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I tried something completely new this past weekend. I made sausage.
I initially intended only to put three heads of garlic through the grinder attachment of the KitchenAid. While I had it out I thought, I might as well grind up the pork shoulder roast my lovely wife picked up for me. It occurred to me that I was more than halfway through with making sausage. Something I’d been wanting to try. So off we went.
Once all the spices were decided on, I started dumping them in with the ground pork already in the mixing bowl.
The hog casings were not as gross to handle as I thought they would be. Even the little man got in on the action. He was enjoying keeping the casing straight until he asked, “What is this stuff anyway, Dad?” Strangely, he lost most of his interest in helping about that time.
As they came out I twisted them into a few different lengths. I figured I’d cook a few individually then later smoke a few lengths.
That evening when it was time to eat, I cut one of the shorter ones off and tossed it in a pan with some sliced onion. I’m fairly certain my wife would have been quite justified in questioning my sanity shortly after. Not many mid-forties men go running into the living room yelling, “Look, it’s a sausage!”
I did.
It tasted good and had zero sugar or chemicals.
This article was first published on November 19, 2014 and was recovered using AI and web.archive.org.
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