Breakfast Sausage

Despite all of the sausage I made earlier in the year, I neglected to make breakfast sausage. There is something warming about well-browned breakfast sausage popping in the skillet, the smell wafting through the air.  It lends an air of comfort, even confidence to the morning.  Of course, I did grow up near a city…

Kale with Sausage

Yep. Another meal with sausage. 4 oz. Italian sausage, bulk (if you have links, just open and break it up) one clove of garlic, minced a few red pepper flakes one large bunch of kale In a flat skillet or pan,  heat a scant tablespoon of olive oil. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes….

23 Pounds Later: A Journey in Fresh Sausage

It was an ambitious project, in many ways an overly ambitious project: 25 pounds of pig, 4 willing friends and a well-stocked home kitchen. But after having made fifteen pounds of fresh sausage and enjoying the fruits of our labor, we felt the satisfaction of an excellent meal well earned. The coming days would lead…