Category Archives: sausages

Lamb Sausage with Liver – Burns Night 2014

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Scott

Some hae meat and canna eat,     And some wad eat that want it;  But we hae meat, and we can eat,     And sae the Lord be thankit. – Robert Burns  The business of school, home, and grad work have … Continue reading →

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One Sunday Morning

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Scott
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St. Patty’s Leftovers, and a New Tradition?

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Scott

We had our post-St. Patrick’s Day breakfast this morning, on a sunny and warm Tuesday in March, and it was great to spend a long morning with friends who happen to be around and on vacation for spring break, but … Continue reading →

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Charcutepalooza Wrap-up: Back to Basics

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Scott

So, coming up with a plan to show off a bit of what I’ve learned this year, I figured I’d go back to the basics. We started this blog a little more than a year ago (just 2 months before Charcutepalooza … Continue reading →

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There’s Meat Hanging in the Basement

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Scott

Yep, there’s meat hanging in the basement. In our house it’s certainly not high tech, and calling it a “curing chamber” suggests a level of complexity and engineering that just isn’t present here. For this month’s Charcutepalooza challenge: curing I made 9 links … Continue reading →

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Recent Projects

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Scott

Busy, busy, busy. Work and home have been full, to say the least. But we do have to eat, so there have been a few food projects to note:

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The Great Return of the Hot Dog

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Scott

The way I see it, there are three kinds of people: 1) People who don’t eat hot dogs anymore. They’re grossed out by byproducts, preservatives, and the meat leftovers that usually end up in commercial dogs (which is understandable, as … Continue reading →

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What’s gonna work? Teamwork!

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Scott

It’s good to have help! I was going to say something snarky like, “Look, making sausage is so easy, my two-and-a-half year old can do it!” But that wouldn’t be entirely true, since he didn’t do any of the cutting, … Continue reading →

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Biscuits and Sausage Gravy

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Scott

I have no roots in the South. I mean, Grandma and Grandpa lived in South (well, Virginia), but they weren’t from the South. They met in New York. And my sister lives in North Carolina now, but she’s a Northerner … Continue reading →

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Hot Smoking – the gateway technique

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Scott

We were very excited when we read about the April Charcutepalooza Challenge. In fact, hot smoking is what got me started in on Charcuterie about 5 years ago. I started out by smoking fresh pork belly, then moved on to … Continue reading →

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