't seem to be a polish sausage, and it may be just a little more than a glorified hot dog with red pepper added...but i am just not that good at breaking down flavors. . . . . .
So after all of that I would appreciate any simple recipes for hot italian sausage and a spicy dog that i can use for my starter recipes. Also if you have any bratwurst recipes that are killer.....i seem to lean more towards the nutmeg flavor than johnsville.....maybe i need to add cream and egg like i saw on a youtube....just not sure.
Okay, realize this was rather lengthy but now that I finally bit on getting all my stuff together to make sausage I really want to do more of it this fall. From a personal note...my business falls off so I have lots of time to do stuff. Also, I work in 5 lb batches or smaller because it is just me. Although I have friends that want to try it. I would have no problems doing multiple recipes at the same time. I have ample storage, ample large bowls, etc.
Thanks again.....am a very frequent lurker but don't post a whole lot. . . .and cheers