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Farm Kitchen:  Help!! RED Sausages taking over!  |
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Bluewrenn
True Blue Farmgirl
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Erin
Texas
USA
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 Posted - Dec 14 2006 : 4:36:20 PM
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Hubby bought two HUGE boxes of those really red hot link sausages (the ones that stain everything red), and I am running out of ways to cook them.
If anyone has any ideas - I would be eternally grateful. They are really too hot for my taste, and I've just got no ideas for using these things up, but they are hubby's favorite and he insists that I cook them before they spoil.
Any ideas?
I did an internet search but only found two recipes - hot links in spaghetti sauce, and hot links baked with some really bland beans.
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Dec 15 2006 : 12:33:59 PM
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I've been pondering this one all day--
Here's what I have come up with: what about in a burrito? Kindof like Chorizo, or spicy sausage chopped finely--could be in a breakfast burrito with eggs, or in a regular one with beans, cheese, etc..
Also, couldn't you utilize them like sausage? In a lot of cajun dishes, stews, etc., they require sliced andouille--what about just substituting andouille for them? Red Beans and Rice (REALLY RED beans and rice ;) or something along those lines....
I bet if they were cooked in a broth based stew, like Jumbalaya, with another type of meat, like chicken or shrimp, they'd probably go unnoticed.
After that, I got nothin'
J
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
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Posted - Dec 15 2006 : 3:05:24 PM
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Or grind them up and make a sandwich spread. Surprise the aitch out of him. HaHa MB
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Bluewrenn
True Blue Farmgirl
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Erin
Texas
USA
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tina
sunshine state
FL
USA
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Posted - Dec 15 2006 : 3:27:18 PM
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I'd mix them up with some regular jimmy dean sausage, remove the red casings, chop, then mix with the regular bulk sausage, cook that , with a red bell pepper chopped and 1/2 of a green bell pepper chopped and 1 sweet onion chopped,cook til veggies are tender,drain.Set aside.
Then Get a loaf of french bread cut into pieces. Take about 6 eggs ,beat, add about 1/2-3/4 cup milk, soak the bread chunks in the egg mix.
Grease 2 casserole dishes.pour the egg and bread mixture into 2 dishes, then top with the sausage mixture.
Add 1 cup of cheese of your choice to the top of each casserole.Cover with foil.
Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hr.
Makes a good Christmas morning breakfast.
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You could also chop it up and add a can of black beans/drained and a cup or two of rice and add enough water to the rice(as per rice instructions), bake in oven for about 45 minutes-1 hr/until rice is done... sprinkle a little cheese on top when it comes out of the oven.
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You could also chop a little bit of it up and make a omelet.
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you could wrap them with croissant dough like "pigs in a blanket"
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katie-ell
True Blue Farmgirl
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Katie
Illinois
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Posted - Dec 15 2006 : 3:44:53 PM
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Can they be frozen as is? And then you wouldn't have to make so much hot sausage morning noon and night, nor worry about spoilage.
Just an idea. I don't do sausage. |
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Bluewrenn
True Blue Farmgirl
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Erin
Texas
USA
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
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Wendy
Utah
USA
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Hideaway Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jo
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Dec 19 2006 : 05:29:59 AM
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I like Sunshine's idea, also, can you trade some sausage to others, for things you want/need? Wanna try my Sausage and Lima Bean HOT POT recipe from the Farmgirl Connection cookbook? I can email you the recipe if you do not have the cookbook. I thought the lima beans and other ingredients might temper the hot sausage a bit. You could slice thinly with the skins on, or skin them and crumble the sausage to mix into the "casserole."
Also, can you smoke them on a BBQ grill or in a slow oven, to toughen themn into jerky-like sticks? Great for lunches or long car rides, perhaps?
Let us know what you try, and how it works out!
Jo
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Bluewrenn
True Blue Farmgirl
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Erin
Texas
USA
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Posted - Dec 19 2006 : 10:54:25 AM
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I ended up doing this - used some with thick heavy pasta and veggies, used some as is with rolls, used some with scrambled eggs and potatoes, steamed some with potatoes, onions and cabbage and then used some in a rice dish with beans.
Hubby loved them all and now wants more. *sigh* He wouldn't let me give any away!!! Esp. since he had to make a road trip (90 miles) to get the special kind he likes the best.
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Bluewrenn
True Blue Farmgirl
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Erin
Texas
USA
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Posted - Dec 19 2006 : 10:56:20 AM
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Oh and we used a lot of tortillas - wrapping the egg, sausage and potato mixture and adding cheese, sourcream, and onions. And then did another version of the same thing, minus the eggs, and wrapped those in tortillas as well.
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
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Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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Posted - Dec 19 2006 : 11:44:09 AM
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Make 15 bean soup (comes in a bag with a seasoning packet where the dried beans are. When it is cooked cut up the sausages and add them to it. Yummy!
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Bluewrenn
True Blue Farmgirl
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Erin
Texas
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